Feb 3, 2013
…….. the “Newbie Wobble” from Carl Mason I left UK Policing two years ago and now work in the Caribbean, sitting on a beach most days, shipwrecked and comatose, drinking fresh mango juice, with goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes – it’s fun, fun, fun…....
Jan 21, 2013
Martin Mitchell, one of our favourites here at PiPS, has kindly penned his thoughts on where he is now, nearly a year into retirement. Martin had a wonderfully successfully career in policing, is as sharp as a tack and jolly nice too. And yet, even he has faced...
Jan 2, 2013
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” Francis Bacon What’s the best way to ‘move on’ from The Job? And ‘exactly how’ do you get started? Well, here’s me – not long retired, and, (like many of you), finding my way in the big wide world, finally out...
Dec 11, 2012
So as we reach the end of 2012, our second year, I am reflecting back on a busy year for PiPS and I wondered if I could I would wave a magic wand on behalf of our members, what would I hope for on their behalf? Bizarrely perhaps, I do not think I would magic all of...
Oct 31, 2012
A post on the LinkedIn group brought this topic to my mind, the old question asks “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” It is a way, as you will know, of getting people to recognise how much fear can hold them back. It is a good exercise for...
Oct 26, 2012
Whilst out and about, you find yourself patting your pocket/checking your bag in a panic because you have forgotten your warrant card, only to realize you no longer have one; OR you regularly imagine what you’re going to say to an officer, when he finds you still have...
