| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then 08:22 - Mar 21 with 3019 views | DanTheMan |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65015479
Lots of blame to go around from culture to austerity. Casey accepts the findings... except for the bit that says these problems are institutional. |  |
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 15:31 - Mar 21 with 526 views | BlueBadger |
A bigot, domestic abuser and a rapist walk into a pub. Barman says 'what can I get you officer?' |  |
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 15:53 - Mar 21 with 493 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
“The more Met's top brass fixate on wokeness, the more bigoted its officers become”
Some hilarious mental gymnastics from the Mail - great stuff. |  | | |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 16:45 - Mar 21 with 465 views | BlueBadger |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 15:53 - Mar 21 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
“The more Met's top brass fixate on wokeness, the more bigoted its officers become”
Some hilarious mental gymnastics from the Mail - great stuff. |
They should probably take a good hard look at themselves given that they were one of the main driver in the 'justice for Stephen Lawrence' campaign in that case. [Post edited 22 Mar 2023 9:31]
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 16:48 - Mar 21 with 459 views | Ryorry |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 10:57 - Mar 21 by Guthrum |
However, I'd argue that austerity cuts did not help. Pressure and lower morale is going to cause the better officers to leave (much as currently in teaching and the NHS). Pressure on senior personnel-time reducing oversight. Lack of money to institute better practices and recruitment.
None of this excuses or negates the institutional failings (and crimes), but it will contribute to making them worse. |
There was an excellent, lengthy contribution to the Nicky Campbell phone-in yesterday on R5l, from a retired Met officer.
Basically he said that changes to pensions arrangements had resulted in whole tranches ("hand over fist" he said) of excellent, experienced, mature officers handing in their resignatons, in quite a short space of time, to retire early.
Not only have the Met by definition not been able to replace those with others of the same experience & maturity, but the scale of the 'uplift' consequently required means they've had to lower entry standards to take in many who would previously have been considered insufficient in calibre. |  |
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 17:15 - Mar 21 with 425 views | BlueBadger |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 08:39 - Mar 21 by BlueandTruesince82 |
I think the numerous examples of bullying, harassment etc demonstrate that policing attracts a certain type of person who gets a kick out of power far too often
Not always, plenty of genuine officers but still a certain personality type is v attracted to that role |
Trouble is, the 'genuine officers' don't seem to be particularly willing to challenge the behaviour of the wrong 'uns. | |
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 17:43 - Mar 21 with 393 views | chicoazul |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 16:48 - Mar 21 by Ryorry |
There was an excellent, lengthy contribution to the Nicky Campbell phone-in yesterday on R5l, from a retired Met officer.
Basically he said that changes to pensions arrangements had resulted in whole tranches ("hand over fist" he said) of excellent, experienced, mature officers handing in their resignatons, in quite a short space of time, to retire early.
Not only have the Met by definition not been able to replace those with others of the same experience & maturity, but the scale of the 'uplift' consequently required means they've had to lower entry standards to take in many who would previously have been considered insufficient in calibre. |
Maybe those excellent experienced mature officers were or are part of the problem. |  |
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 18:56 - Mar 21 with 375 views | Geomorph |
Home secretaries used to resign over this kind of shambles - this 'government' will probably welcome it as a distraction |  | | |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 19:22 - Mar 21 with 363 views | Ryorry |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 17:43 - Mar 21 by chicoazul |
Maybe those excellent experienced mature officers were or are part of the problem. |
Maybe a proportion of them were, but not the whole lot. | |
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| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 19:40 - Mar 21 with 352 views | Guthrum |
| Met Police report doesn't pull any punches then on 11:25 - Mar 21 by bluelagos |
One simple question Guthers - double the funding of the police tomorrow and you think that any of the cases I highlighted don't happen?
Do the 6 or so officers who watched Simon Harwood attack Ian Thomlinson suddenly decide to intervene? Do they now report what he did (as any honest officer would) ?
Don't see it myself. Lack of funding will of course impact morale, but again, low morale in the NHS hasn't turned individuals into wronguns... |
It's not a case of sudden change now. The erosion through cuts has been going on for many years. This is an ingrained problem which has evolved to the current state. |  |
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