David Smith RVM🇬🇧

@Alanw47 I refer to my earlier comment, fantastic cast.

@elmparkboy Only cos my lad was in it 😂😂😂😂

I just sat down to watch Mr Bigstuff and found my son staring at me from the screen. Didn’t know he was in it, I didn’t know he was in Slow Horses either but I spotted him 😂😂

@Alanw47 Goes without saying 😀

@Alanw47 Brilliant series, fantastic cast

@elmparkboy That would have been my natural home. Looking forward to next series.

@Alanw47 @BettyBoochichi2 @BriW74 I would ask for a friend but I don’t have any 😀

@BettyBoochichi2 @BriW74 Do the persons being stopped have to treat the officers with dignity? Asking for a friend

Police officers have been told they must treat suspects whom they stop and search with “dignity” in the wake of race rows over the tactic. The College of Policing, the standards body for officers’ conduct, has launched a consultation on new guidance for officers, which it says “places greater emphasis on the quality of the encounter itself”. The guidance says officers must explain “clearly” why they are searching a suspect and treat people with “dignity and respect throughout”. It also gives officers a list of up to eight checks they should make before they search a person whom they suspect of cannabis possession if they smell the drug in the street. The list includes whether the smell can be attributed to a specific person, whether it came from somewhere else, the likelihood of finding cannabis on a specific person and whether a reasonable person would judge a search to be justified. The proposed new guidance has been criticised by the Tories. Chris Philp, the Shadow Home Secretary, said: “This is yet more woke nonsense. The College of Policing should be making it easier to conduct stop and search, not harder. Stop and search takes knives and drugs off the streets and saves lives.” “The Conservative plan is to make stop and search easier and triple its use. Yet these guidelines bleat about racial disproportionality. The fact is, when stop and search rates are compared to the profile of offenders rather than the whole population, there is no disproportionality.” “The success rates of stop and search are the same across ethnic groups, showing that no one - including the black community - is being unfairly picked on. These new guidelines are a waste of time and will simply make stop and search more difficult, putting lives at risk and missing the chance to confiscate illegal drugs.” “I urge the College to cancel this consultation and instead make stop and search easier.” There has been a decline in the number of stop-and-searches by police. They reached a peak of 1.5 million in 2008-2009 before collapsing to 279,000 in 2017 after Theresa May, the then home secretary, issued revised guidance because of her concerns that the tactic was being disproportionately applied in black communities. The number has since risen with successive home secretaries and police chiefs defending the use of “intelligence-led” stop-and-searches to combat rising knife crime. However, the most recent data show that the number of stops and searches fell by 1.4 per cent in the year to March 2025 to 528,582 from 536,217 in the previous year, amid fears by officers that they could be subject to complaints and criticism of the disproportionate use of the tactic. ‘Culture of discrimination’ The college said the new guidance was a direct response to three reports by watchdogs. One found there was still a perception within black communities that it was being used “disproportionately” and that this could “reinforce” the sense that there was a “culture of discrimination within the police”. A second disciplinary action followed against three police officers for “gross misconduct” after they strip-searched a 15-year-old boy in his home without an appropriate adult present. The college said the guidance was designed to address “disproportionality affecting children, young people and other vulnerable groups”. “It strengthens safeguarding requirements and places greater emphasis on the quality of the encounter itself, not just whether a search takes place, but how it is conducted,” it said. It placed “greater focus on communication, helping officers explain clearly why a search is taking place and treating people with dignity and respect throughout”. It also provided guidance on de-escalation, recognising that “how officers engage can significantly affect the outcome of an encounter and its impact on community trust”. Continued…

@Alanw47 This Dave is off to Cancun this morning ☀️

Dave’s arrived 🤣🤣

@Alanw47 Very smart and would certainly cut the mustard at any parade, well you’d get noticed

Not sure I’m very impressed with this ChatGPT malarkey 🤣🤣

@Alanw47 The short answer is NO!

Are these the words of a mentally competent statesman? youtu.be/VU_K13MFFwA?si…

@Alanw47 15 years in May, when the world hadn’t yet gone to hell in a Handcart

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

@Alanw47 The fastest time was set by a Cruise Missile. Team Principal Trump said he was pleased with their performance and explosive acceleration.

A forthcoming F1 tyre test in Bahrain has been cancelled. Can’t think why. Shrapnel on the track?

@Alanw47 You old romantic you🌹

@Alanw47 @Loriagne2 ME TOO

@elmparkboy @Loriagne2 Still blocked 😂😂😂

Way too early for some ranting insults from some random I’ve never heard of, not even finished my Coco Pops (other breakfast cereals are available) #BLOCKED I’ve been insulted by better people than you. Have a great day @Loriagne2

@Alanw47 @Brick_Cop @ukhomeoffice Words fail me.

@Brick_Cop @ukhomeoffice I feel so angry, and desperately sorry for the poor lass

Stop the world, I’d like to get off please. How on earth could a jury not find a verdict on GBH with intent? It’s on camera. There is no lawful excuse of ‘defending someone with a sledgehammer’. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Who would want to be a Police Officer? #ThinBlueLine 🚨

@Alanw47 An Inspector told me to get my ‘bloody hair cut’. I now have a phobia with anything that has pips, especially fruit.

I obviously need to sign up for this independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

@Alanw47 @Gilly1044 Is she breathing, then the answer is a resounding yes 👍🏻

@Gilly1044 Oh dear, has Alice upset someone, again?

@Alanw47 @_57dB Still during your probation I see😀

@_57dB That’s me on the right Dave 🤣🤣

And so it’s the last weekend before Christmas, always a mental set of nights for the police. I remember many years ago when I was on response as one of the van drivers in Blackpool. It was buzzing, job to job to job. No ethical crime recording as they now call it. Two blokes equally matched knocking ten bells out of each other. Wade in, separate them and if no serious injuries send them packing or they both get locked up. I smile as I write this and can hear the Ride of the Valkyrie’s in my ears. Stay safe tonight my brothers and sister and watch your backs 👍

@Alanw47 @BBC I would need to be on drugs to watch it.

Police investigating Strictly 'drug use' claims ⁦@BBC⁩ not really having a great year bbc.com/news/articles/…

@Alanw47 I was groped in Greggs, is that the same thing?

Poor Gregg telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/2…