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Eeyore:
Finding bobbies in chemists and pharmacies is quite common nowadays, depending on your location. Certainly, the ones I've had the pleasure of working in had issues arising from the free issue of syringes and them picking up rehab scripts. Some of the clientel can get a bit 'assertive'. Ahh, how I miss Kings Lynn, Norwich and Ipswich (not!)
Your average store guard carries less authority than a guy with a 'proper' badge (and a stick).
Sadly, guarding something always involve a lot of standing around waiting for something to happen.
As with a lot of things however, this may not be the enitre story, and he could have just been hiding out of the way and being obnoxious, but the thought is worth raising.
Cheers
8)
Eeyore
karlo:
--- Quote from: "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
8)
Eeyore
p.s. Thank you Boggert, very kind to say. 8)
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Unfortunately alot of this government's money saving has been mainly through natural wastage with people leaving jobs and not being replaced not just in the Police but in other area's NHS, Civil Service e.t.c.
This means less staff to do more who's work loads continue to rise due to illness & stress then more people leave and it just gets worse.
Now after Mr Blair has left it has been handed to Mr Brown who is going to get bitten in the rear because its now starting to blow up into strikes.
You have only got to look around to see that police manpower has dropped dramatically in recent years.
If you only new how much money is wasted within the Civil service alone its shocking (I have worked within it).
I think if all mp's and top civil servants took a 10% pay cut this country would make millions over night.
Jamin:
Did the pic not Work :D
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Your average store guard carries less authority than a guy with a 'proper' badge (and a stick).
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Being 5mm thick and an inanimate objet, i think his authority was minimal :D
The Ant Hill Mob:
I'd like to ask the serving officers on here, when they're in Tesco's or wherever, buying their dinner, how many people go up to them and start hassling them? And how many times do they get a smile and a thanks from Joe Public for doing a sterling job with few resources, and daft laws to work around.
My stepdad repeatedly got taken home as a child after falling in the local horse trough. After being given a clip round the ear by the local bobby (who was 8ft tall and built like a brick outhouse), he'd get the same from his Mum, as he was making her ashamed in front of the neighbours, by bringing the little tyke home!
How many times is this repeated nowadays? The clip round the ear would count as GBH against the officer, and it's now illegal to give a child a slap on the back of the legs (the bit where Mums know it really hurts). How many parents would now turn around and have a go at the officer for bringing the child home?
I know times change, and I'm not longing for the good old days where diptheria, measles and scarlet fever were child killers, but this type of policing seemed to work well - they didn't have ASBO's in those days, as Policemen (and Teachers) got the respect they deserved from the vast majority of people.
Eeyore:
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Being 5mm thick and an inanimate objet, i think his authority was minimal :D
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And the moral of this story is always read the post properly first! :oops:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Nice one! :wink:
Cheers
8)
Eeyore
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