No Ordure Sherlock

[douglas9401]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62732336

Just do the job please.

[roopower]

I'm not sure the police have any choice about being 'woke' or not. They're damned if they are and damned if they're not. Also when they get their hard earned quarry to court tgey are often given such derisory sentences it must be disheartening.

[Spicerack]

They are a disgrace, imo.

[douglas9401]

There must be a middle ground between the current two options of social worker or stormtrooper though.

They could also do with a quick smarten up.

Yes folks, I've reached THAT age. :-)

[Gromit]

I wouldn’t trust Patel with the task, it is her who has overseen this shambles.
I’m fed up of saying she must be sacked, but her record is appalling.
Anyone else reading this report/recommendation would have offered her resignation out of shame.
Hopefully the first task of the new Prime Minister will be to remove her, and replace her with someone more competent.

[Gromit]

// Six police forces in England are under special measures, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) said.
The Metropolitan Police, the UK's largest police force, was placed under special measures this week after a series of failures.
The watchdog said there are now six police forces in special measures.
The forces are the Met, Greater Manchester, Cleveland, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Wiltshire.
Inspectors have raised "systemic concerns" about the Met, including its substandard response to emergency calls, "barely adequate" crime recording and a backlog of child abuse referrals. //

Then they have the cheek to say they are the party of law and order.

[Peter Pedant]

agree
dont think
do
yeah I agree they have a hard job
but
couzens, - daniel morgan ( dont worry I am in the met so I can screw up the innvestigation - TWENTY y ago)

and the police response of
change ? oh lor' do we HAVE to?

[Spicerack]

Lol at Gromit trying to make political capital out of this.
The problem is politics. The police shouldn't be indulging in politics of any kind. (and they clearly are)

[Gromit]

Policing has always been a political issue. The Conservatives have a terrible record since 2010. Reducing the force by 20,000 officers was a huge mistake, and one they are (very slowly) trying to reverse. But the damage has been done.
I am all in favour of a top to bottom shake up of our police forces, because they are clearly no longer fit for purpose. Just don’t let the useless cretin Patel be involved, she is the cause, not the solution.

[FatticusInch]

Spicerack
//Lol at Gromit trying to make political capital out of this.
The problem is politics. The police shouldn't be indulging in politics of any kind. (and they clearly are)//

Well, the Met have been involved politically in the last few years especially, in London they’ll always be inextricably linked.

[Old_Geezer]

Naw, they're just damned if they are, since it shows they've lost touch with reality (and possibly legality).

[Gromit]

// Cuts under Conservative-led governments have had a negative effect upon policing, the organisation representing senior officers has said, in a rebuff to claims that forces are focusing on “woke” causes.

The National Police Chiefs Council said in a statement that crime detection and charge rates had dropped following austerity measures and a fall in police numbers since 2010.

A National Police Chiefs Council spokesperson said: “Detection and charge rates for a range of crimes have fallen over the past five years.

“This has been impacted by austerity and the loss of thousands of police officers and staff, increasing complexity of policing and crime, growing demand related to mental ill health and impact of backlogs in the court system.” //