by Jez Moore | Apr 10, 2024 | Plod Blog
The other week I took a show to Poole in Dorset. Due to my superstar status I stopped in the local Travelodge. In addition to my double bed there was also a single bed, made up in the corner. As I unpack I noticed a shiny metallic object just under the bed and assumed...
by Jez Moore | Jul 11, 2022 | News, Plod Blog
Open letter to The Guardian in response to Night Coppers – review by Joel Golby – published Sat 9 Jul 2022. In the (likely) event that they decline to publish we reproduce here for completeness… Dear Guardian, I read with interest Joel Golby’s review of Channel...
by Jez Moore | Mar 17, 2022 | News, Plod Blog
Alfie and the Fair Cop team are absolutely delighted that his hit Radio 4 comedy ‘It’s a Fair Cop’ has been nominated in the Best Radio Show category of the Chortle Awards 2022. Alfie says “The audience are often co-stars of the show so this...
by Jez Moore | Aug 17, 2021 | Plod Blog
Earlier this week Jeremy Vine sent a tweet out about flat-roofed pubs which brought back a wave of nostalgic memories from my old policing patch… There’s an old saying “never drink in a flat-roofed pub” – they’re normally linked to depravation, brutalist architecture...
by Jez Moore | Jul 13, 2020 | News, Plod Blog
You know those weirdos that are often hanging around railway stations? The ones that look like they still live with their Mother and are always scribbling into their little notebooks? Well they’re the British Transport Police (BTP). They’re exactly the same as regular...
by Jez Moore | Jul 7, 2020 | News, Plod Blog
On Monday 25th May 2020, Derek Chauvin took the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was a shocking thing to see and, like many others, I’ve spent the last few weeks doing a lot of reflecting on what happened – trying to make sense of it… Did Derek...
