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Well summer just came and went. It’s not like I really had a holiday, I sweated it out over (and still over) mypolice. I feel very humbled to be part of that rollercoaster but will be handing the bulk over to Lauren Currie for the forseeable future until my new course calms down a little.

And so here I am. New studio, not so new art school, but exciting new course. I have b… Continue

SIPR = The Scottish Institute of Policing Research. I attended their third conference yesterday. The emphasis was on the discussion of community policing, a term coined by John Aldersham back in the 70s, and first met with scepticism, which is what I thought my meet mypolice too.

How very wrong I was.

I took along visuals to aid my explanation to attendees as to what mypolice i… Continue

Last week I visited my gran in her nursing home. Having been so busy this year with graduating and various other things going on, I felt really bad that I hadn’t been to see her in a long time. The reason she was put into a nursing home was because she can’t quite take care of herself and she needs 24 hour care now.

I can’t help but think, had her mind been kept more active… Continue

Last week has been very productive and busy for mypolice and shows no sign of relenting. Possibly a reason why there has been a bit of a lack of blog posts!

Just to fill you in on last week,

We were at Garnethill Community centre again, this time, setting up in the café and speaking to local residents about mypolice. We held a small workshop where residents were asked to come a… Continue

It’s been a bit of a slow week for mypolice in certain respects. We had a few meetings but with a couple being forgotten about (not at our end) and one being canceled it really was slightly frustrating this week and a couple of real lessons. One, always confirm first thing in the morning before you spend money on a taxi to a far away destination. Two, book more meetings/research… Continue