August 18, 2008
As Guru was gliding through the traffic with the aid of a locally-sourced car siren this morning, he heard the story about the amount of police gear that's been nicked in the past three years.
It seems that more than £1m of police property has been stolen since 2005 - including stab vests, breath-test kits and handcuffs.
Hedge trimmers, packed lunches, two dogs, a benevolance fund box, shrubbery, sat-nav systems, a Codes of Practice book and even some pain killing tablets all went awry.
The losses were revealed when the Times sent Freedom of Information requests to all 43 forces in England and Wales.
Well, long-time HR hero Angela O'Connor has got her work cut out at the National Policing Improvement Agency if the boys in blue can't even stop their own stuff being half-inched.
No time for sympathy from Guru though - Yours Truly is off to trim that shrubbery with a packed lunch and some asprin. What is all that barking?
