Saying goodbye
The funeral for our colleague Sarah O'Connor last Thursday was an extraordinary event.
Police pay and conditions
A double hit this week with reports on police pay and conditions and public sector pensions.
Pride in our new police station
All the talk is over, all the hard work to plan and build it is done and we are moving in and opening to the public on 7th March.
Prevention of burglary is priority
Normally if I drop something potentially contentious into these posts then the Echo pick up on it to see if there's a story.
Tell us how to tell you more and how to do it better
I've mentioned the new police station several times and now at last we have taken it over from the developers so it's ours.
To know or not to know, which is better?
There's been a huge amount of coverage in the press of the terrible murder of Jo Yeates in Bristol.
Policing amid cuts and the cold
This cold weather brings the greatest range of experiences for people from the sheer joy of kids out sledging to the absolute misery for those unable to keep warm and safe (such as the homeless) or people genuinely harassed by the few irresponsible snow ballers.
Watching out for crime
One evening this week I was at the Southampton Neighbourhood Watch annual meeting.
Police face the challenge of spending cuts
Wednesday's big announcement about public spending cuts in the end had been so well trailed that there were few suprises.
