Jon Putnam

Just caught myself in a Dad joke.

Son: Daddy, my toothpaste has run out.

Me: Well, you’d best go after it!

This is why nobody should get in the car with a police officer. They get the tour whether they wanted it or not.

I love the scale of driving in fog between:

“No, I’m fine without any lights whatsoever as I drive my fog-coloured car” and,

“I must put my rear fogs on so the driver directly behind me in this line of traffic can see me.”

I had the honour of visiting my grandfather today for his 90th birthday. A wonderful achievement for a lovely man.

This is the problem when you sell off everything. Investment gets cut in favour of dividends.

Road fatalities carry some of the most raw trauma, because of the suddenness and the violence of it. I agree with you, definitely room for RJ to operate in this space, even if just to resolve a tiny bit of what goes unsaid.

It’s amazing how things change when the whole evidence is looked at, rather than a curated viral social media clip.

Well worth the upgrade then.

I’ve now managed over a week without feeling the need to stick needles in my eyes by looking at Twitter/X. Life is good.

Don’t worry! That would be great, perhaps in Jan?

I spent a couple of years trying to steer grieving families through court processes at Leicester. The sheer despair when the case would get adjourned yet again was palpable. The judges were regretful and had no choice, but sometimes it felt like cases would never conclude.

Alexa told us this one, my kid thought it was hilarious.

Investigation set to begin after Leicester factory fire - BBC News A man had to be rescued by firefighters after the blaze broke out near the King Power Stadium.

Couldn’t help but notice this happened on Burnmoor Street.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'We're attacked and abused as we try to save lives' Almost 45,000 assaults were recorded by ambulance services across England over the last five years.

Assaults against emergency workers are nothing short of an epidemic now. These people are literally there to help others and don’t deserve to be attacked for trying to help.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Do you ever struggle to keep up with your work calendar? I’m even a day behind on my advent calendar, but at least there’s chocolate in that one!

This is going to be one of the most historic bills we’ve ever seen. Clearly some strength of feeling on both sides of the debate, but personally I’m in support.

Yes, we’re renewing our deal with our current lender in Feb and it’s going from 1.54% to 3.99% (and rates have gone up since we locked that in!). It represents an extra £300 a month, for essentially nothing to change.

I’ve been asked to edit a friend and colleague’s third novel, two years after doing the second one. Very excited to get started and get a sneak peek at where the story goes!

Really interesting research there. Perhaps an increase in cynicism and/or compassion fatigue as they work longer in these arenas? Certainly troubling though because it could have a serious effect on investigations.

Ditto, I was going to direct to Cate!

Happy #Thanksgiving to friends and family across the pond!

I love working in an academic setting. My vocabulary is already broad, but I keep learning new words.

Today’s word is “Conspectus:” A summary or overview of a subject.

I will be using that one from now on!

Woman had to identify parents' bodies hours after giving birth Ian and Gail Gale were killed in a head-on collision by an uninsured driver

I’m no longer a police officer, but my proudest role was as a Detective Sergeant in serious collisions. One of my cases has just had a guilty verdict at trial. A devastating case where a daughter gave birth and had to identify her parents on the same day.

www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/real-li...

This made me chuckle.

First post here, trying something new. Let’s hope it’s better than the other place.