Aiming for Excellence

After being well and truly put in my place by council employees and Chief Execs alike and told not to bother them again,I did as they suggested I contacted the police.

Now we come to the 'never-never-make-believe' part of the story.

Those of you who have ever come up against any kind of criminal situation will think as I did that the police are there to help you?

WRONG, they are there to tick boxes and reach targets, assure the public they care and clear their desks at the end of the day.

Maybe that's a little unkind as I'm sure there are some decent police officers who go into the job hoping to make a difference.

Trouble is they don't because the system for want of a better word is weighted against the victim in society,that means you and me!

You can't win......and if you try to.....their dogma is

'How dare you criticise us'! Being honest can have its downside - especially when you are dealing with Local Authorities and the police. All they want is suit-speak and a sacrificial lamb.

Our Police (spent) Force are doing a great job manoeuvring paperwork from place to place until it gets 'lost'

in the boys-in-blue twilight zone.

The truth is out there but you'll never find it!

But I digress, I asked Durham Police for help and was firmly told by a visiting Sgt ' If you lived in Middlesbrough you wouldnt even warrant a visit with this kind of triviality'.

That's me told then..... How dare I ask for help?

According to the Gospel of Sgt. D. I should be grateful for small mercies, the odd brick through the window, the noise until all hours, the stench of an errant menagerie housed against my wall, although it doesnt say much for the standards that the *Smoggies have to endure.

So 'Aiming for Excellence' might be the tagline Durham Constabulary aspires to, but not too often eh?

Success is not a given in the North East of England, it's a b!oody miracle!

Here I am still stuck on the Magic Roundabout of Law and Order, and Accountability and no-one else is along for the ride.

*Smoggies - nickname for the inhabitants of Middlesbrough,

allegedly a crime hotspot according to the police - but remember this is the police speaking!