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In Light Of Plebgate What Should Be The Punishment For These Pcs?
I would like them both to sacked.
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Using a telephone properly is a basic function most people can master from a very early age. So you have to wonder at the competence of someone who cannot hang up when the person they are calling is out? It might be inconvenient for them to have to stop watching 'The Chase' at he station to have to get a statement from a victim of crime, but that is what they are paid for. If she told them she was out after 6pm, and they arrive at half past, then that just hads to their incompetence.
They need to be reassessed to see whether they are suitable for the job, and they may need to do some training to gring them up to scratch.
They need to be reassessed to see whether they are suitable for the job, and they may need to do some training to gring them up to scratch.
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Chewn.
If I left such a message on one of my employers clients answerphone I would expect to lose my job.
I once was mistakenly copied into an email that slagged off a colleague unfairly. The person who sent it was demoted and a grovelling apology made.
Just because someone is a police officer does not mean their unprofessionalism goes unpunished.
If I left such a message on one of my employers clients answerphone I would expect to lose my job.
I once was mistakenly copied into an email that slagged off a colleague unfairly. The person who sent it was demoted and a grovelling apology made.
Just because someone is a police officer does not mean their unprofessionalism goes unpunished.
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I would agree with mikey - some retraining is in order here - along with an industrial-strength bollocking, and the requirment that they apologise to the young lady in question.
Apart from their appalling language, the inference that they were willing to draft a statement themselves points to an intent to commit Serious Misconduct, and there may be apropriate disciplinary proceedures for their superiors to consider.
Apart from their appalling language, the inference that they were willing to draft a statement themselves points to an intent to commit Serious Misconduct, and there may be apropriate disciplinary proceedures for their superiors to consider.
If a senior MP can lose his job because he used inappropriate language to a police officer then why shouldn't PCs lose their jobs when those use inappropriate language about a member of the public?
I know she wasn't supposed to hear it but they were hardly in the right frame of mind to be taking a victim statement from a woman who has reported domestic violence
I know she wasn't supposed to hear it but they were hardly in the right frame of mind to be taking a victim statement from a woman who has reported domestic violence
Had they addressed her to her face in such terms, I would agree with you hc, but I do not think that such comments- clearly meant just for each other, and borne out of exasperation at not being able to complete their specific job- constitutes a sacking offence, however misguided such exasperation might be.
Certainly some retraining in how to use a phone is warranted though, and the very least they should be doing is offering a very earnest and very public apology to the woman in question.
Certainly some retraining in how to use a phone is warranted though, and the very least they should be doing is offering a very earnest and very public apology to the woman in question.
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They should be sacked and named and shamed
In any other employment if they inadvertently left such a message on the phone of someone they were dealing with in their day-to-day duties then surely they'd be sacked?
Even more so because they are serving the public - if they spoke about this woman like this who knows how they describe other victims of crime?
In any other employment if they inadvertently left such a message on the phone of someone they were dealing with in their day-to-day duties then surely they'd be sacked?
Even more so because they are serving the public - if they spoke about this woman like this who knows how they describe other victims of crime?
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