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Minimum Cover: The Police Officer Blog
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Brought to you from somewhere deep in the leafy shires of England, just down the road from Costa Coffee, this blog speaks out for those at the bottom of the tree. The serving constables of UK Policing. We do our best to protect the communities we serve under difficult circumstances, but it’s getting harder every day.
We don’t always get it right its true, but we always try our best. And yet the Government, the public, the media all want their pound of flesh on the rare occasion when it goes wrong. They, however, are not the ones running toward the chaos with barely effective kit and insufficient resources in the belief that it will all work out in the end.
Perhaps, one day when the posts have mounted up and the opinions have been expressed and analysed, we will realise that we didn’t have it that bad back then at the beginning. Let’s face it, if we really hated it that much, we wouldn’t be here…would we?
M.C.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 133 )
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Excessive Force Or Justified Action?
I am going to put my neck on the line here and examine the circumstances surrounding a recent complaint by 24 year-old Jonathan Billinghurst against six... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2011 SOCIETY -
Suspension Faults and Sardine Tins
The cuts are really starting to bite now. All the promises made by the smiling assassins in government about front line policing being left untouched by... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2011 SOCIETY -
Charlie Gilmour Loses Court Appeal
Charlie Gilmour, 21, was sentenced to 16 months in prison following his disgraceful antics during demonstrations over changes to education funding in December... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2011 SOCIETY -
Legal Vs Ethical: Hackers Expose Hidden Child Porn Empire
Police officers deal with those at all levels of society. Some of the people I have dealt with have tested my tolerance to the maximum. I have always been... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2011 SOCIETY -
PC Mark Goodlad – Another Tragedy on the Roads
Fourty-one year old PC Mark Goodlad, a traffic officer with West Yorkshire Police, was tragically killed on the M1 motorway yesterday after being struck by an... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2011 SOCIETY -
A Blogging Milestone is Reached…
This post celebrates the first significant blogging milestone for MinimumCover. After four months (give or take a few days) and 64 published posts I have reache... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2011 SOCIETY -
Careless Policies Cost Lives
Meet Frank.Frank has never been in trouble with the Police. He is a genuinely nice guy; the sort that would always acknowledge you if you made eye-contact with... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2011 SOCIETY -
Serving Police Officer Murdered – Husband Held for Questioning
A serving Surrey Police Detective has been found murdered in woodland near her home in Haslemere, Surrey. Mother of two, Heather Cooper, who only gave birth to ... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2011 SOCIETY -
Helpless…
It’s the call that every Police Officer dreads, but one that will come to most of us at some time in our service. This week was the second time for me in the... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2011 SOCIETY -
Out of the Barrels of Babes…
Five of the worst examples of modern-day youth have been named by the courts after receiving custodial sentences in respect of a spate of armed robberies in... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2011 SOCIETY -
What WAS He Thinking – PCSO Charged with Misconduct in a Public Office
It is well-known in the job that the three biggest risks to your career, the golden rules of survival and, more significantly for some, the biggest threats to... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2011 SOCIETY -
Robert Foye and Morris Petch – Sentence Reductions for Rapists
Sometimes I read stories in the press that make my blood boil. Today is one of those days, and the deeper I dig, the more furious I get. Read more
Posted on 29 September 2011 SOCIETY -
Chamber Pots and Sky Sports – £15,000,000 in Payouts for Prisoners
There are aspects of life that are a right, and those that are a privilege. Freedom from torture, a right to privacy and the right to life are three such rights... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2011 SOCIETY