RogueOne

Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon...No matter how good you are the bird is going to shit on the board & strut around like it won anyway...

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Wow a job has opened up in the OPD pathway - this is my calling!!!! I really need this, psychology is my passion!!!!

@CraigProfessor She’s amazing! I’m hoping to work in the OPD pathway at some point. Hope you’re well x

Junglist, surely? Oh please yourself.

When you bond with works Clinical Psychologist who’s a junglist!!!!

Sex Offender Jailed for Life After Premeditated Stabbing Attack on Preston Probation Officer A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years for the attempted murder of probation officer Natasha Thorpe during a scheduled appointment in Preston. Ryan Gee, 35, of no fixed abode, launched the vicious attack on 22-07-25 at the Pavilions probation office in Ashton-on-Ribble, armed with two large kitchen knives and a BB gun imitation firearm hidden in his rucksack. Gee, who had a prior conviction in April 2023 for causing a child under 13 to watch a sexual act and escaping custody – resulting in an 18-month suspended sentence – harboured a deep grudge against the probation service. He wrongly blamed staff for his repeated failures to comply with sentences, spells in prison, and homelessness, having been sleeping rough in a tent in Burnley despite new accommodation being arranged. During the meeting with Ms Thorpe, 32, a mother-of-two, and a male colleague, Gee suddenly produced the weapons and stabbed her multiple times in the chest, shoulder, under the armpit, and stomach. He chased her into the reception area, inflicting further wounds before colleagues helped her to safety. Gee then held a female receptionist hostage, pointing the imitation firearm at her head while assuring her he would not harm her, and left a letter blaming another probation officer for his actions. A notebook detailing his vengeful thoughts towards the service was also recovered. Armed police arrived within minutes, arresting Gee after he defiantly told them they would have to shoot him. Officers provided emergency first aid to Ms Thorpe, who underwent extensive surgery and spent six weeks in hospital, being discharged on 02-09-25. At Liverpool Crown Court on 12-01-26, Gee pleaded guilty to attempted murder, possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, false imprisonment, threatening another with an offensive weapon, and two counts of possessing a bladed article. In a powerful victim personal statement, Ms Thorpe described the ongoing trauma: “I play the events of that day continuously over and over in my head, on a constant loop that I cannot escape from. It consumes me. I find myself catastrophising every situation, constantly scanning rooms for exits in case I need to escape. What was once ordinary now feels unsafe.” Martin Hill, Senior District Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said: “Projecting his anger at his own situation towards probation staff, he attempted to murder a probation officer and threatened two other staff members in this terrifying attack on public servants going about their duties. The long-lasting physical and emotional impact of Gee’s attack cannot be overstated.” Detective Inspector Manny Acheampong of Preston CID praised the rapid police response and added: “She was entitled to feel safe in her work environment, but Ryan Gee chose to arm himself... and launch the attack.” Do you believe enough is being done to protect probation officers and other public servants from violent offenders they supervise? Share your thoughts in the comments.

"Unsafe caseloads, hollow supervision and staff attrition are not unintended consequences, they are accepted outcomes. When failure becomes predictable and nothing changes, it stops being failure and starts being policy." 2/2

@ReeceDanns He was sooooooo good!

@RogueSt72 Niiiiiice 😎

Goldie last night!!! Back in his hometown!!! Boom 💥 💥

Love where I live!

@jimbrownblog I hate unpaid work and it is unfair that we have to manage this, we are dictated to by the UPW team when to breach, they’re sent home because there are too many on the work party & not credited travel time.

"I’m a Court Probation Officer. If this becomes law, I won’t be proposing Unpaid Work for anyone in future. This is dangerous and puts people and their families at risk."

Why do men literally jump straight into another relationship when I’m still processing what’s happened and after 11 years together? What’s that all about? It’s been like 2 weeks!

@JohnMann10n No she will be with me

@RogueSt72 Lovely. Is Lucy in the city?

Wow! #TheProdigy #glasto2025 that’s how you do it! Still remember seeing them in ‘92 at Quest!!!

Can’t play like Randy #backtothebeggining

@JohnMann10n Not too far, closer to work in the countryside!

