Vocational Visits

Hi all,

Just a quick update on my vocational visit today - I spent the day at a "Borough" - the equivalent to one of our suburban stations. I was welcomed by the big boss (Chief Superintendent Sultan Taylor) and then he introduced me to Detective Inspector Tony Kelly (the troops kept calling him "Gov" but he kept telling me off when I addressed him as Sir). Tony (aka "Gov") took me around to the "Jigsaw" team (sexual offences team) and they greeted me with a huge flag of England and a picture of the English Rugby Team....needless to say I started talking about cricket....

DI Tony then took me to Hornchurch Police Station where I met with the team from the Community Safety Unit which deals with a variety of crime including Race and Domestic Violence. I also had the opportunity to speak to the Victims Unit who deal with all sorts of issues within the Borough. I was then taken to the "local" for a snappy lunch (woops....I mean canteen...) and it was great to just chat to the crew about general policing - I felt like I was back at home - same issues, same ways etc. Many ideas and stories were exchanged - and I will certainly be taking back a few ideas to assist in the implementation of our Sex Offender Register and Domestic Violence Code of Practice.

Apologies but I am still having technical difficulties with my camera - but I do have a photo of yours truly in front of "New Scotland Yard" and I did have lunch in a real "Met Police Canteen" on Friday.......and it was just like "The Bill"....

Bye for now......Kira