The Liverpool Echo online last week carried a report about a recent burglary in Bedford Road, Birkdale. The victim is pictured holding the remains of a sealed glazed unit that was forced out of the bottom panel of what appears to be a back or maybe side door. In spite of the terrible shock of…

Just to let you know that the six lucky winners of our winter prize draw competition have now been picked at random from the many entries we received. It usually takes a while for the winners to respond to our messages, but just as soon as we have the full list we'll announce the winners on this…

I've recently added a new page for ‘vehicle parking' in the Commercial Premises and Security section of this website. Over the next couple of months I will be adding further pages to complete a whole new section of advice, which I hope people will find useful. I've no doubt I've missed…

The Telegraph online (9 February) is carrying a story (by Martin Evans) telling us that Leicestershire Constabulary has told some of its beat officers not to investigate crime. You ought to read the story here first, but here's my quick summary: The Chief Constable is facing continued budget…

Once again I am indebted to Neil Henson, retired Police Sergeant in the London Metropolitan Police, for providing me with his latest articles for my Problem Solving Section, which is now complete! This time, Neil looks at how organisations might recognise and reward the participants of a problem…

We had an unexpectedly large number of visitors to the website yesterday (almost 1,500) and we don't really know why. Maybe it was yesterday's spring like weather and the promise of longer warmer days to come that got people tapping away at their computers looking for replacement doors and…