Motorists vs. Burglars

[Markbishop]

dirtydevil said:

My other half reported a car being broken into. She saw the kids smash the window and steal the radio, from her flat. As soon as she saw what was going on she phoned the police. It took 3+ hours for them to turn up. She asked to remain anonymous and they gave her name and full address to the owner of the car as the owner later came round to thank her. If the lazy tw*** got off their arses they would have caught them red handed and in my dictionary "anonymous" means not giving out any information. We complained to MP and got letter of appology but now she wont report a crime in fear of details being given out. This was the "Sheffield" police force.

I have read that Sheffield is one of the crappiest police forces in the country. Apparently the disease of long-term sickness has become an epidemic there. At any one time there are supposed to be 38 officers on duty but there can typically be as few as 6 as all the rest have bad backs etc, brought about by putting in the required time to achieve the average public servant's much-prized goal: retirement on an over-generous final salary pension scheme on grounds of incapacity.

As I understand it, police numbers are indeed at a record high. The problem is that too many of them are stuck at home.

Come the revolution, this will have to be Dealt With.

[simpo two]

Markbishop said:

At any one time there are supposed to be 38 officers on duty but there can typically be as few as 6 as all the rest have bad backs etc,

Caused by spending too long sitting in Scamera vans reading magazines at the taxpayer's expense.