David J. Farley of Plympton, Plymouth, United Kingdom

David J. Farley of Plympton, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A Sad Day For Free Speech Within The Police Service





I am very grateful to Steve Bennett of The Thin Blue Line blog for his excellent posting on the forced closing down of Inspector Gadget's Blog. I thoroughly recommend you read his superb article to which I have full empathy. Steve is a retired West Midlands Police Officer and his sentiments are echoed by me in every respect. I only wish I could articulate and compose my views in a similarly pragmatic format. Well said Steve and I too am saddened by the demise of Inspector Gadget. With the Government imposing legislation to protect whistle blowers in the NHS in order to provide improvements in service delivery and operational  transparency; it beggars belief that the same does not apply within the police service. Here is the link to Steve's brilliant posting.  



1 comment:

annettesblog said...

I, too, am very saddened that Inspector Gadget has finished blogging. In fact I am angry. I have read his blog for years.
He was a brilliant blogger and had over 300 comments every time.
His blogs just told us the truth about what happens, he was very fair and not offensive.
I will miss him terribly.