Felt appropriate to share this after Fridays event. As the dust settles on what must have been a dreadful weekend for all involved. Please talk. Please look after one another. Thank you for all those in uniform do for others 🙏
It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our legendary former striker, Martin Chivers.
We extend our deepest sympathies to Martin’s family, friends and former team-mates at this incredibly sad time.
Our players will wear black armbands during this evening’s fixture against AFC Bournemouth.
Rest in peace, Martin. One of the all-time greats 🤍
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so i can cook meals at home with fresh ingredients.
spend on my family and friends without worrying about a budget.
that's my idea of a rich life, not the fake consumerist idea shoved down my throat.
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Hi all 👋
I know I haven’t been around as much recently, we’ve had a few ups & downs in our house.
I’m very much here, & ready to cheer you all on & support all our amazing officers. A massive thank you to you all for everything you do 💙💙
#StaySafe👍 out there
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@greateranglia How have you not made an announcement on here re the train issues this morning on the Cambridge line? People being kicked off the train now heading back to Cambridge. Severe delays yet no announcement on here to warn customers still heading towards their stations? Shameful
A summary of my son's first game refereeing a game this morning. For reference my son is 15, it was an U9 game and my son has no connection to either clubs.
He's been called a "a blatant cheat" "blind" "stupid" "doesn't know what he's doing"
In addition he's been spoken to in a manner I can only describe as aggressive and Intimidating for things like giving a throw, allowing a player to re take a foul throw, not giving a penalty when a child tripped on the ball and was not fouled.
My son left the pitch today and said this to me in the car, I'm never doing that again, kids were great, adults were absolutely disgusting. No wonder we struggle for refs.
1/2 My dad unfortunately collapsed and passed away at the Wolves game last Monday night, he had to be carried up stairs from his seat in block 123 to be able to have CPR performed on him, his watch went missing when he was moved and we desperately want it back..
That line ‘Police Response Times will be Standardised and Measured’ has really got to me.
So firstly not all Police Officers can drive, let alone drive using Lights and Sirens. Most people don’t know that. They assume quite rightly that it would be a requirement like it is in most countries, but it’s not here.
Also unlike in most countries it’s not an offence to not move out of the way of an Emergency Vehicle responding to an emergency. The Highway Code tells you you’re obliged to give way, but it is not an offence for not doing so.
Emergency calls have three gradings:
Immediate - 15 Minute Response
Significant - 1 Hour Response
Extended - 24 Hour Response
They’re called slightly different things across the country but the timings are already ‘Standardised’. 👀
What’s not standardised is the Human Factors in the nature of Policing.
Just because I come on shift and on paper it says I have 30 Cops, that isn’t actually the case.
Four are restricted due to injury or other welfare reasons.
Six have been taken to AID another borough, most likely to Police a protest.
Eight are covering hospital guards, crime scenes and constant watches.
So you’re left with twelve Cops to cover a HUGE London Borough, all of the outstanding calls from the previous shifts, and the calls that come in as you start.
Those twelve Cops already have crimes to progress, but instead they are sent out to deal with and record new ones. They’re burnt out and work incredibly hard.
During the shift there’s a serious traffic collision so I lose another four Cops, four more make arrests, and another two are dealing with a serious domestic incident.
Now I’ve got two Cops left and they’re running to as many ‘I’ graded calls as they can and the @ukhomeoffice has just told them they will be ‘measured’ on their response times.
En route to one of the calls, they have a serious collision with a member of the public. They’re suspended from driving and are investigated. When asked why they were traveling at the speed they were, they mention ‘charter times’. The @policeconduct don’t care that there are charter times; public safety is more important, and for once they’re quite right. And surprisingly no one from the @ukhomeoffice is sat next to the Cops in their criminal interview defending them and telling @policeconduct how important ‘charter times’ are.
So from a lowly Response Police Sergeant, to Response Cops, Sergeants and Inspectors everywhere, our Cops get to calls as quickly as it is safe to do so, and they arrive alive. Not in a time frame set by people who have never and will never do or understand our job.
#ThinBlueLine 🚨