Mark Brown
@mark74brown
PhD criminology student & was teaching @unisouthampton. MA criminology & crim/psych, ex-police, loves a bit of sport & done a bit of travelling in my time
Quick splash of my face etc before bed…oh…maybe not then! 😂
A nice honest answer about energy production (warning explicit language)…Aussie style! 🤣🤣🤣 linkedin.com/posts/danielle…
This is well worth a read…Rory has outlined the pitfalls of a Royal Commission (the last one in 1962 evidences those)…and also been self-reflective of past history when it comes to how policing has struggled for the last 2.5 decades…
🧵 Why a Royal Commission won’t save British policing or make us any safer. It might promise gravitas and free inquiry. But in a system riddled with progressive ideology, how could it possibly deliver for the British people? New Substack 👇
Want to hear a song that embraces what 60’s music was all about…it’s this classic
The Spencer Davis Group - I’m a Man A pure groove celebration of youthful bravado and musical passion, fronted by a teenage Stevie Winwood. That pasty-faced kid had soul by the bucketload. 1967.
Today’s topic of conversation amongst others regards policing…attrition & overall falling numbers of police for the first time in 6 years…some comments here from yours truly #policing msn.com/en-ie/news/wor…
For context in the world of policing this happened almost 5 years after the Police Act 1964 was passed which was the start of changing over to the 43 force model we still have today #Police
What century will the penny finally drop that water canon units are unfortunately going to be needed on our streets…and perhaps some tear gas etc like most other countries around the world when it comes to public order…
That would NOT have been allowed to happen to my carrier 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Look what you’ve done .@policeconduct .@ukhomeoffice .@YvetteCooperMP 👎🏼
Met Police to close half its front desks following budget cuts Are front desks only useful for reporting crimes? Can you imagine if GP surgeries closed all reception desks because only 5% of patients made new appointments through them face to face bbc.com/news/articles/…
Always loved this photo of my dad (dark blue shorts) building the summer house in the late 90’s here…today he would have been 74…happy heavenly birthday dad…hope you’re enjoying a cigarette & glass of Cizano & lemonade up there in a summer house in the sky ❤️
Prevent missed chances with Southport killer, says review VRU’s should be the fall back for those who are a risk if they don’t meet Prevent thresholds…extreme violence isn’t always ‘extremist’ related…violence itself is the ideology for some bbc.com/news/articles/…
Lot of memories…good ones too
This one is for those of you that grew up watching television in the 80’s and 90’s…
This hot English summer rolls on…let’s have a bbq as no rain forecast until Wednesday afternoon…my arse! 😳 #summer
Miami Vice was so good…I don’t think we realised back then but certainly do now
Epic scene from Miami Vice
The algorithms of X never ceases to amaze…literally 2 posts apart
You think sometimes (I am at this particular point due my current circs) that you haven’t achieved very much in life…this popped up today as a reminder on another SM site…recalling how I worked bloody hard to get this…and unlike other things in life this can’t be taken away!
