It’s clear as day why Cressida Dick was so revered by those alongside and underneath her - because she was weak as piss and fostered a lax environment with zero accountability. Of course you’re going to be upset if your boss is sacked if it means you can no longer get away with doing whatever you like.
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In fairness it’s a lateral move to specialise rather than a promotion as such. There’s an internal process but nothing to the level of a promotion board.
Bottom rung or not though it need’s to be better. People must have had concerns about this one just like Couzens.
Impossible task by virtue of process. The met intend on tackling this issue by being more transparent and by changing how robustly they deal with serious allegations. They’ve been very rubbish at doing it up until now (and not because of some mass conspiracy as people want to believe, it’s definitely more of an incompetency issue) but there appear to be genuine attempts to get better. But that does mean we’re going to get more and more of these stories. And fundamentally speaking this will never not be a problem to be honest. The met don’t hire folk from some special pool of honourable human beings.
Nobody joins the met and starts a development programme on how to be a rapist, racist, killer etc. You are one of those things and you join the met, because you know you’re placing yourself in a position of power that will facilitate you doing these things.
I think the realistic goal is to eliminate the number of wrong uns as quickly as possible. But there’s no vetting or hiring process you can do that’ll prevent these types joining the met. I know allegations on their own that don’t lead to convictions are essentially pointless but when you’re in the met if you have more than a few serious allegations regardless of outcome there needs to be action, and I believe that is actually something that’s now come into play. That should prevent people hanging around for years and years moving through departments with multiple allegations on their name.
The mets problem is there’s far too much ‘kicking the can down the road’ and a passing the buck mentality. People seem to not want to make big decisions, afraid of getting rid of people etc.
They’re also very hush hush even when it would benefit them to not be. And that’s not even just to the public, they’re not particularly transparent with their own officers either.
Take your last post for example, you had to explain that this guy wasn’t promoted up the ranks and so the process of vetting wouldn’t have been particular stringent. But people don’t know this and you see it on here and other places, people saying this and that should be done and you’re sat there thinking “what the hell are you talking about”… but the met won’t explain this stuff to the public.
Corrupt police investigating corrupt police.
So what kind of outcome do you expect.
In a few years time there will be the same headlines.
So what kind of outcome do you expect.
In a few years time there will be the same headlines.
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He had so much more to give at 49. Rest in peace x
From the article:
They added: "He was arrested some time ago and when everyone found out it was a huge shock."
Shock my ass. Bet he even had a noncy nickname in the office.
They added: "He was arrested some time ago and when everyone found out it was a huge shock."
Shock my ass. Bet he even had a noncy nickname in the office.
Noncy Dick
One of the most dystopian headlines I’ve seen in a while
Labour would suspend any police officers accused of rape, party says
Labour would suspend any police officers accused of rape, party says
How this wasn’t already in place is incredibly grim.
Truly blows the mind that this isn't just standard practice for any police force. It should be a case of if you get accused of a crime, they should be removed from active duty until cleared. It's not hard, even United managed to do it...
Sunlit uplands.
it used to happen to be fair. Then at some point it was decided that if people get paid to be at home they may as well be paid to be at work.
If it’s any help, they won’t be interacting with public whilst under investigation, but would be in a back office sorting out the property store etc.
No, that doesn’t offer me any comfort funnily enough.
Glad I wasn’t the only one reading that thinking ‘is this meant to be some sort of silver lining….’If you can’t see the difference between a potential rapist being allowed to interact with the public in the most vulnerable moments of their lives, vs being in a small room booking property onto a system and not speaking to anyone then I’m not sure what to say.
Who said there isn't a difference? I don't want a police officer accused of serious crimes continuing to work for the police in any format until it is sorted.
Inspector Vatican
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64330045
Who is even remotely surprised by things like this...
Who is even remotely surprised by things like this...
What about their pay?
That isn’t even the worse thing in or rather not in place. Police officers can be sacked by the met but independent legal bodies have the power to reinstate them and that happens. Again the government will have to change that ruling and a lot of other things under police regulations.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-64358800
A former police officer who abused his position to start sexual relationships with vulnerable women has been jailed.
Another apple.
A former police officer who abused his position to start sexual relationships with vulnerable women has been jailed.
Another apple.
As someone on Twitter pointed out, they keep wheeling out the “couple of bad apples” defence of the police force but seem to be ignoring that the expression doesn’t mean a couple of bad apples and the rest of the barrel are fine. It means it only takes a couple of bad apples and the entire barrel of apples will soon be rotten too.
So their defence essentially admits that the entire Met is rotten now.
fecking orchard by now.
It is nothing like the odd bad apple. It is endemic.
I think when dealing with some insane people, a suspect can just accuse an officer of rape and slow down their own conviction/prosecution and get that officer sat at home. But on the other hand, you need a way for them to be suspended while an investigation takes place.
153,000 officers approximately across the UK.
50,000 are female so they're out.
What's the rate of rape convictions for police officer's compared with the rest of the civilian population? Like per 100,000?
50,000 are female so they're out.
What's the rate of rape convictions for police officer's compared with the rest of the civilian population? Like per 100,000?
No idea on that stat but in America a staggering 40% of cops are domestic abusers.
It's an insane stat, and no excusing the genuine scumbags and domestic abusers but I imagine in some circumstances the constant fear of dying day to day and dealing with meth headed people killing people and telling people their children have died, must feck your mind up, PTSD and cause some of this.
That being said, it's no excuse.
I would posit that many more have that mindset & are going into the career knowing that they could act on their urges with a large degree of impunity. No doubt some develop such tendencies due to the trauma of the job, but multitudes more have such going in.
Oh totally agree. I do think it is a minority, most will go in wanting to help people, the nobility of it. Alas it's a fecked up job.
https://news.sky.com/story/serving-...eads-guilty-to-child-sexual-offences-12794837
Yet more revaluations involving Met Police officer. Disgusting individual.
Yet more revaluations involving Met Police officer. Disgusting individual.
Must be so demoralising to work in the Met at the moment, or the police in general if you are 'one of the good ones'.
It's just a couple of bad apples....every week.
Two or three Met officers facing court a week, commissioner says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64400235
Two or three Met officers facing court a week, commissioner says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64400235
The advertising boards for recruitment that they have on trucks around London are embarassing when you have all this rot going on.
I think mostly they will be sympathising with the offending officers because they know how hard they have got it at the moment in terms of overwork and underpay.
Yes. I’m sure those working for the NHS sympathised with serial killers Harold Shipman, and more recently Lucy Letby, for the same reasons.
Why does this thread only get bumped when they do something bad? You never see Texbow posting about the local Brizzo rozzers helping some old lady down some stairs, or giving someone's cat a good old stroke. It's ridiculous.
Maybe senicide and animal abuse an accepted thing in Bristol?