PhD criminology student & was teaching @unisouthampton. MA criminology & crim/psych, ex-police, loves a bit of sport & done a bit of travelling in my time
South East, England
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Mark Brown retweeted
Best Caption Wins! 🎬
We’ve teamed up with our Sunday for Sammy family to give away a 40th Anniversary Live DVD signed by Chris Fairbank (Moxey), Julia Tobin (Brenda) and Tim Healy (Dennis)!
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Mark Brown retweeted
This is the North-East region…again there’s some real equalisation to achieve on this one:
Northumbria: £168.84
Durham: £178.83
Cleveland: £303.73
Mean Total: £217.13
Variation between Northumbria & Cleveland is £134.89
Mark Brown retweeted
On the subject of precepts…take the South-West as an eg of variations…these are 2024/25 Band D charges:
D&C: 274.50
Dorset: 295.59
A&S: 279.20
Gloucestershire: 308.08
Wiltshire: 269.27
Mean Total: 285.33
Is Gloucs charge to be met by other areas…or their’s lowered?
Mark Brown retweeted
'Operational reasons' is a concrete lifebelt in choppy seas.
It allows Government to absolve itself from transparency.
It allows PCCs to hide from democratic accountability
It erodes trust when an obvious sandbag against embarrassment.
Mark Brown retweeted
A thread 🧵
10 years ago today around this time of evening a stabbing pain occurred in my chest & numb left arm…after a while I was out cold on the floor…I came to and realised I’d had a heart attack…I was 41…this was caused by work related stress…too much on my plate…
Mark Brown retweeted
Why do I think this is one of Brevard County’s “big beautiful dogs”?
🚨 'WE WILL K*LL YOU!': Florida sheriff has a message for would-be leftist rioters. NOT IN FLORIDA.
"If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at. Because we will K*LL you, graveyard D*AD. We're NOT gonna play."
"If you spit on us, you're going to the hospital, then jail."
"If you hit one of us, you're going to the hospital, and jail - and most likely get bitten by one of our big, beautiful dogs we have here."
"If you try to mob rule a car in Brevard County - gather around it, refusing to let the driver leave? In our county, you're most likely gonna get RUN OVER, and dragged across the street."
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey IS A LEGEND!!
Mark Brown retweeted
Petition has been started in support@of PC Lorne Castle change.org/p/reinstate-pc-lo…
Mark Brown retweeted
On Sunday, the Guardian ran an article looking at what has happened to ethnic disparities in the UK 5yrs on from George Floyd. It includes this chart on Stop and Search (which relates to Eng+Wal). What it misses is the impact of switching from the 2011 to 2021 Censuses [cont'd]
Mark Brown retweeted
CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Mental Health Bill -
Absolutely ANYONE with interest / experience / expertise can offer evidence to the House of Commons scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill.
The deadline is 09th June, but the sooner you get this in, the better.
parliament.uk/business/news/…
Mark Brown retweeted
I've mentioned recently, I'm compiling a spreadsheet of mental health police contact deaths.
If anyone wants to ensure certain tragedies are included within the scope of my research, feel free to name cases you're familiar with and I'll ensure they're included, if not already.
Mark Brown retweeted
For the year to Dec 24, MPS ranks (out of 42 forces, 1st=highest rate per 1,000 pop)
- total violence 31st
- violence with injury 31st
- homicide 6th
- violence without injury 18th
- stalking & harassment 38th
- death or serious injury by unlawful driving 31st
- knife crime 1st
Mark Brown retweeted
❤️🩹 Armed response officers, don't just carry guns.
They save lives. During a typical month armed response officers in London might:
⚕️ Respond to 60 serious injury/trauma calls
🚪 Help enter premises 21 times
🚔 Attend more than 531 incidents
🔫 Recover 47 firearms
🔪 Recover 46 knives, machetes, etc.
Support #OperationCoffeeBreak ☕️ and the armed response officers of the @metpoliceuk.
HT @mark74brown @MPSFirearms
Find out more about #OperationCoffeeBreak to support the Met's armed response officers at the links below:
ℹ️ publicsafetyfoundation.uk/op…
☕ crowdfunder.co.uk/p/operatio…