@RogueSt72 Oh it happened last year but moved back to help him convalesce. Oh ok. Are you still in the same area?

@JohnMann10n Sorry to hear that! Hope he makes a speedy recovery. I’m still waiting for a completion date!

@RogueSt72 Ok. Dad much better since the stroke. How is your new home? Did you go far?

@JohnMann10n 🤣 I’m alright ta, how’s you?

@RogueSt72 Saw them at the Roller Express aged 15 on a school night 😆 How are you doing?

@smcgrath90 @ShaftedUn @BettyBoochichi2 Sorry to hear that. We try our best, working for an organisation that has very little resources (in my area anyway) and management that seems to just care about targets

@RogueSt72 @ShaftedUn @BettyBoochichi2 No offence, but I’ve never really had a good experience with probation officers and the same is said from most people I’ve spoken to on post release license That said I have came across a few really good probation officers at Green Lane office Liverpool

Two Met officers involved in the search involving the exposure of intimate parts of a 15-year-old Black girl at a school in Hackney, east London in 2020, have been found to have committed gross misconduct, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). At the conclusion of a four-week misconduct hearing, which was presented by the IOPC, a police disciplinary panel found that the decision to perform a strip search of the child – known as Child Q – was disproportionate, inappropriate and unnecessary, which was humiliating for the child and made her feel degraded. Trainee Detective Constable (T/DC) Kristina Linge and Police Constable (PC) Rafal Szmydynski were found to have breached the police standards of professional behaviour relating to duties and responsibilities, authority, respect and courtesy; orders and instructions, and discreditable conduct. The panel, chaired by Met Commander Jason Prins, also found that officers failed to ensure that an appropriate adult was present during the search, failed to obtain senior officer authorisation prior to conducting the strip search and failed to provide the child with a copy of the search record, all in breach of training and police policy. The panel found that the officers did not respect her rights as a child and failed to provide her with proper protection. The panel found the actions of a third officer, PC Victoria Wray, amounted to misconduct for not considering whether the search was disproportionate and for not establishing whether authorisation had been given to carry out the search. She was found to have breached the police standards of professional behaviour relating to duties and responsibilities, authority, respect and courtesy; and orders and instructions. The panel did not find that any officer breached professional behaviour standards relating to equality and diversity, or honesty and integrity. It did not find, based on the evidence, that race was a factor in their decisions or that the child was adultified. IOPC Director Amanda Rowe said: “Our sympathies remain with the young woman, who was a child at the time, and her family. It’s important to acknowledge that at the heart of this case was a child, in a vulnerable position, who officers failed to protect and unjustifiably subjected to a strip search. We know this incident has had a significant and long-lasting impact on her wellbeing. This case also led to widespread public concern and we have heard directly from a range of community stakeholders about the impact that this incident has had on trust and confidence in policing. “Their decision to strip search a 15-year-old at school on suspicion of a small amount of cannabis was completely disproportionate. They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place.” As a result of this investigation, and others we carried out around the same time involving police strip searches of children, we issued a number of nationwide learning recommendations including a review of stop and search authorised professional practice, which is currently being carried out by the College of Policing. This followed previous recommendations we made to the Met, which it accepted, concerning strip searches of children in 2022. We also made recommendations to the Home Office to amend strip search laws to improve child safeguarding measures, including introducing a mandatory safeguarding referral for any child subject to a search exposing intimate parts.   Amanda Rowe said: “We have been continuing to liaise with the Home Office and have given our views on proposed amendments to strengthen legislation. We are pleased that this is being progressed and look forward to the law being changed so that children are better safeguarded and protected.” Continued…

@smcgrath90 @ShaftedUn @BettyBoochichi2 Disagree. We get the blame for everything in probation

@ShaftedUn @BettyBoochichi2 Same applies to children’s services and the probation service Zero accountability and have a habit of passing the book to the police

@Vanillavoddie Thanks Jac!! Bloody crapping myself, everyone wants money from me 🤣. I hope you’re well? xx

I’ve actually bought my own house….yikes!!!!