Guess who this is?

There will be a prize for the anyone who can come up with a reasonable and funny suggestion of a serving police leader that this might depict and why?

The Twining Chronicles take on ACPO’s very own Nolan principles – ethics (c)

The Seven Principles of Public Life

Selflessness

Holders of public office should take decisions solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends.

Holders of the office should take decisions based on career aspirations. Why not award a building contract to a mate?

Integrity

Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence them in the performance of their official duties.

Holders must associate with dodgy lawyers.

Objectivity

In carrying out public business, including making public appointments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for rewards and benefits, holders of public office should make choices on merit.

Holders must always make appointments  ot their top team from their golden circle of chums.

Accountability

Holders of public office are accountable for their decisions and actions to the public and must submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office.

Holders must never make decisions, for example where a Sergeant is caught on CCTV striking a member of the public in a serious disorder situation, especially where that MOP is provoking the use of violence against that officer; holders in any said office must not use their kahunas and suggest reasonable force was used. Holders must always shut up when to say something would cost them their career in the Home Office.

Openness

Holders of public office should be as open as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands.

Holders must always withhold information, especially from Black people.

Honesty

Holders of public office have a duty to declare any private interests relating to their public duties and to take steps to resolve any conflicts arising in a way that protects the public interest.

Leadership

Holders of public office should promote and support these principles by leadership and example.

Holders of the said office must never take responsiblity, instead they should lead from the front in disciplining front line staff, whilst never questioning  their golden circle

© The Twining Chronicles

Thanks and all credit for this post goes to a newcomer, an ex PC who is now fighting the cause of policing in his posts.

Here it is….worth a look….

Following a technical error in our IT Department yesterday The Twining Chronicles can now proudly present the above video form youtube, (again), and for the benefit of Warwickshire police’s most senior SMT.

This youtube video is dedicated to Warwickshire’s Chief

Following on from Gadget’s blog about the Warwickshire’s Chief Constables recent reluctance to say a few words about the silliness of judicial sentencing, The Twining Chronicles can reveal an example of a true leader caught on youtube, influencing his people and making a real difference. Liverpool fans will find this hilarious.

Who are the top 5 Comedy Chiefs in history? Let us know who you think is in your top 5.

Here’s our top five comedy Chiefs. In reverse order:

(5) In fifth place we have Rowan Atkinson in The Thin Blue Line – because he just looks so silly.

(4) In fourth place we have the DI from The Thin Blue line for his RAF moustache.

(3) In third place it is the the Chief with spiky hair. We all have one in our Forces.

(2) Second place goes to Clousseau.

(1) And in first place our favourite comedy Chief is Norman Bettison.

The Chronicles of Blair….

“Say no to private policing, but please buy my book, ” he says…..He has thought long and hard about his book , though he perhaps didn’t like the musings of gadget and other bloggers, who were writing blogs. And perhaps he tried to stop his Met bloggers with ruthless dictats. Yes he  and his PSD scared a few off. It’s a free world for Blair though. And of course he seemed to have a kind love for Ghaffur, and of course he didn’t have a dedicated boardroom consisting of his trusted golden circle. Now, me, I don’t love Ghaffur, because I think he forgot who he was on the way up and he simply looked after himself; a bit like Blair.

Of course Blair wouldn’t have known every detail of what was happening in the Stockwell case; he left that up to Hayman and Dick, one has gone and one is sooo quiet now.  After all Blair was the highest paid officer in the Met, the public shouldn’t expect anything from that role. Apparantly Ian has to live with Stockwell every day. Has he no clue that the front line officers have to live with this every day, that their families have to live with this, and that when his golden circle blew some of us out, that we have to  live with his incompetence and that of his senior team, EVERY DAY, because they are effortlessly superior; they can choose not to listen to us.  What Ian doesn’t realise is that whilst he can wrap himself up in speak and memoirs the front line has suffered. And Ian, Sergeant Twining never has and never will believe in you because you are soo ergonomical with the truth.