Release, And Let Them Scream...

The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) – made up of 32 crime commissioners and their forces – ordered the research into serious and organised crime in the countryside and found the traveller community featured prominently in offences such as hare coursing, fly-tipping, farm vehicle theft and poaching.

The only astonishing thing is that it required research... 

The study was due for release last October, but the organisation’s bosses ruled it should be delayed so more evidence could be gathered.

Because 'more evidence' will help them fend off the woke mob? What a waste of money! You cannot reason with people like this. No amount of evidence will ever convince them. 

A police source said: ‘The report has been hugely delayed as there were real concerns at the fall-out because it found travellers played a big part in rural crime. They’re terrified the woke brigade will jump down their throats, so they asked for more supporting evidence to ensure against that.

'But every month delayed is another month we delay having this out in the open and a proper debate about how we help rural communities who feel under siege.’

The woke mob will scream. Let them. No-one who matters should care. 

Last night, Conservative MP Peter Bone said: ‘We’ve had problems in the past when police forces have gone soft on certain sections of the community and, as a result, finding out terrible crimes have been carried out.

'People feel there is one set of rules for us, and one set of rules for travellers. Let’s have the report out and let’s have the arguments.’

There is indeed one set of rules for them and one for the law-abiding settled population. It's been going on for years. And if people are too afraid to admit that, it'll keep going on. Enough is enough.  

Maybe This Is The Real Plan..?

Chief Constable Adderley...

Oh, him again..? 

...made the comments whilst voicing his 'strong feelings' against the College of Policing's plans to require all recruits to gain a degree before joining the force - rather than the traditional training programme.

The police chief said he believes the 'very, very young workforce coming through' who believe they are 'invincible' will cause a 'perfect storm' when combined with the growing anti-police violence forces are now facing.

Yes, it's almost uncanny, isn't it? If the powers that be wanted to cultivate a growing disrespect for the police, it's hard to see what they'd do differently, isn't it? 

He told Police Oracle how some new recruits in Northamptonshire had been so 'taken aback by the role' and the violence the force deals with that they had walked out of self-defence training. 

Some told the force they hadn't realised that working weekends and nights was part of the role, the Police Oracle reports.

Chief Constable Adderley said that the recruits have 'no life experience' and he clearly tells them that the training 'is not an extension of sixth form college. This is a really serious business'.

Add this to the damage that diversity hires are doing, and that long march has conquered another institution. 

Incompetent, Lazy, Or Corrupt..?

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary said: "Police received a report that two dogs had allegedly attacked a horse, which was said to have sustained superficial injuries, at a rural location in the Helston area at around 3pm on Wednesday 31 March.

“An allegation of a public order offence was also made. Officers carried out enquiries into both allegations and no further action will be taken.”

Are they all incompetent in this police farce? 

I mean, I know they give up easily when faced with anything likely to raise a sweat, but good grief, this isn't the sort of incident you'd expect them to swerve, is it? 

Hope claims the owner encouraged the canine and even threatened to shoot her and her brother with a hunting gun, Cornwall Live reports. The dog became so violent it "dangled" off the horse by its teeth, Hope alleges.

The teenager said: "We asked the owner’s name and why he was there. He claimed he had permission and was getting up in our faces, making threats. His dog was on my big mare, and he was saying ‘go on, go on’, while blocking the foals from getting to her.

"We jumped over the gate to get away from it, and the dog went into the fields to attack the other mare.

"He [the owner] was throwing abuse at us, threatening to shoot us with a hunting gun, and then went away after 15 minutes of just staring at us."

Someone with dogs attacking livestock and then threatening to shoot the owners of said livestock, and they won't take action? Why not? 

Or, possibly, someone from a specific identity group that the police won't touch?

 

You Don't Say, Judge...

District Judge Joanna Dickens at Swindon Magistrates Court lays into the bugling Wiltshire Police and CPS:

'This case does worry me, and trouble me, that there could be a situation where other ten thousand pound fines have been bandied about by police in circumstances where they shouldn't have been.'

'Could be'..? There almost certainly is, and likely more than one! 

But let the Blame Shifting begin! 

A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said it was 'surprised' by the dismissal and will seek a review with the CPS.

Why? They didn't threaten the fine, you did... 

'Our policing response to the ongoing public health pandemic will continue to be robust, proportionate and consistent.'

But not accurate? 

'It remains vital that everyone takes personal responsibility for their actions and adheres to the restrictions which are in place.'

What personal responsibility are you taking for your officer's ignorance of the law he or she was laying down? 

A CPS spokesperson said: "We note the judge's comments and are examining what happened in this case before deciding next steps.

"The CPS also conducts a monthly review of all finalised coronavirus cases to ensure that the right person is charged with the right offence."

I wonder what you find in most cases? No, it's OK. I already know. 

It's The 'No Smoke Without Fire' Campaign...

Cambridgeshire Police have received dozens of allegations of racism by their staff over the last five years - but not one of them have been upheld.

132 police officers and staff were investigated between 2015 and 2020, but not one faced disciplinary action.

So, two conclusions to be drawn here. Anyone want to guess who is drawing the most advantageous one for their hobby horse? 

Campaigners have called for allegations to be re-investigated after the figures were branded "disgusting" and forces were accused of "gaslighting" victims of discrimination.

Yes, they are disgusting, when you think about it. But I suspect I think so for vastly different reasons than you... 

Katrina Ffrench, chief executive of StopWatch, which campaigns to make police more accountable, said the figures highlight a toxic culture within the UK's law enforcement.

They highlight a toxic culture, all right. But I don't think it's in the police... 

When The Pendulum Swings Too Far...

The 'Guardian' on the sometimes unsettling history of black and minority police officers:

They told of “old sweats” or “John Wayne types” who were openly racist towards the public. “Words such as ‘spooks’, ‘nigger’ and ‘coon’ are in such general use throughout the service that one officer counted 230 instances in one week,” the summary said.

Decsribing a time in the past when things were undoubtedly bad. But that's not the case today, surely? 

Thirty years on from that historic event – more than half a century after Norwell Roberts, now celebrated as the UK’s first postwar black police officer, donned his uniform – black and Asian officers are still struggling to find their place in the police service.

Really? Today's police offices still resound to the epithets from unreconstructed dinosaurs in uniform? 

Few now say they hear racial slurs in their stations or find racist graffiti on their lockers or faeces in their helmets. In policing, as in wider society, the line has been drawn against such overt discrimination.

So...what's the issue?