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Thinking of Applying to Join? - Reality 1 2
by Chief Rat-
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This post is for those of you who are looking at a career within the Police Service, Fire Service or indeed the Ambulance Service or in fact any associated roles such as the NHS for instance. Contrary to popular belief, joining anyone of these organisations is no easy task. You have to undergo lots of tests involving writing and arithmetic as well as other writing skills for reports etc. You have strict entry requirements, medical and fitness tests followed by thorough vetting (hopefully) and interviews. At the conclusion, you may if successful be offered employment in your chosen career pathway. Well here is the reality. I am not sure what some people…
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/09/family-of-man-who-died-after-release-from-custody-demand-police-cctv The family of a man who died suddenly after being released from police custody are calling on the attorney general and home secretary to intervene and demand that the police watchdog release bodycam and CCTV footage showing the final hours of his life. What's the proper procedure in cases like this? Do the family and their lawyers have the right to this footage?
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Wildlife Inspectors - Anyone ever come across them? 1 2
by Radman +- 1 follower
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Bit of a strange one but I'm conducting some research as part of a new role and I've stumbled across this:- Section 18A Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Amended by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006) Wildlife inspectors E+W (1)In this Part, “wildlife inspector” means a person authorised in writing under this section by— (a)the Secretary of State (in relation to England), or (b)the National Assembly for Wales (in relation to Wales). (2)An authorisation under subsection (1) is subject to any conditions or limitations specified in it. The above looks like an England & Wales answer to a US Style Fish & Game service …
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Auditors
by tom not a pc *- 1 follower
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Hi all, off the bat, I’m not a police officer, so feel a bit of a fraud being on here. That being said, I have some very specific questions and this forum seems like the best place to get an answer. There has recently been a huge rise In the number of American style ‘audit’ videos on YouTube, carried out in the uk, for those that don’t know what these are, it is supposed to be an honest attempt to raise awareness of good and bad police practices, however as they can be carried out by anybody, they often end up being a slagging match between the two parties, showing police officers in a bad light, and wasting their precious time. There are very few that accomplish what the…
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Thoughts on how this incident was handled? 1 2
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Future of English and Welsh Police
by 1TILL5- 1 follower
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Being slightly bored in isolation I got thinking earlier how a few years ago I personally felt like Policing was going to improve, rightly or wrongly I felt there was a sense something had to give and the police were going to get more support. MPs were taking note of Police assaults, PM announced 20K “new” officers and I felt like people were fed up with knife crime and organised criminal gangs. In the last 18 months quite the reverse seems to have happened. The actions of a few evil and idiotic officers, lockdown laws and the BLM movement seems to put the Police in a very weak prediction. In short, one one knows what the future holds but wou…
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Funny stories
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Most people on here would no doubt categorise me as a miserable old sod based on my posting history, but to prove I'm not completely joyless, I thought I'd share a fun little story and I invite others to join in. About a year ago, I was booking someone into custody and the systems were really slow. The custody Sgt was patiently typing and waiting for stuff to load and he started humming the theme-song to The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse cartoon. This must have been a regular occurrence as a Custody Officer started going "zoom-zoom" along with him. Well, being the serene vocal beast that I am, without skipping a beat, I launched into full vocals with the lyric…
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The Rate Our Police Project 1 2
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What do officers think of this new platform that has come about, RateOurPolice - They own RateOurCops.org and now the latest RateOurOfficers.org which handles UK officers by crowdsourcing reviews. The development team seems to be quite enthusiastic. Quite an ingenious idea, on of the developers is an ex GCHQ Crypto specialist and has design a number of state of the art A.i algorithms that seems to exceed what the UK Govt is able to come up with. An intelligent system that uses varied factors to grade police based on their conduct by analysing reviews and information posted in the public domain. They utilised web3.0 standards and the blockchain to …
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Policing at Christmas
by Equin0x-
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Merry Christmas all, the lunch is simmering away and I've a few minutes wanted to ask something. While the vast majority of us have the day off, there's some including the emergency services that can't and I imagine some of you will have worked a Christmas Day before. Do you find it any different to a regular shift? Are people more kinder because it's the season of goodwill or are they more annoyed that you've disturbed their day? Any interesting stories from a Christmas shift?
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Created as another thread was being inadvertently derailed. For the any and all things uniform, particularly the less usual, illegal, different, etc ones.
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From what I understand when a device is seized it's turned off and then only examined inside a faraday cage to prevent this, but it seems that sometimes devices are remotely wiped while in custody https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29464889 The general agreement seems to be that doing this would (understandably) fall under perverting the course of justice. But looking at the points to prove, I'm not sure how that would be established. For perverting the course of justice you need to have someone does an act or series of acts; which has or have a tendency to pervert; and which is or are intended to pervert; the course of public j…
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What's the legislation regarding covid from tomorrow? 1 2 3
by Equin0x-
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Been announced that face coverings will be mandatory in shops and public transport, but that hospitality will be exempt. What is the actual law that applies here, is it one of the old pieces of legislation being reactivated or a new one altogether? As usual, there seems to be a lack of clarity on these things.
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How Drug Gangs Actually Work
by Equin0x- 1 reply
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_TV4GuXFoA Neil Woods spent 14 years as an undercover police officer infiltrating some of the most dangerous organized crime groups in the UK. He speaks to Insider about his experience with drug dealing gangs, and how the drug market works. It's interesting to see how organized some of these people are, how much effort is put into running an efficient and profitable criminal enterprise. You could easily see certain dealers being quite successful legitimate businessmen if circumstances were different. