# covert — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover covert. Page: Feed: --- ## [PART II — The Rise and Fall of Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/part-ii-the-rise-and-fall-of-mullah) _2026-08-19 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Succession, Schism, and the Drone Strike That Reshaped the Taliban’s Leadership ## [The Emir Behind the Curtain: Kandahar’s Orchestrated Display of Power and the Taliban’s New Season of Fear](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/the-emir-behind-the-curtain-kandahars) _2026-08-17 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ An assessment of Mullah Hibatullah’s tightly controlled appearance, the regime’s escalating security paranoia, emphasis on unity, counterintelligence vigilance, and extremist capability retention ## [THE TALIBAN TAPESTRY: A SECRET HISTORY OF POWER, PATRONAGE, AND BLOOD](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/the-taliban-tapestry-a-secret-history) _2026-08-17 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Inside the ISI‑engineered rise of the Taliban: proxy wars, fractured jihadist alliances, and the covert architecture that paved the way for Haibatullah’s absolutist rule. ## [Fateh Northern Front: A Rising Insurgency in the Shadows of Badakhshan](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/fateh-northern-front-a-rising-insurgency) _2026-08-14 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Wiretapped intelligence reveals Mullah Jumma Khan Fateh’s gold‑funded bid to arm northern depots, rally non‑Pashtun fighters, and challenge Haibatullah’s rule with a breakaway faction. ## [Current Affairs Dispatch: Shaki District Erupts in Taliban Infighting](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/current-affairs-dispatch-shaki-district) _2026-08-13 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Haibatullah’s Omari Army storms Shaki to crush Mullah Jumma Khan Fateh’s northern faction, leaving his inner circle shattered and the battlefront expanding toward Nasi and Darwaz. ## [Intelligence Assessment: CIA’s Covert Alliance and Tehran’s Counteroffensive](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/intelligence-assessment-cias-covert) _2026-08-13 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Kurdish Militias vs. Iran’s Proxy Armies: A Brewing Ground War ## [Operation Eclipse: The Trump Ground Card Unleashed](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/operation-eclipse-the-trump-ground) _2026-08-11 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ In the shadows of renewed U.S.–Iran hostilities, Washington engineers a covert alliance ''Kurdish militias, regional powers, and precision warfare'' poised to redraw the map of the Middle East. ## [Fractures in the Emirate: Haqqani’s Fury at the Rise of the 2021‑Model Taliban](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/fractures-in-the-emirate-haqqanis) _2026-08-10 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Internal rifts threaten Taliban cohesion ## [Hidden Frontlines: Power Games in the Shadows](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/hidden-frontlines-power-games-in) _2026-08-06 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ An investigative lens on covert networks, their strategies, and the consequences for global security. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209909083/a836d8784ceff93f85621b92f1f78320.mp3) ## [Afghanistan on the Brink: Taliban’s Biometric Surveillance and Pakistan’s Covert Recruitment Fuel a New Civil War](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/afghanistan-on-the-brink-talibans) _2026-08-05 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Cross‑Border Intelligence Maneuvers and the Rise of Armed Resistance Signal a Dangerous Regional Escalation ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i1CF1l9L1Jfb) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [Taliban–Baloch Nexus: Plotting the Elimination of Afghan Ex‑Soldiers in Pakistan](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/talibanbaloch-nexus-plotting-the) _2026-08-04 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Helmand Meeting Signals Coordinated Strategy to Neutralize Trained Afghan Resistance Before Re‑Entry ## [Pakistan’s Shadow War: Afghan Ex‑Soldiers Recruited for Balochistan Operations](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/pakistans-shadow-war-afghan-exsoldiers) _2026-08-03 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Selective Border Policies and Covert Recruitment Signal Islamabad’s Expanding Intelligence Strategy ## [Intelligence Assessment: How Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan Are Shaping a Multi‑Front Storm Against the Taliban](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/intelligence-assessment-how-iran) _2026-07-31 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Assessing the Probability of Coordinated Armed Resistance Across Three Fronts ## [THE TALIBAN’S FIVE‑YEAR COUNTDOWN: Baradar’s Desperate Gambit as the Regime’s Lifeline Frays](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/the-talibans-fiveyear-countdown-baradars) _2026-07-30 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Inside the clandestine push to resurrect U.S. negotiations as armed resistance ignites across northern Afghanistan ## [Taliban Leader's Northern Doctrine: Weaponizing Tajik Commanders to Crush Tajik Resistance](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/taliban-leaders-northern-doctrine) _2026-07-29 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Ethnic