Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime
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Journal Entry 1 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 31, 2007
My Secret Santa present from this year's work Christmas lunch - looks funny.
Journal Entry 2 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Review from Amazon.co.uk: PC DAVID COPPERFIELD is an ordinary bobby quietly waging war on crime...when he’s not drowning in a sea of paperwork, government initiatives and bogus targets. 'WASTING POLICE TIME' is his hilarious but shocking picture of life in a modern British town, where teenage yobs terrorise the elderly, drunken couples brawl in front of their children and drug-addicted burglars and muggers roam free. PC Copperfield reveals how crime is spiralling while millions of pounds in tax is frittered away, and reveals a force which, crushed under mad bureaucracy, is left desperately fiddling the figures. His award-winning internet diary, Coppersblog, attracted rave reviews for its dry wit from The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph; The Mail on Sunday featured it across three full pages. It's also banned by most police forces - just accessing the blog is a disciplinary offence. Copperfield brings the same incisive, acid humour to bear in 'Wasting Police Time'. The Home Secretary won't like it, and nor will Copperfield's Chief Constable, but a million serving and retired police officers and millions of ordinary Britons will be left nodding in agreement. If you're fed up with Tony Blair's bogus war on crime, and you want the truth - with added laughs - this book is for you.
I work closely with the police, and the content of this book rings very true. While I don't agree with all of "Copperfield's" opinions, I do agree with a lot of them, and it's written in an accessible and amusing way. Things look bleak, though ...
I work closely with the police, and the content of this book rings very true. While I don't agree with all of "Copperfield's" opinions, I do agree with a lot of them, and it's written in an accessible and amusing way. Things look bleak, though ...
Journal Entry 3 by dododumpling at St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 25, 2020
12+ years on and I found myself surprised at many of the opinions expressed in this book. It feels like we now live in a different world.
