You are very welcome to my blog. Let me introduce myself. I am a recently retired police sergeant living in the seaside town of Cobh just outside Cork City in Ireland. During my career I was primarily involved in community policing but I was also involved in a couple of EU projects looking at crime prevention and diversity in policing both of which took me to various parts of Europe. Issues regarding policing are subjects close to my heart so I will mention them from time to time.
I spent a little over a year in Cyprus on a peace keeping mission with the United Nations. Working alongside so many different nationalities was fascinating and I loved every miniute of it so that’s also something I will prattle on about from time to time, along with anything else that annoys, irritates, displeases or frustrates me.
Something that makes me very happy however, is my little eighteen month old grandson, Cooper, and I will be describing some of his exploits and any other topics he might suggest. (He’s very advanced.)
I enjoy writing and I contribute articles to various publications but the main objective of this blog is to hopefully be a little entertaining. If I can generate a smile or even a little grin then it will have been worth the effort.
I hope you enjoy your visit and feel free to let me know if you don’t. It’s difficult to offend me so don’t worry.
Well written Trevor. Keep it going. You have a year’s of experiences to share. Worryingly though most of them are true
Hi Jim, yeah looking forward to seeing where this goes. Might pull a few skeletons out of the cupboard….keep the head down. 🙂
I for one will , on the basis of reading your inaugural blog, will be looking forward to reading them avidly. It’s strange but I can actually see and hear you as I read !
Until the next instalment ..
Regards,
Mark.
Cheers Mark. I’m just starting off but I’m delighted with the response so far. Keep in touch.
Well done Trev, I want to blog too at some point, and your experiences, interesting, painful and sometimes funny observations will no doubt help me take that step. ( I recently highlighted to some of my managers your articles that appeared in the media concerning prevention, and how all organisations are now holding up their hands and saying ‘cutbacks, prevention work has to go on the back burner now!’. Well we, in society, will definitely pay for this short-sight in the long term. ) Hope you enjoy the blogging, all the best from Ecosse.
Hey Stu, how are you my man. Thanks for the comments. I have another article due to appear in Journal.ie on Sunday which deals a little bit more with that particular subject. It still drives me nuts that the authorities were so short sighted. You’re so right about the future, we’ll all pay. A recent report by our Garda Inspectorate has already criticised the police authorities here for making that mistake. Keep in touch buddy.
Well done Trevor very entretaining blog . I so agree with you on alot of points. As a responsible dog owner , it’s the few that give the rest of us a bad name.
Hi Shirley, thanks for that. I’m a novice at this but I aim to get better.
Thats great, Trevor!
As a Canadian trucker and happy dog owner I have to admit that your first 2 themes are really touchy for me. My “Westy” Maggie joins me in
the righteous anger pointed at those irresponsible pet owners and speedy drivers!
P.S. Why won’t you post a few pics from the time of your Cyprus service? 🙂 Keep going!
Hey Andrei, how are you my friend. I will be doing something on my Cyprus days soon. It was a great experience for me and I look forward to sharing it with people.
Hello Mr. Trevor. Reading your words now brings me back to 2014 – Famagusta/ Dherynia and reminds me our talks and laugh… I am happy for your blog because your brilliant sence of humor and (sometimes) wise remarks and comments will be a part of my life again 🙂
I wish you all the best and many happy followers of your blog..
Looking forward to reading your next articles, especially these full of Cyprus memories…
Hey Janka, thanks for those nice words. I look forward to writing about the Cyprus experience as well. Many fond memories and lots of fun. Spoke with Mr. Stipic the other day. He’s still mad Jure. 🙂
Congrats Trevor. Your life experience certainly will provide fodder for your blog and food for thought and you have a nice eady style. Best of luck. Looking forward to future articles.
Thanks Marion, off to a good start. Journal.ie will be running a feature on Sunday so we’ll see where we go.
Hi Trevor,
Great to see you on your new blog. I look forward to reading more of your observations soon.
Cheers Jim, thanks for that.
Doubt ya boy.
Cheers Spud.
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Thank you Margareta, I’ve just started but hopefully I will get better.
Well done Trevor, best of luck with it!!!
Cheers Anne. Just a novice but I’ll get better.
That should have been Anne. Crap…Aine. At last. 🙂
Thank you.
Cheers. 🙂
Cheers Matt, thanks for that. It’s been a busy week.
I’m extremely impressed with your writing skills and also
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Anyway keep up the nice quality writing, it’s rare to see a nice blog like
this one these days.
Thanks Colette for those kind words. I’m a novice but I’ll get better hopefully. ?
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Well written, 10 years ago , you were not like that, good for a bit of crack.Keep up the writing. looking forward to the next one.
Cheers Kieran, it’s all a bit of fun. Must meet up for a coffee one of these days.
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Does managing a well-established blog like yours take a massive amount work?
I’m completely new to operating a blog but I do write in my diary every day.
I’d like to start a blog so I can easily share my experience and thoughts online.
Please let me know if you have any ideas or tips for brand new aspiring bloggers.
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