- Joined
- Jul 12, 2017
The upper management of the police are incapable of organising a piss up in a brewry, we're not in danger of them trying to seize control. They're just not competent enough.Old cop geezer breaking a microphone and some other interesting clips out of news rooms makes me think we're a week or two out from some faggy British cops storming a news room in the middle of a live broadcast lmao
Don't forget we're about 10 years out from "direct entry inspectors" where people with zero policing knowledge or experience could apply for inspector roles. For those who do not know the ranks in the (frontline) police are
Chief inspector
Inspector
Sargeant
Constable
It's not inconceivable we now have some chief inspectors running police stations that have never done a day as a Constable or Sargeant. They just had some fancy qualifications on their CV and could pass the exam to get the job (Or were a good diversity hire).
They have loads of power and are responsible for a lot of the tactical response to these incidents. They also have the power to cancel leave, tell constables they aren't allowed to finish their shift and go home (happened to me once, was on for about 30 hours and it is illegal for police to sleep while on duty), to cancel retirements and resignations.
It was one of the stupidest ideas that government have come up with and was all about trying to break the culture of the police and get some DEI into the upper ranks because they couldn't do it though merit.
It also hacked off a lot of Sargeants who would be up for promotion but there was no vacancy anymore and a lot of Constables who are generally loyal to their Sargeant before anything else and now both had to answer to someone who doesn't have a clue what they're doing or what it's actually like out there. Driving low morale even lower.
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