http://200weeks.police999.com ...not long now... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So the Inspector of Constabulary has come out with this year's police league tables. Chief officers up & down the country will be either slapping each other on the back & toasting the performance-related bonuses or looking for who to blame for their force's poor performance (hint, it won't be ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2679 Talking, as I was yesterday, of people using the latest technology for their own anti-social or illegal purposes, news today of two people arrested for one of the latest crazes for people without a brain. Laser pens are generally sold for people to use in displays, they are the modern equivalent ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2674 Oh dear, Facebook are in the news again. It seems the world is starting to realise what we in the police have known for a few years, that people will use whatever modern technology or innovations they can to get their own little seedy way. As I posted recently, complaints about ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2672 A story grabbed my eye today, particularly because I posted a related article recently. The Telegraph reports "Fat police could put World Cup fans 'at risk", which talks about the level of obesity in the South African police, specifically at Port Elizabeth which is due to host England fans during the ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2670 Of course, when you are running low on inspiration, there is always YouTube... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2667 The following photographs show the before & after. The one on the left is before the New Jersey Police visited, the one on the right is after they left. Yes, the police told the residents to cover up their nude depiction of the Venus de Milo in snow when a neighbour complained. And ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2664 When you blog every single day for more than two years it can sometimes be a real problem coming up with material. Occasionally, in a period of creativity, I might write up a couple of entries & save one for another time, but 95% of the time I write the ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2660 Regular readers will know I've not been the biggest fan of senior officers. There have been  only a few I have had deep, honest respect for, ones who I know I could have relied on to back me up in a tight spot & ones who I honestly believed weren't ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2657 It seems it's not just in the UK that police chiefs don't want their officers having freedom of speech in their private lives. I have posted several times about my views on the legalisation of drugs & support the aims - and link to - LEAP; Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Canadian cop, ... http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2654 What was I saying the other day about motorists' uncanny ability to hit the only stationary thing for miles around? An Ohio officer was seriously injured last week when the following happened: BLUtube is powered by PoliceOne.com http://200weeks.police999.com/archives/2652