Alongside the bent coppers story on the BBC's 'Birmingham & Black Country' news page was another crime case - seems to be a lot of crime in the district.

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We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

I believe she is non op Stirling. Probably leave that one to you.

I thought long and hard about the correct response Stirling. The correct answer is 'yes'.

I have a long and amusing story about a Billy Boy in Miri (Sarawak). Makes my family wince with embarrassment whenever I tell it.

This - I think once you've moved on from being a uniform on the beat kind of copper the level of physicality required becomes less important. The police also need specialists increasingly in scientific and technical areas - plus increasingly support specialists in wider fields such as psychology criminology etc.

There was three entry levels.

A level for people with no GCSEs, one for those with GCSEs and those with A-levels.

The better your qualifications, the less intensive the process was (basically if you were in group one you had to pass more entry exams).

Bit like the army, you don't need to be educated to get in, but it really does help.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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