F**king police specials!!!!
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ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!
Ok, I appriciate that they are doing a pretty much voluntary job, and I am sure they help out a lot - but why is it that the two I have met (in an off duty capacity) are such utter c
s!!
One I spoke to the other night has just joined, they have had no previous military or police experience (office worker), and we were talking about speeding offenses.
The discussion we were having was about the whole speeding guidelines. I was talking about the accuracy of laser guns and how speeding is an absolute offense so they could, technically do you for a mere smidgin over 30 etc. She suddenly barges in "No its not, the law states you have have up to 10MPH leyway"
When I tried to politely point out that this is not only inaccurate in terms of ACPO guidelines - she then argued that there are no such things as ACPO guidelines, and I just made it up because I was losing the argument!
Are all specials that join the force know-it-all tossers?! The ones I have met seem to be in it for one reason - they are crap at everythign that they do and this gives them a bit of power without actually having to meet the full standards of a competant police officer
Rant over
Ok, I appriciate that they are doing a pretty much voluntary job, and I am sure they help out a lot - but why is it that the two I have met (in an off duty capacity) are such utter c
s!! One I spoke to the other night has just joined, they have had no previous military or police experience (office worker), and we were talking about speeding offenses.
The discussion we were having was about the whole speeding guidelines. I was talking about the accuracy of laser guns and how speeding is an absolute offense so they could, technically do you for a mere smidgin over 30 etc. She suddenly barges in "No its not, the law states you have have up to 10MPH leyway"
When I tried to politely point out that this is not only inaccurate in terms of ACPO guidelines - she then argued that there are no such things as ACPO guidelines, and I just made it up because I was losing the argument!
Are all specials that join the force know-it-all tossers?! The ones I have met seem to be in it for one reason - they are crap at everythign that they do and this gives them a bit of power without actually having to meet the full standards of a competant police officer
Rant over
Mon Ami Mate said:
Lightstepper, why so much anger? As you point out, Specials are civilian volunteers and this one is new to the job. Why would you expect her to know the law in great detail? How much time do you see her spending chasing motorists? Why does being new to a voluntary job single her out for abuse? Why would you assume that all Specials are justified targets for your abuse?
More to the point, what do you think would be the effect on society if people like her chose not to donate their time in this way?
Actually I think the effect on society would be better if people exactly like her were stopped from doing it. The anger arises from someone who is such a blaitent power freak managing to be put in a position of any power at all.
Dont get me wrong, I know another special who is currently applying to Slough (
) and she is intelligent, very compentant and will do well as she is willing to accept that she does not know all the ins and outs of the job. The anger is from arrogant people who are going to make the police force look terrible - you think the average person is going to be able to tell the difference between what a special actually is when this arrogant wench descends upon them?
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