Police in the news yet again ......

[SydneyRover]

''Humberside police judged ‘outstanding’ five years after being ranked as failing''

'' ......... He warned against a top-down approach of leaders dreaming up edicts and dishing them out, instead asking staff and officers for their ideas. “I took over when the staff were angry, they felt unsupported, unlistened to and undervalued. They felt the leadership did things to them, not with them.

“Just shouting at people and telling them they are not good enough does not work.”

Freeman said the culture change had seen officers willing to call out hateful or poor behaviour by colleagues and “walk through walls” to improve crime fighting. He said: “Sergeants and inspectors work for the staff, not the other way around. It is high support, high challenge. We expect them to go the extra mile for the public.”

Freeman said there was now a genuine neighbourhood policing effort. Stations closed at the height of the cuts were reopened, and local officers policed areas and would rarely be taken away. Communities raised problems and saw them being dealt with, he said .............''

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/25/humberside-police-judged-outstanding-five-years-after-being-ranked-as-failing

[mugnapper]

I read the thread title and thought Sting was getting the band back together.....