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Only in Blackpool would a family venture out in a yellow warning storm. Still I spent many a year driving the section van, the pinnacle of a section officer’s career on shift. AX40🌱
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How to ask police to do more whilst at the same time underming and demoralising them.
Two paragraphs in the Gov look to blame police for the failures of those governments to fund and support that policing
"Trust in the police has been undermined by failures in vetting and the appalling misconduct of some officers."
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"The more a man studies, the simpler he becomes, because as he studies, he discovers the greatness of his ignorance."
Aristotle🌱
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Worth 30 minutes of anyone's time.
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#Police Wellbeing Survey: 53% of respondents face unrealistic time pressures. 55% agree they find it difficult to take enough breaks. oscarkilo.org.uk/news/new-na…
“A man who decides to live by his own internal code must first make his peace with being hated by those who survive on permission.”
Yukio Mishima 🌱
🤖 Made with AI
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Eddy Merckx attacking Jose Manuel Fuente after catching him on the climb of Monte Jafferau during stage 14 of the 1972 Giro d'Italia, Merckx winning the stage, Fuente finishing third at 47 seconds.
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EXCLUSIVE: The thin blue line could get even thinner. Police chiefs warn force faces 'devastating' cuts without extra funding trib.al/4kuDdup
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Remembering PC Gail Pirnie, of the Metropolitan Police, who died on duty on this day in 1994. #LestWeForget
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Call handlers deal with incredibly challenging situations every day. It's a tough job that requires expertise and resilience.
This #InternationalControlRoomWeek, we want to recognise the invaluable contribution call handlers make to protecting the public and preventing crime across our communities. #HeroesInHeadsets
It's also an important reminder that our resources are here to support everyone in policing: oscarkilo.org.uk/
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#PayAndMorale Survey: 95% of Lancashire Police officers do not feel fairly paid for the stresses and strains of the job, and 79% are dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with their overall pay and allowances.
“I don't want you to be Mine. I want you to be Free, and still choose to Stay with me.”
Mahmoud Darwish 🌱
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God bless this judge ..
A drunk diver’s mother was laughing while the victims gave their impact statements to the courts .. so she sentenced her to 93 days in jail !
Every judge should be like this !
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Remembering PC Kulwant Sidhu, of the Metropolitan Police, who died on duty on this day in 1999. #LestWeForget
Vaughan Williams MUST have resided in my soul🌱
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25 October 1854
172 years ago today.
Charge of Light Brigade
“Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred”
