http://200weeks.police999.com ...not long now... Sun, 11 May 2008 11:50:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   This sign is guaranteed to strike fear, loathing or even possibly caution into most drivers on the UK road system at the moment. Some police forces are getting ever more devious in their attempts to catch speeding motorists. We've all seen speed detector vans parked at the ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/504 So I'm minding my own business, keeping myself to myself, as I tend to do on my days off when I get interrupted by the local chavs in the street. It's dark but it's not late. There's 4 lads & 3 girls, the lads are talking in this bloody ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/503 The armchair quarterbacks are already hot on the case in the shooting of barrister, Mark Saunders in his Chelsea flat on Thursday. Amanda Platell, in her Daily Mail article "Did police really need to shoot this broken man?" she criticises the actions which led police officers to shoot ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/502 In a Home Office memo leaked to the Sunday Spurt, Home Secretary, Jacqui Spliff said that the government should not rest on its laurels and needs to ban something. "Over the course of the last 11 years we have a steadfast tradition of banning things. It has come to ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/501 I got interviewed the other day, not by PSD thankfully, but by another police blogger. You can check out the interview in Twining's unique style over at his blog, The Twining Chronicles.  I got tagged also by regular contributor, Annette, but owing to me not really understanding all this ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/500 That paragon of virtue, Pete Doherty is due to be released from Wormwood Scrubbs this week after serving just 29 days of a 98 days sentence for possession of drugs. The papers often describe him as having "fought a battle against drug addiction". If he is any example of ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/498 Wouldn't it be fantastic if work was like a DVD?  Sitting in the control room I sometimes wish I could just reach out & press the fast forward button. Sunday afternoon on a slow channel, ten hours to go. And as for a couple of hours call-taking later ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/499 News last week that one in three motorists are being caught & fines by speed cameras or parking wardens. In 2006, 9.8 million drivers received fines said to be worth £800 million. I find this quite staggering really, given that I've been driving for 30 years or so & ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/497 It is with sadness & deep regret that I have to annouce the death of a well-respected friend. 'Sharpie' passed away with barely a whimper in May 2008. Few will have noticed, even fewer will be concerned. Sharpie came into our lives a mere 3 & a bit years ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/496 There are some people that I really begrudge devoting police resources to. One such group includes parents who can't control their children & expect the police to go & collect them every time they refuse to come home. Another is people who engage in drug dealing & then fail ... http://200weeks.police999.com/index.php/archives/495