Where have all the police gone?

[bert38]

The problem is that coppers don't exist anymore. Police forces are so undermanned that they pretty much take on anyone who's prepared to apply. That's why we see young 9 stone weaklings patrolling our streets while the more experienced lazy bastards who 'know the game' drive round chasing speeding cars, sitting on their fat arses in 'specialist' cyberspace teams, and posing on TV reality shows.
The days of the public being protected by the police are long gone. Criminal society has been aware of that for years.
Don't expect things to improve.

The police lost most public respect during the miner's strike 40 years ago. They've done nothing to improve their reputation and in many areas of their work are even worse.

The term "never trust a copper" has never been more appropriate than nowadays imo.

You sound like you haven’t the foggiest idea what the job is actually like.

One point though, during Op Uplift standards were dropped and all sorts were accepted, often before vetting was even completed-but in a market where you get more flipping burgers what are people going to choose?

 

[Mike N]

TBH who in their right mind would want to be a cop ? Imagine going to work and having to wear a stab vest all day, risking your life for shit pay ffs. My youngest son fancied it when he was 19, I put him right off that fucking idea :)

Is it really the Tories ? I always thought they were the law & order party.

Absolutely. I wouldn’t want to be in the Police.

20,000 officers cut and the equivalent number of support staff also gone. Tory fingerprints all over that. See what I did there?

 

[hilts]

You sound like you haven’t the foggiest idea what the job is actually like.

One point though, during Op Uplift standards were dropped and all sorts were accepted, often before vetting was even completed-but in a market where you get more flipping burgers what are people going to choose?

More for flipping burgers really?

 

[BlueHammer85]

TBH who in their right mind would want to be a cop ? Imagine going to work and having to wear a stab vest all day, risking your life for shit pay ffs.

And on top of this you have people who haven't got a scooby calling out the Police as useless, weak, corrupt and any other shite they can throw at them.

 

[bluemoon32]

More for flipping burgers really?

No, it's bollocks

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I prefer the Pete seegers version

I never realised he wrote that, everyday is a school day.

 

[mancityvstoke]

You sound like you haven’t the foggiest idea what the job is actually like.

One point though, during Op Uplift standards were dropped and all sorts were accepted, often before vetting was even completed-but in a market where you get more flipping burgers what are people going to choose?

I don't eat flipping burgers anymore

 

[CTID1988]

One of my mates friends from school is a cop, dodgiest **** ever. Ive no idea how he's never been sacked.
He came to Leeds Festival one time with a load of weird leaves from South America from the evidence locker at work. He was chewing on them and off his tits the entire weekend

 

[mancityvstoke]

Watched that Wayne Couzens thing last night.............fucking horrible cunts some cops.

Plenty of them now too.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Most are in the nick aren't they?