For its title, he chose the term wasting police time, a misdemeanor criminal offence under british law. Still, it kept me turning pages for mild entertainment. Wasting more police time by david copperfield waterstones. Actually ive just checked the legislation and im wrong. Work from comfort of your home and receive your first paycheck within a week. Whereas if you had a more positive outlook, you would work faster without wasting time worrying and spending more time doing something to work towards your goal. Wasting police time edit in early 2006 copperfield signed a book deal with british publisher monday books to turn his blog into a book. More confessions of a hostie the second sector ebook by danielle hugh. The ironic title of the book is something that is a criminal offence. The first outcome is a lot of unnecessary panicking, wasting more time on thinking what you should be doing rather than actually doing it. Ive been charged with wasting police time and have been. Wasting police time is his hilarious and shocking diary of life as a modern british bobby. I have been informed by the police and my answered by a verified solicitor.
When the time is up, move on to more productive tasks. For proceedings to be brought for an offence of wasting police. Wasting more police time by david copperfield, 9781906308193, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The story is told slightly differently on the beebs website on the tv they made a big hoohah out of the fact that she was given a fixed penalty for wasting police time yet the website says that he showed them messages that she sent saying she wanted to be with him just the day before. It compromises on correctness but has more dramatic effect. Wasting police time by david copperfield waterstones.
Nevertheless, i recommend this book, and the followup, wasting more police time, in which 100 different police officers from all over the uk corroborate the assertions of the author. True, there were other uniformed officers inside the police station. However, its not as punchy as youre wasting both of our times, where both is the key word. In worrying case woman told by manchester judge to stop wasting police time. Many argue police departments are recruiting and selecting a new breed of police officer. Police across the nation have their hands full dealing with coronavirus pandemic, but in seattle, police chief carmen best wants cops to investigate reports of racist namecalling.
This type of policy isnt new its been around for 40 years but many legal nurse consultants dont know about it. You can get all the value in the book from the first 20 pages or so, and the rest of the book is more of the same. Wasting police time is a criminal offence as outlined under section 5 2 of the criminal law act 1967. Books released a sequel to wasting police time, entitled wasting more. Wasting more police time takes us back into the mad world of british policing for more amazing stories from the front line against crime. It was the first book to spill the beans about the way senior police officers waste. Its the first book to spill the beans about the way senior police officers waste our money while fiddling the crime figures and scrambling to meet bogus home office targets. It is a crime to file a false police report in california penal code 148. It was the first book to spill the beans about the way senior police officers waste our money while they fiddle the crime figures and scramble to meet bogus home office targets. Read wasting police time the crazy world of the war on crime by pc david. He had to do his blog, on which this book and a sequel wasting more police time, are based, under a pen name to protect his job. From time to time, i will go on an all out news fast, not reading any news for several days. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
List time wasters start your day with a list of things you know you tend to waste time on. I have been charged with wasting police time by a scottish. This was better than wasting police time in that instead of one uniformed police officer moaning continuously that he hated his job, this contained many officers moaning about how they hate their jobs, which did make it slightly easier to read. Pc david copperfield is the pen name of stuart davidson, formerly of the staffordshire police, who is believed to have been the internets first police blogger, who later wrote the bestselling book about the british police service, wasting police time. Copperfields fictional newtown is really burtonupon trent. Knowingly making false reports to the police is an offence, including verbal or written statements that. Book description pc david copperfield is an ordinary beat bobby quietly waging the war on crime. For the first time in history, we have four generations working sidebyside in the modern workplace. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Use the following tips to maximize productivity, whether at work, school or home. Let the record show luke admitted i am better than him with a glock. Also, the narrative did drag on a bit in the middle of the book, and the author could not conceal his obvious bitterness at the job.
Wasting police time is an eyeopener as to how the government impedes serious police work by means of bureaucracy, political correctness, fluffy science thinking and the ticking of boxes to meet a variety of absurd political targets. Really i would give this a two and a half but i had to round up because the preceding book was worse and i gave that 2 stars. Wasting police time is pc david copperfields hilarious but shocking picture of life in a modern british town, where teenage yobs terrorise the. Wasting more police time takes us back into the mad world. Limit your time set a timer when you read the news. The longawaited followup to the bestselling wasting police time monday books, 2008, wasting more police time takes readers back to the front line of british policing for more fascinating stories and insights. Police wasting more than a third of their time on paperwork, tony mcnulty admits police officers are wasting more than a third of their. Buy wasting more police time by david copperfield from waterstones today. It gives an insight through humour of a coppers life. Wasting liability insurance policies refer to medical malpractice insurance policies that waste away or dwindle in value after the initiation of a lawsuit. An update to wasting police time, which was a personal account of a serving police constable, wasting more police time provides explanations from police officers in england and wales about how things are for them. That the reporter has information that is relevant to a police enquiry. Go on a news diet try cutting out news altogether, or severely limiting it. As i have had first hand experience of the sort of thing.
Pc david copperfield is the pen name of stuart davidson, formerly of the staffordshire police, who is believed to have been the internets first police blogger, who later wrote the bestselling book about the british police service, wasting police time, while serving as police constable pc. Wasting police time pc david copperfield monday books. I approached the police following being attacked and then a few days later i wanted to retract my statement and was advised this was not possible. But when this becomes a daily occurrence, its time to take action.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery. The book, is by pc david copperfield his real name is stuart davidson. The singer, whose real name is george odowd, pleaded guilty on wednesday to falsely reporting a burglary at a brief hearing in manhattan criminal court. Wasting police time is his hilarious but shocking picture of life in a modern british town. Wasting police time is pc copperfields insiders diary of life as a modern british bobby. Wasting more police time by david copperfield goodreads. An act to amend the law of england and wales by abolishing the division of crimes into felonies and misdemeanours and to amend and simplify the law in respect of matters arising from or related to that division or the abolition of it. Top 10 timewasting calls to the met police this year. Copperfields chief constable wont like it and neither will the government. Teenager who threatened suicide on road prosecuted for. In his cosy living room, a fat tome about stalin dominates the bookcase behind him, but his own publication.
Millers book stop wasting your time is a great motivational book to help leaders learn how to maximize their time effectively. When you notice youre wasting time, add that time waster to the list. The only way i could do this was to say nothing had happened so that is what i did. There are more police officers than ever but what are they actually doing.
Thus far, id spent about five hours on the crime, plus a bit of getting to and from the scene. Ive been charged with wasting police time and have been given a court date. By reading this book, i have learned that goal oriented people should surround themselves around like. Tonight officers tell us they cant do the job theyre paid to do. Wasting police time by david copperfield goodreads.
It depends on what you mean by wasting police time. Hi, i have been charged with wasting police time by a scottish court. In england and wales, one can be charged with the offence under section 52 of the criminal law act 1967 when one causes any wasteful employment of the police by knowingly making to any person a false report which. Hes usually drowning in a sea of paperwork, government initiatives and bogus targets. Buy wasting police time by david copperfield from waterstones today. Wasting police time is listed as a criminal offence in many commonwealth countries. They consist of traditionalists, baby boomers, generation x and millennials also known as generation y or nexters murgado, 2011, p.
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