Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Lethargic Policing By Bonkers Boris
Haringey Police are far too slow to respond to Crime and the reasons for it ought to be obvious to the Commander & Commissioner. As a recent example, a young person living nearby was attacked knocked unconscious, had his jaw broken and had to have five tooth implants. It took the police over a month to start any enquiries and, even then, it was triggered by a parent complaining to the police. Such a slow response is not satisfactory and, no doubt, Commander Olisa and his fellow senior officers will cite a lack of resources.
The fact is senior officers have been managing investigations in a seriously jobsworth manner which uses too much resource to the detriment of all who use the service.
One example is a boy with a very evident problem who broke into a school to recover his hat. No doubt, dealing with this situation involved dozens of officers and specialists to give him a formal warning. The better alternative was to tell him off and let his parents know what happened. Sadly this would not occur to the Metropolitan Police http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/06/police-detain-downs-syndrome-sufferer...
Recently, I received a similar warning for harassment by email. The investigation involved 18 police officers, many quite senior up to Superintendent Presland, who did not even read the emails!
Olisa and Hogan-Howe's officers swear blind they are following the Mayor's & Home Office Policy to the letter. Even the Daily Telegraph has commented on the issue.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8571187/Chiefs...
Perhaps Bonkers Boris will grace us with his reply and arrange to have the issue addressed.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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From what I have heard there was a bit more involved in the boy recovering his hat and I am not going to criticise the police for what they did but yes you are right, probably better to send him home with a ticking off to his mum.
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Permalink Reply by Mr Wodjacallim on
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Hey if I am right, why not be critical?
Part of the problem with the police is people not taking some ownership. This allows the likes of Boris and Theresa May to run the show single handed. We should not allow this to happen, they are our police not Boris's or Mays !!!
There may well have been more involved, but was it sufficient to justify the action the police took?
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It has taken the Met four weeks to decide to do a re-enactment for the missing Alice Gross which is shameful.
The Met recently deployed twelve officers in Haringey for a harassment investigation based on false allegations from a rich person. This investigation was completed within a week and it is fair to say a higher priority was given to a half-baked investigation at the request of a rich person than what looks like a far more serious murder case.
How is that for prioritisation? What is the jobsworth logic that results in a rich woman getting quicker and better service than a seriously injured young man?
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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THANKS for the link to the Telegraph article that I read with interest.
Mr Fahy acknowledged that the tickbox culture had spread through all areas of public service, with social workers and nurses being particularly affected.
I was struck by this phrase and can think of examples of the bad effect for both. Many years ago an acquaintance told me his sister was a senior, experienced nurse and wanted to place an order for rubber gloves that would have saved the NHS a lot of money. She was rewarded with a bollocking about the requirement to order through centralised, national procurement.
Many rules are essential. But the heavy tick-box, procedure-laden, rule-based culture we have today is partly a reflection of the ascendency of lawyers and accountants. Both of these occupations can get it wrong and for want of a better expression, sometimes miss the wood for the trees.
Sometimes, rules and tick-box forms take no account of reality or changed realities.
There is no substitute for good judgement. This depends on the all the circumstances at a given moment. Bravo Peter Fahy, the head of Greater Manchester Police for his sane, common-sense comments!
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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It's everywhere. I was poleaxed by it when I started work in a big institution - in this case a college - for the first time. Years of working freelance meant that for me when anything needed doing, I did it. If it broke, I fixed it, or found the funds to get it fixed, quick. No equipment = no work. But a flat battery in a college camera ..... !!!!!
The most bash-head-against-the-wall thing was toner for the printers. Replaced one at a time, with carriage costs, from one list-price supplier. That was just the one I knew about.
Watch The Job Lot - sitcom about life in a Job Centre, just returned to a tv near you. It has the most wicked Head of CostSaving you could never wish to meet.
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They won't select Peter Fahy for Commissioner of the Met Police unless he publicly renounces the Human Rights Act.
The word is the Minister of Mordor, Theresa May and Bonkers Boris want to kill off the Human Rights Act. They have replaced Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General who is questioning this potty idea.
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