rant Traffic police

[jagman]

2 anecdotes ;

My mobile rung due there being a break in at the industrial unit I had , the alarm is one of these all singing dancing affairs that do not have suprious warnings and need 2/3 trips to trigger .

Now the unit is 400 meters from the police station

So I call them to get them to go and check it out , Er NO , its not policy im told !! so as Keyholder off I rush with my Dog ( he huge !)

Sure enough there was a break in ,

The following morning I was visted by SOC for fingerprints , statements etc - six hours later they were done and I asked why no one could simply have gone from the station or radio a local car ? -

Not policy I was told , too time consuming and expensive , what to actually catch criminals !! and you,ve just spent 6 hours here !

What if I had been there and the robbers were still there ? could I set my dog on them ...NO you would be charged for that !

What if they attacted me with a baseball bat ? - shrug shoulders , not our policy sir !!

 

2. I was asked to attend a open day at the local police with a car to use for a display ; car was used to have a sort of quiz on how to secure cars and not show things on display like laptops on the rear seat etc..

On walking round the show I noticed that the most popular stall in the whole show (other than the speed camara display) was the one displaying the body armour and snipers guns and weapons. Ther were kids all over the stall looking at the weapons

On meeting the chief constable later that day I asked him , why if the theme of the day was care in the community and community policing was there a need to glorify the weapons they had to a bunch of kids ?......He simply walked off...

[SupraP-Z]

The problem and fact of the matter is, a LOT of police abuse their power. They simply cannot accept that they are in the wrong! Not all of them do this, and i agree they are human beings at the end of the day just doing their job (so are traffic wardens RUN THEM OVER!)...but sometimes they really do take the pi$$, they dont take your situation or anything else into consideration, just fine you or points on your license and thats it.

 

Its like, thats what they get high on...just waiting for someone with half a cm less tread depth on one tire, fine the living daylights out of them, and watch their face drop! I thought their job was to help people? maybe a warning - caution at most...but seriously, some of them really know how to push my buttons.

 

Im not saying i DIDNT do anything wrong...well not the first time anyway (as i mentioned the first fine i got, i wasnt wearing my seatbelt...so i let that one slide...sly little B*****D) But the second time...treating me like i was about to murder someone! and i was actually wearing my seatbelt! now that is not right...

[Nick]

Once you have a go an an officer you've lost any hope of walking away from the situation scott free regardless of whether you've done anything wrong. Doesn't make it right, just a fact of life.

 

Seeing as you've got the ticket though I'd let it go to court.

[Supra Gaz]

Kammy - your right, as with every job, their are quote a few idiots, I know several officers who are prats. I personally try to be fair, why stick someone on for doing 35 in a 30, it doesn't help them, me, or the public, that's why I, and many others try to find a fair compromise, unless we are bound by the law to do something.

 

Dude - you are so right, it has become legendary, I have had to stand in front of a magistrate and repeat some interesting things, including 'i cradled my balls over his head, I thought he was sleeping', that turned heads, and I got ripped by my work mates for a while

[tbourner]

"I pay your wages you know!"