Reversal Warfare: How the Taliban Are Deploying Tajik Commanders to Decapitate Tajik‑Led Resistance Movements ## [Strategic Assesment: The Northern Quiet Convergence of Resistance Against Taliban Rule](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/strategic-assesment-the-northern) _2026-07-28 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ An emerging cross‑border insurgent current reshapes the security landscape from Badakhshan to Balochistan ## [Strategic Assessment: Taliban–Tajikistan Security Dialogue and the Expanding Jihadist Threat in Northern Afghanistan](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/strategic-assessment-talibantajikistan) _2026-07-24 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ When Kabul Met Dushanbe: A Confrontation Over Shadows Beyond the Northern Frontier ## [Two Very Different Takes On Biowarfare And Ticks](https://covertbookreport.com/2889-2/) _2026-07-20 · JT · Covert Book Report_ Review: Two Very Different Takes on Biowarfare And Ticks These two books write about the spread of Lyme Disease, named after Old Lyme Connecticut near plum island. In “Bitten”, by Kris Newby (Newby herself has Lyme Disease) bases almost all her written work on a German called Willy Burgdorfer who worked at a Montana institute, \[ \] The post Two Very Different Takes On Biowarfare And Ticks first… ## [Iran’s Covert Appeal to the Taliban Exposes a Fractured Militant Landscape as U.S. Airstrikes Reshape the Region](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/irans-covert-appeal-to-the-taliban) _2026-07-17 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ IRGC’s Call to the Taliban Reveals a Dangerous Gap in Militant Control Across South‑Central Asia ## [The Northern Accord: How a Fractured Taliban Power Struggle Was Dragged Back from the Brink](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/the-northern-accord-how-a-fractured) _2026-07-14 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ A month‑long confrontation over gold, authority, and ethnic power centers forces the Taliban’s top brass into Badakhshan ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/y7DMsjjpBnJh) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Relocating Uyghur & Uzbek Militants: The Taliban’s High‑Risk Gamble to Shield China’s Golden Lifelines in Badakhshan](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/relocating-uyghur-and-uzbek-militants) _2026-07-13 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ Internal Taliban dispute over relocation of Uyghur and Uzbek militant‑linked migrant camps to Badakhshan Province ## [Shattered Allegiances: The Rebirth of Jamaat‑ul‑Ahrar and the Return of a Regional Menace](https://ajmals.substack.com/p/shattered-allegiances-the-rebirth) _2026-07-12 · Ajmal Sohail · Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism_ How a splinter born from ideological defiance and internal betrayal has re‑emerged as a standalone jihadist force, threatening to destabilize the Afghanistan–Pakistan corridor once again ## [Review: Blood Meridian, By Cormac McCarthy](https://covertbookreport.com/review-blood-meridian-by-cormac-mccarthy/) _2026-06-01 · JT · Covert Book Report_ “Review: Blood Meridian” I had to re-read the introduction by Harold Bloom to understand what I had just read. “Blood Meridian” is just that, bloody. But the prose by author Cormac McCarthy is indeed very good. I have collected another McCarthy book “The Road”, which I will read soon. In a way, I preferred the \[ \] The post Review: Blood Meridian, By Cormac McCarthy first appeared on Covert Book… ## [One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1 by Whitney Webb](https://covertbookreport.com/one-nation-under-blackmail-vol-1-by-whitney-webb/) _2026-03-09 · JT · Covert Book Report_ One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1 by Whitney Webb I have done my darnedest to be accurate to Whitney and the publisher on this. In “One Nation Under Blackmail”, the subtitle is “The sordid union between Intelligence and Organized Crime that gave rise to Jeffrey Epstein”. In this volume, Epstein in seldom mentioned, but his \[ \] The post One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1 by Whitney Webb first… ## [Page Fifty One - Burglar at the Door (Copcast #166)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/12/page-fifty-one-burglar-at-door-copcast.html) _2026-01-09 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ Back when George was a probationer himself, a lot of things were different. They had personal radios back then but there was only one channel to communicate on and the radios were pretty basic. There were three volume settings, louder, louder and deafening; and the only way th turn the thing off was to drop the battery out of the bottom. If you were with another officer when you stopped someone in… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage51-BurglarAtTheDoor/GeorgesUpdate51burglarAtTheDoor.mp3) ## [Page Fifty - Away on His Toes (Copcast #165)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/12/page-fifty-away-on-his-toes-copcast-165.html) _2026-01-02 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ There are so many reasons why people become police officers, probably as many reasons as there are officers. Beyond the reasons for joining though, there are the unexpected reasons for staying. For instance there is the heart-stopping moment of excitement when a call comes over the radio for units to assist with a call to 'suspects on premises'. Those calls often seem to come in when everyone is… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage50-AwayOnHisToes/GeorgesUpdate50awayOnHisToes.mp3) ## [Page Forty Nine - The Rain in Spain (Copcast #164)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/12/page-forty-nine-rain-in-spain-copcast.html) _2025-12-26 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ George was sitting alone at the team table in the canteen, catching up with two weeks worth of paperwork, when half of the Relief piled in for refs. They greeted him in the usual boisterous round of "welcome back" and "how was the holiday?" A couple of his colleagues noted that he hadn't been his usual chirpy self since he'd got back and wondered if everything was all right. George put down his… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage49-TheRainInSpain/GeorgesUpdate49theRainInSpain.mp3) ## [Movie / Book Comparison “Soylent Green” VS. “Make Room! Make Room!”](https://covertbookreport.com/movie-book-comparison-soylent-green-vs-make-room-make-room/) _2025-12-26 · JT · Covert Book Report_ It s been a while since I read “Make Room! Make Room!”, and I just found “Soylent Green” on YouTube, so my comparison may be off a bit. I definitely liked the movie, starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, better. The book that inspired the movie was good, but I thought the movie surpassed it. \[ \] The post Movie / Book Comparison “Soylent Green” VS. “Make Room! Make Room!” first appeared… ## [Page Forty Eight - Left Hanging (Copcast #163)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/11/page-forty-eight-left-hanging-copcast.html) _2025-12-19 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ The New year is a strange time, for some people it is a celebration of hope while for others it can be a time of hope for better times to come. For a few though, the New year is a reminder of how bad things can be and a time of loneliness and misery. Through all this there are a very small number of people who can be found working the night away, doing everything they can to keep the rest of us… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage47-LeftHanging/GeorgesUpdate48leftHanging.mp3) ## [Page Forty Seven - It's Just Routine Guv' (Copcast #162)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/11/page-forty-seven-its-just-routine-guv.html) _2025-12-12 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ A hunch is all it takes, there's no logical reason why a one particular vehicle attracts the attention of an alert copper while another doesn't. It may be something obvious like a minor moving traffic offence or just their manner of driving. Sometimes though you just 'know' something isn't right and pulling over a vehicle for a driving documents check can reap rewards and make for a good collar.… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage47-ItsJustRoutineGuv/GeorgesUpdate47itsJustRoutineGuv.mp3) ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cFgeXgN9oWa0) _2025-12-12 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [The Sensemaker’s Guide to Change Management](https://abbycovert.com/writing/guide-to-change-management/) _2025-12-12 · Abby Covert · Abby Covert, Information Architect_ Change management gets a bad rap. Maybe it s because the words themselves sound like corporate speak. Or maybe it s because most of us have been on the receiving end of badly managed change and we re still scarred from the experience. But here s the thing: if you re doing information architecture work, you re doing change management work.... The post The Sensemaker’s Guide to Change Management… ## [Page Forty Six - Wanda Isn't a Fish (Copcast #161)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/11/page-forty-six-wanda-isnt-fish-copcast.html) _2025-12-05 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ At ninja skills training, sorry Defensive Skills or Officer Safety Training, they bang on about using tactical communications, officer approach and stance, the conflict resolution model, how your behaviour affects others, the reactionary gap, etc. All very valid and if you want to avoid getting the odd punch on the nose then it's worthwhile paying attention. The biggest problem George often… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage46-WandaIsntAFish/GeorgesUpdate46wandaIsntAFish.mp3) ## [Page forty Five - Not Linford Christie (Copcast #160)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/11/page-forty-five-not-linford-christie.html) _2025-11-28 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ George hates foot chases. Aside from the obvious that it knackers you out if it goes on for more than five minutes, you also have to contend with street furniture, mums with buggies, jeering youths and cars that absolutely and categorically will not stop to let you pass. The bad guys are normally half George's age, light on their feet and wearing Nike air trainers whereas he's wearing a stab vest,… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage45-NotLinfordChristie/GeorgesUpdate45notLinfordChristie.mp3) ## [Page Forty Four - Operator's Duties (Copcast #159)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/10/page-forty-four-operators-duties.html) _2025-11-21 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ The Radio Telephone or R/T Car tends to be the flagship on a Borough and the crew of the car are therefore looked upon to provide the lead in pretty much any day to day incidents that don’t need a supervisor. The driver of the R/T Car is also the most highly qualified driver on the Borough having attended and passed the four week Advanced Driving Course including pursuit management. As