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extreme90:

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10 out of 10 in the observation test!

Having just deleted three off topic (i.e unwanted) posts, I'm lokcing this thread.

It's only in for onvernight. Once it's sobered up and can walk straight it'll be unlocked to make it's own way home again.

As flippant as that sounds, I think it's a sad, sad indication of peoples attitudes when they can't show the decency to respect other folks views, especially of those who resource this forum.

Now, move along folks, there's nothing more to see here. Move along, now.
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thought you were locking it  :P  :P
running........gone...............

Eeyore:
unlocked again.

Thanks for your patience, folks.  8)

Boggert:
Top marks Eeyore, an excellent bit of moderating.

Back to the subject in hand... Policing in the UK has changes, but so has crime, and people’s attitudes. New officers are now trained to question their superiors where it use to be like the military.

We are told to go out in to the community, engage with them, yes have lunch where we can be seen. I agree not everyone see it like that but that is the way we are going. Surely its better we are seen buying food at Tescos or if you are LSP Harrods :wink: than huddled behind a desk or watching TV in the refs room.

I figure I dammed if I do and dammed if I don't, therefore I don't care as long as I am doing my job to the best of my ability. Because of the nature of our job we stand out like a sore thumb no matter what we do, be it right or wrong.

I was recently at a RTA, a serious one a fatal and I had a chap fail to stop at my road block, I eventually got him stopped and he was so angry with me he made a complaint... Why??? he was in the wrong?? Was I worried, not one bit. His complaint was tossed out very quickly…

However I will say one thing, I love this website and have made some good friends on it but I do not come here for people for people to have a pop at my profession because they have had a bad experience with a police man in the past! There is a time and place for complaining about the police and that is after the experience to their boss. I would not come here and say most lorry drivers are fat arrogant sexist pigs, because that is a generalisation and just not true.

Oh god after reading this hasn’t my diversity training worked… right I’m now off to Czech for a week where there is no such thing as diversity!
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Eeyore:
I have a colleague whose son is quite some way up in a regional force. His major gripe now is that he is pressurized to fulfill certain targets, which can can often be at odds with what the public feel is more important. To be fair to the him, he often beleives the public is right in what they want. But no, his superiors decide that certain types of crime are 'less important' because they don't hit the right tick-box with the Auditors.

He's no longer happy with his job (unsurprisingly).

His other comment was echoed above - two guys, one car, half a county to patrol. You can't be everywhere at once but the police are a victim of resource cutting and resource 'realignment' too. It ain't your bobbies fault - it's them higher up the chain.

Yeah, okay there are plenty of bad apples in the barrel (isn't there always) but there's no resource for that to be handled appropriately.

What's the answer? No idea, perosanally, but I'm interested as to what others can suggest, especially our serving officers. They're the guys having to do the job.

Cheers
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Eeyore

p.s. Thank you Boggert, very kind to say.   8)

Jamin:
Therse was always a bobby in our local Superdrug.

He used to stand at the back of the store doing very little.

Was also very rude, woudnt respond to you if you spoke to him. Just stand there grinning  :shock:

Im all for police think they do a great job, and personally never met one who hasnt been professional and very helpfull ( im a law abider)

But this guy was just awfull, every day doing nothing. Wasting time and money. Hopefully he was fired!




Went in one day and someone had crudely repaired him with selotape!




Did they really think it would deter shoplifters! :D :lol:  :D  :lol:

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