I& #39;m so proud of my mate someone who has become one of my best mates, he & i work on the same team, we both went for the A/DS post on our team. He got it, well deserved & i will do my best to make sure he succeeds in his new role (i know he& #39;d do the same). Friendly competition

2) should always be looked for & we have a lot of that between us. He really is an exemplary Detective. Today a massive & quite complex case that he led on that our team worked on came to completion today when the defendant pled to 28 counts of possession/making/distribution IIOC

3) & grooming. We covered half the country on that job to secure the evidence, ensure we safeguarded children. For all those joining the job or new in you may hear some say promotion is cut throat & that they only way to go up is to look out for number 1. This absolutely isn& #39;t

4) true. The job itself is the sum of all its parts & building strong teams developing, encouraging & helping each other developing strong leaders is how we get the best people within promoted. It is a team effort. We work best & function at our strongest as a team. When i found

5) out i hadn& #39;t got it, i wasn& #39;t disappointed, i was proud of who did get it. Our work balance will change slightly as he& #39;ll be in charge, but our friendship won& #39;t. Having worked for some great mates like @earlyyearscop previously its very easy to do. I know now some see the job

6) as being corporate or a business but i don& #39;t. I still see the job more as a family & more now than ever for me it feels like this, its full of people who want to do good, do the right thing, help people which sometimes means at great cost to themselves. As always if you have

7) read all my thoughts & waffle and got to this point. Thank you, please stay safe and look after each other. Here is a picture of Bear starring at horses https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😁" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face with smiling eyes"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏻" title="Thumbs up (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up (light skin tone)">