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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Couldn’t some QE be introduced for funding public services? Employing more people for policing for eg (80% of police budgets are spent on staff) means those being paid to do it will spend more back in to the economy…I’ve asked this question before & the answer has been yes it could be beneficial

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Absolutely! Some things are just a constant

Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Weren’t ports (river or sea) renowned hives of crime and often murder? Then there was Beer Street & Gin Lane in London that depicts all this…followed by the infamous Whitechapel or Deansgate in Manchester during Victorian days…crime hotspots aren’t a new phenomena

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Don’t you just love technology!

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Or “be one of the ‘extra’ police officers we are recruiting” where the word ‘extra’ does more heavy lifting than a crane 🏗️ building the next tallest structure in the world!

Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 17

They never listened back then…they haven’t since and won’t in the future…there’s an inner circle monopolising clique that frequents far too many areas of public services like policing & why things don’t change…or the warnings are never heeded etc

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 17

The same thing happens in policing…you can go back a decade or more & the issues are very similar if not exactly the same…some of this is down to the same stakeholder influencers, advisors, civil servants, SPADS, think tanks & political ideologues mostly circulating old wine in new bottles

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 11

@gunviolenceticker.bsky.social

Do you have a daily tracker for incidents? Data that can help determine which days of the week are more prevalent for eg or to see which periods throughout each month have higher rates of incidents

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

…the damage that’s been done in the last 2.5 decades is really coming home to roost now and it’s effecting things more & more in terms of delivery & efficacy…there’s a lot of talk but there doesn’t seem to be the political will to be bold & radical and a continuous cycle of ‘chat’

Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

…the world has changed around me in the last 50 odd years and so has crime & what challenges policing faces these days compared to way back then…essentially police forces whatever size etc need to be more financially resilient & political ideology avoid booming & busting the service so much…

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

That should read ‘bigger is better’…just to add here that a more plural form of policing should be considered…the 43 model was devised back in the early 1960’s even if it’s only been in place since 1974…I’m as old as that model and creaking a bit these days just like that structural model…

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

The discussion always focuses on ‘a bigger & better’ structural model to replace the 43…why is there never a counter-focus towards a more localised model that’s fairer financially and more in line with what policing was originally intended for

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

There is also the issue of the largest force in a merger or ‘mega’ force drawing a much larger proportion of resources & finance in a ‘needs most’ context and will leave outliers even more bereft than the present…basically big city’s with big problems get the most thrown at them

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

…equalisation of band charges on council tax revenue are a major blocker…to have a North-East ‘mega’ force for eg would mean raising precept charges in Northumbria & Durham to mirror Cleveland’s charges which are much higher than Northumbria’s…the public simply won’t consent to this

Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Aug 6

Shame there wasn’t more detail & debate about prospective mergers or ‘mega forces’ and the issues with these notions…notably funding & how the current formula with regards to precepts at local taxation level are a significant factor with the eg of Dorset merging with Devon & Cornwall…

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Jul 31

Essentially 14 years of ‘hard’ neoliberalism…cut backs to push the ‘small state’ ideology…along with contract out & tender, sell off and/or privatise public services completely…it’s all about making us self-sufficient & ‘total football’ style citizens to eradicate any form of welfare state

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Mark Brown @m-j-bro.bsky.social · Jul 31

An interesting ideology trend change from 2018/19 (certainly something I experienced in case escalation from initial referrals with ‘more emphasis’ placed on XRW to “balance things”)…also no surprise to see a significant amount of XRW ideologue’s involved in sexual offending & IIOC in particular!

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