Police Dads Army

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Just heard George Galloway ( of all people) on Jeremy Vine suggesting that in the present circumstances there are a lot of retired Police and military who could join the Specials and therefore make us all safe.
I have only two words to offer Mr Galloway, the second of which is 'off'.

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Greendubber said:

All the retired guys I know wouldnt give the job the steam off their own piss let alone go back and do it for free!

My thoughts entirely!

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Eclassy said:

Phew! This is getting boring now. It isnt like anyone was conscripted into the police. If you dont like it look for a different job.

I wonder why we dont see any threads opened by teachers, doctors and even soldiers moaning continuosly.

If the police spent as much effort doing their job as they do moaning, we would have a very fine police service.

You're missing the point, probably deliberately. This thread is about RETIRED police and military becoming Specials.

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Greendubber said:

Another classic.

Quite.
I probably spent as much time as anyone working in custody with CCTV. ( 8 years). Nothing but good as far as I am concerned. Particularly the individual who was recorded kicking me in the gentlemans region. Still, what do I know....

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Rovinghawk said:

This:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-18032806

It tends to undermine your position.

How does this undermine what Derek said? It shows, quite correctly, what occurred at a charge desk. Good.
Derek was referring to solicitors not liking videoed interviews. The same way they don't like audio taped interviews being played in court presumably.

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Eclassy said:

Its been 21 months since we requested for CCTV footage from a custody suite. It should have been honoured in 40 days.

Their deadline for providing the video under disclosure is in about 3 weeks. Lets see what excuse they come up with.

https://youtu.be/uWyrHEGuf9U

this has been dragging on a bit hasn't it?

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Nothing unusual about people screaming in a custody unit I can assure you. Definitely par for the course!

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Rovinghawk said:

Not sure why I smiled when I read that....................

It's the quiet ones you want to watch.

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Torture is a specific criminal offence, like Robbery or Burglary. It's quite important to get the terms right.
'Excessive force' is not necessarily torture.

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All the more reason not to use retired officers to try and fill the gaps. I couldn't run anywhere!