“Any chance the Constabulary take notice of all the local drug dealers???
INSTEAD of a few parking fines??
Probably Not!
3 points and £60 ....Easy Ticks In The Box.....The Long and the short and the tall.”

“Looks like Iv'e stuck a raw nerve again, some people just cant handle the truth.”

“Good, They don't realy detect much of any good anyway.”

“By the way, who¿s the goon on the Heralds staff that keeps insisting on using the American version of presenting dates? Example ¿May 4¿. I didn¿t realise or should that be realize that we are ruled from Washington yet. Next you will be referring to a car boot as a trunk. Pack it up, its not big and it¿s not clever. It¿s not the Queens English either. We may be talking about detectives here but I don¿t think Sam Spade is amongst them.”

“Don¿t you just this management ploy with regard to redundancy? Quote, ¿the investigators were called in en masse and told they had until May 4 to either come up with suggestions to cut costs or face the sack¿. As a manager it¿s not something I would endorse myself. I take the tone of the statement at face value as it is something I have witnessed been used time and again. The irony of this is that in the event of suggestions been made with regard to work force and working practices the usual stance of management is ¿it¿s our job to manage, we will decide and put into place what¿s necessary¿. Putting the onus on candidates for redundancy to save their own jobs only adds to the stress when they have been axed. Cold indeed is the blood of the self-serving who clog up the corridors of power in many organizations throughout this land. Most couldn¿t make a decision to save their lives and I¿m talking from experience. I can truly say that often in the work place what goes around comes around; I¿ve witnessed that too. It may take twenty years but I¿ve seen some fantastic falls from grace, people who you would think where unassailable.”

“How worrying is this? The Crime investigators were introduced to allow Officers to return to the streets. Would I be incorrect to think that the sworn Officers arrest suspects and let the Investigators deal wit them? This seems like a good plan. Why would Mr Otter wish to end this set up? Perhaps they could get rid of the excess waste at Middlemoor instead of cutting the front line. I suspect this could be Mr Otter's 'Maria Wallis' moment!!”

“Alright Marshy?”

“With the cuts that the force has to make, i feel it would be a more better influential move if you make a list starting from the top. Slowly work your way down taking out the things that are not completely relevent, such do we need a deputy ACC. Also if a long term lease car is used, get rid of it. one can always use their own car and claim the neccicarry mileage allowence. we need our Boys & Girls in blue to be doing what they do best at ground level. You see when it comes to cuts it is always the personel at the top cutting the bottom off to save their jobs, why dont we go the whole hog, get rid of all the lower ranks and whats left can do the job, i bet you they would not like that having to leave their plush offices and doing a good days work.”

“An end to amateur interviewers has to be a good thing. Maybe the quality of interrogation and perhaps investigations will be improved and the percentage of successful prosecutions much increased.”

“Possibly not good for crime detection, depending on what is put in place to replace them, but at least if they are retired policemen they have a good pension to live on, not like lots of others in the public service who are losing their job.”