{"id":392,"date":"2012-05-06T07:35:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T07:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=392"},"modified":"2012-05-06T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T08:14:01","slug":"when-is-a-griffin-not-a-griffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"When Is A Griffin Not A Griffin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Griffins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Griffins<\/a> are mythological creatures which protect the gold.<\/p>\n

They are used in the coat of arms of the City of London,
\n& thus upon the helmets of the City of London police.<\/p>\n

Griffins are also used upon the crest of the Civil Nuclear
\nConstabulary, which is why many anti nukiller activists\u00a0 refer to
\nthem as Griffins.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Mix and Match Police Force.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most interesting trends in policing over the last few
\nyears has been the way in which police forces help each other out.<\/p>\n

For example:
\nAfter the riots in Haringey last year,
\nit became very common to see the streets of Turnpike Lane and
\nWood Green patrolled by none metropolitan police offices.
\ne.g.
\nFrom the Strathclyde force,
\netc, etc.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year I was on the protest at the Hinkley and Sizewell
\nnukiller power plant protests.<\/p>\n

At Hinkley the local Somerset police were on duty outside of the
\nplant.<\/p>\n

At Sizewell the local Suffolk police were on duty outside of the
\nplant.<\/p>\n

While the security just inside these EDF owned nukiller plants
\nwas being provided by a private security company.<\/p>\n

The Shape of the Future Nukiller Police.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now comes the news that the Cumbrian police are being asked to
\nprovide security at the Sellafield <\/a>( Windscale ) plant.<\/p>\n

This is so that in future:
\n\u2018the nuclear constabulary will deal solely with anti-terrorism issues’.<\/a><\/p>\n

Boots, Truncheons, & Iodine Tablets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from the cost aspect of local police forces undertaking to
\n\u2018protect\u2019 nukiller plants,
\nthere is another question which comes to my mind.<\/p>\n

Given the move towards that mix & match form of policing.
\nthen will all those police officers who are deployed at nukiller
\nplants be given extra training and equipment to deal with any
\nfuture radiation leaks?<\/p>\n

Will they now all be provided with iodine tablets<\/a>,
\nor guider counters as part of their standard equipment ?<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

Is this yet another ill thought out set of ideas?<\/p>\n

It would be interesting to learn just what rank and file police
\nofficers think about these issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Griffins. Griffins are mythological creatures which protect the gold. They are used in the coat of arms of the City of London, & thus upon the helmets of the City of London police. Griffins are also used upon the crest of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, which is why many anti nukiller activists\u00a0 refer to them … Continue reading When Is A Griffin Not A Griffin?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}