such, the… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage44-OperatorsDuties/GeorgesUpdate44operatorsDuties.mp3) ## [Page Forty Three - Not a Disaster Movie (Copcast #158)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/10/page-forty-three-not-disaster-movie.html) _2025-11-14 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ The snowy weather may have reduced most of the UK to a post apocalyptic state but the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' doesn't even come close to reflecting the effects. Who could imagine it, snow ... on a workday? The schools were all closed, milk was turning sour in the farms because the tankers couldn't get through and anyone living more than five miles from their place of work was guaranteed a… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage43-NotADisasterMovie/GeorgesUpdate43notADisasterMovie.mp3) ## [The Sensemaker’s Guide to Collaboration](https://abbycovert.com/writing/guide-to-collaboration/) _2025-11-14 · Abby Covert · Abby Covert, Information Architect_ You can see the mess. You ve even got the imagination to fix it. But somehow, you can t seem to get anyone else on board with making it better. If this sounds familiar, you re not alone. As sensemakers, we have a special knack for spotting chaos in systems, language, and structure. But having the vision to... The post The Sensemaker s Guide to Collaboration appeared first on Abby Covert,… ## [Page Forty Two - Best Defence (Copcast #157)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/10/page-forty-two-best-defence-copcast-157.html) _2025-11-07 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ I n this crazy world where it is perceived that the bad guys get more rights than some victims,George is always at his happiest when he feels he's got 'one over' on a defence solicitor. Like most police officers who interview their own prisoners he views the defence brief as a necessary evil. Given that the UK Criminal Justice System is deemed as one of the fairest in the world and a model that… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage42-BestDefence/GeorgesUpdate42bestDefence.mp3) ## [Page Forty One - I Know Kung Fu (Copcast #156)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/10/page-forty-one-i-know-kung-fu-copcast.html) _2025-10-31 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ It was a cold sunny day in town; George and his probationer were in the middle of a routine vehicle stop-check when a report of a road rage incident, involving threats and a weapon of some description, came in from not far away from their position. A female driver had been threatened with what appeared to be a baseball bat, or large stick, by another road user following a verbal argument over… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage41-IKnowKungFu/GeorgesUpdate41iKnowKungFu.mp3) ## [Page Forty - Dipped Copper (Copcast #155)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/10/page-forty-dipped-copper-copcast-155.html) _2025-10-31 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ It was mid-December when George’s team celebrated Christmas together by gathering at a pub before going on to a restaurant. They chose one of the small rural towns on the edge of their constabulary where there was a pleasant little inn only two or three doors away from the local police station. The mood of the team was extremely buoyant, not only were they celebrating the beginning of the festive… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage40-DippedCopper/GeorgesUpdate40policeDipped.mp3) ## [Page Thirty Nine - Santa's in Trouble (Copcast #154)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/09/page-thirty-nine-santas-in-trouble.html) _2025-10-24 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ Once upon a time, long, long ago, police officers used to decorate their vehicles with tinsel and lights at Christmas in keeping with the festive spirit of the season. Sadly, for a variety of reasons, this is a practice that hasn’t been allowed by senior officers for a very long time. Back in the early days of George’s career there was an R/T Driver on his team called Tim. He was over six foot six… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage39-SantasInTrouble/GeorgesUpdate39santasInTrouble.mp3) ## [Page Thirty Eight - Watching the Detectives (Copcast #153)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/09/page-thirty-eight-watching-detectives.html) _2025-10-17 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ George thought to himself “If I were ever to write this as a story, no one would believe me. They’d say I made it up”. The day had started so well, his team was in early and was all in plain clothes and the covert radios were all working, that in itself was a minor miracle. The unmarked cars had all been arranged and parked in the yard and the battered old plumber’s van with the dark windows was… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage38-WatchingTheDetectives/GeorgesUpdate38watchingTheDetectives.mp3) ## [The Sensemaker’s Guide to Return on Investment](https://abbycovert.com/writing/guide-to-return-on-investment/) _2025-10-17 · Abby Covert · Abby Covert, Information Architect_ The difference between good sensemaking and great sensemaking isn t just about having the right answer. It s about understanding what return you re getting from the time, energy, and resources you put into making sense of complex problems. This article covers: What is Return on Investment in Sensemaking? Return on Investment (ROI) in sensemaking is the measurable... The post The Sensemaker