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May 16, 2009•17 words
It sometimes helps to write things down to be clear about how you feel.
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Footage showed police push Mr Tomlinson
April 8, 2009•303 words
"We're up for it and we're up to it..." _Cmdr. Simon O'Brien of London's Metropolitan Police 26/03/09. Speaking about the policing arrangements for the G20 Financial Fools Day Demonstrations in London.
The nonchalant attitude towards their colleagues behaviour and the victim of the assault indicates this type of violence is common place and perhaps considered reasonable.
The key concept is that of "reasonable force" - i.e. force that is in proportion to the threat faced either by...
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May 16, 2009•220 words
I get paid to carry out inspections and write reports. The target for submitting the reports is 28 days. My average is 13 days. The regional average is 11.5 days. Seems to me that our performance is pretty good.
We are told the target is likely to come down to seven days. The reason given is that 28 days is excessive. No one has been able to articulate why 28 days is considered excessive. I've been informed that a quicker turn around is a mark of an effective organisation. The fact that most r...
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