Holidays

Yes it’s that time of year again!

I’m off on holiday, so unless I find a wi-fi connection, you won’t be
hearing from me for a while.

When I get back, I’ve got some serious cramming to do for the
Inspectors exam, so my online time should be curtailed.

Keep in touch!

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Bluetooth warning

I bet all of you with Bluetooth devices have done this?

If not, next time you are in a crowded place, try exploring how many others have got a Bluetooth phone switched on.

Then look at the names they give to their devices.

I’m sat in a room with several Nokia 6230s and one or two Samsungs. There is a Kevin and a Toni.

I wonder which one of you is King Dong? Probably the man with the big mouth craving attention. Is that your Porsche parked outside? If so, I would hazard a guess that your genitalia would give grounds for a prosecution under the Trades Descriptions Act.

I can’t imagine why anyone would want to be known as Bumboy United?

How many of you have made sure that no-one else can use your phone? I’m too honest to try, but I wouldn’t be surprised if most of you leave yourself open to having all and sundry furtle through your files.

That’s the end of this safety announcement - now to find where 36EE is sitting!

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A diversity breakthrough

At last, the male dominated world of police blogs has a new perspective.

PC Bloggs is a female officer from somewhere in the UK - she’s a bit coy about where.

I have no idea why there is a shortage of female bloggers - perhaps most of them have much better things to do? After all, Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island are on telly, not forgetting Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders and all the other tripe that passes for televisual entertainment!

Anyway PC Bloggs - welcome to our world. Now get the kettle on!*

*(Before any of you accuse me of being sexist, this is my attempt at humour and irony and should not be construed as being derogatory. Now excuse me while I go and do the hoovering)

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Bye Bye Semper Fi

Another Police blog has bit the dust.

Semper Fi has announced his retirement from the blogosphere and therefore his link has been removed from the sidebar.

If you’re viewing Semper, feel free to make comments on the rest of the police blogs.

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Essex officers aren’t happy!

If you are reading this, then you may already be aware of the discontent that is spreading around the Essex constabulary.

For those of you who haven’t seen the Police Oracle forum topic on the subject, click this link and go and have a look for yourself.

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Road tolls proposed

BBC NEWS | UK | Nationwide road tolls ‘outlined’

And who will be the ones who end up paying? Yes, the same mugs who pay for their cars, their insurance, their licences, their MOTs and their vehicle excise licence.

What will happen to the significant minority who don’t feel any obligation to adhere to the motoring laws? That’s right, they’ll continue to use the roads with impunity, safe in the knowledge that the chances of getting caught are small and even if they are, the courts won’t do a damn thing.

If tolls are introduced, then could some of the funds be put towards traffic officers? No, not those HATOs (who do a fine, but limited, job) but real life fully trained and empowered police officers. If you travel the roads as regularly as I do, you’ll be amazed at the complete lack of police presence on the motorways and A-roads.

Speed cameras don’t catch bad drivers, uninsured drivers or drunk drivers. The only way to make the roads safe is to have a visible and powerful deterrent.

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Hello world!

I’ve opened this account mainly to make comments on other people’s blogs.

You can read my nonsense at  http://yornicked.blogspot.com

Beckham’s hair - update

Further to my earlier post

The latest bid is now £51, which either proves that the ebay community are extremely generous, or there are a lot of people out there with more money than sense!

The warm and cuddly part of me would like to think it is the former.

(Anyone who thinks I’m trying to boost my reader count by putting Beckham in my posts, thereby increasing the chances of a Google hit, are very cynical indeed)

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Beckham’s hair

This is not a blog about hairdressing. My knowledge of the subject is directly proportional to the amount of hair I have left.

I was browsing through my local paper and saw a story about a young lad who was a mascot at the World Cup. I thought I’d seen his face before, then recalled that his mum works for West Mids Police. There was an article about him in the force newspaper. You can read the article on Page 3 of the July issue of Newsbeat by clicking this link.

Anyway, young Josh has now had his hair cut and the trimmings are being sold on ebay for charity.

If you want to own some hair that David Beckham has ruffled, you can either start stalking Victoria, or go to ebay and bid. I would seriously worry about anyone who bought this hair for any other reason than to help raise money.

Did I tell you that someone from Big Brother once walked through the same airport as me? Wanna buy my shoes??

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You couldn’t make this up

Sorry to pinch the name of one of my colleague’s blogs, but there really is no other way to describe my opinion of this article from the Wolverhampton Express and Star.

Fence spikes ‘a risk to vandals’

Aug 3, 2006

Spikes on top of a security fence to keep vandals away from a pensioners’ club must be sawn off in case a yob gets hurt.

The move comes two months after the spikes and railings were put up by the council to combat attacks on the Lower Gornal Darby & Joan Club in Abbey Street.

It is claimed the decision has been taken to prevent any costly compensation claims. There are also fears that extra tall people could injure themselves on the spikes 6ft above ground.

It is the latest by council bosses to be branded “health and safety gone mad”.

Former Gornal councillor Ken Finch has been involved with the club for the past 25 years. “What gets me is that it was the council who put the fence up in the first place,” he said.

“The safety officers have said that’s not right though. They said if these vandals climb up and they are injured, the council will be responsible for any claims.

“Before, we used to get attacked almost every week, but since we’ve had the fence up there have been no problems.”

Darby & Joan Club member Bob Pearce said: “It’s just health and safety gone mad. It was put up to stop vandals but now they say the spikes have got to come down in case somebody gets hurt.”

Louts have waged a war of terror on the club in recent years. Many organisations had stopped hiring it.

Dudley Council spokes-man Phil Parker said: “The footings on the original construction were not carried out to our satisfaction.

“While this work is carried out we are taking the opportunity to modify the design of the fence to further improve safety.”

Mr Parker said the modifications would remove the potential danger of people injuring themselves.

I’m just speechless!

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