s Guide… ## [Page Thirty Seven - The Old Dog (Copcast #152)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/09/page-thirty-seven-old-dog-copcast-152.html) _2025-10-10 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ It is true to say that most of us become a little complacent about the work we do and the things we deal with. As we become more familiar with them it’s easy to forget how difficult others may find tasks that we take for granted. George had just arrived back in the rear yard of the police station having collected a stray dog that had been roaming the streets nearby. He’d had little trouble getting… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage37-TheOldDog/GeorgesUpdate37theOldDog.mp3) ## [Page Thirty Six - Silver Haired Fox (Copcast #151)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/09/page-thirty-six-silver-haired-fox.html) _2025-10-03 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ George remembers quite vividly his days of being tutored on shift. It was a great time for him, his first foray into real police work. As a very 'wet behind the ears' probationer, he experienced confrontation on an unprecendented scale, had a taste of man's inhumanity to man and witnessed the social degradation that goes hand in hand with some of the more colorful characters police officers meet… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage36-SilverHairedFox/GeorgesUpdate36silverHairedFox.mp3) ## [Page Thirty Five - Escaped Prisoner (Copcast #150)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/08/page-thirty-five-escaped-prisoner.html) _2025-09-26 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ The rear yard at George’s police station is not only the parking area for all the police vehicles but is also the entrance to the Custody Offices so the whole place is surrounded by a twenty foot high wall topped with razor wire and only accessible through an electric gate operated from the Control Room. Because of the security, George and his team tend to relax once they reach the yard. One Night… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage35-EscapedPrisoner/GeorgesUpdate35escapedPrisoner.mp3) ## [Page Thirty Four - Bump in the Night (Copcast #149)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/08/page-thirty-four-bump-in-night-copcast.html) _2025-09-19 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ The weekend seems to start on Thursday evening, at least as far as the drinking public is concerned. From Thursday Night Duty through until Sunday Early Turn most uniform patrol officers can expect to be dealing with their fair share of drunken revellers and the problems that go with them. There is always the usual smattering of fights with the injured joining those that have over-imbibed down at… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage34-BumpInTheNight/GeorgesUpdate34bumpInTheNight.mp3) ## [Page Thirty Three - Title (Copcast #148)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/08/page-thirty-three-title-copcast-148.html) _2025-09-12 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ It was dark, about 2am and the strobing blue lights were flickering off houses and hedgerows accompanied by the yelp of sirens as George’s Response Car barreled along the road, he was concentrating so intently on his driving that his eyes felt like they were out on stalks. Ahead of him was his colleague Jock in another Response Car but unlike George’s car, this one was letting out a long eerie… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage33-ABigPolcol/GeorgesUpdate33aBigPolcol.mp3) ## [The Sensemaker’s Guide to Arguing](https://abbycovert.com/writing/guide-to-argument/) _2025-09-12 · Abby Covert · Abby Covert, Information Architect_ You know that moment when you have a brilliant idea for fixing something that s clearly broken, but then you realize the hard part isn t figuring out the solution—it s getting everyone else to see it too? Welcome to the real work of sensemaking. The messy, human part where good ideas go to die unless you know... The post The Sensemaker s Guide to Arguing appeared first on Abby Covert, Information… ## [Page Thirty Two - Not a Catwalk (Copcast #147)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/08/page-thirty-two-not-catwalk-copcast-147.html) _2025-09-05 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ It cannot be denied that there are some people that find police officers in their uniforms a powerfully appealing image to behold. It is also true that there are some officers who are so enamoured of how well they look in all their kit that they walk around like fashion models on a catwalk. In his role as tutor constable, George has become used to many students coming onto the unit fully equipped… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage32-NotACatwalk/GeorgesUpdate32notACatwalk.mp3) ## [Page Thirty One - Be Vewy, Vewy Qwiet (Copcast #146)](http://georgespocketbook.blogspot.com/2014/07/page-thirty-one-be-vewy-vewy-qwiet.html) _2025-08-29 · noreply@blogger.com (George Saint) · Tales From George's Pocketbook_ "Unit to deal please, suspects on, 14 Richmond street". Suspects on. Those two words in a radio message, guaranteed to make all police officers ears twitch. The thrill of the chase, you can't beat it. George called up “Mike14, show me en-route, ETA three minutes". He flicked the blues on and floored the accelerator pedal. The Ford Focus diesel clattered into life, the two tones wailing at the rush… [Listen](http://www.archive.org/download/GeorgesPocketbookpage31-BeVewyVewyQwiet/GeorgesUpdate31beVewyVewyQwiet.mp3)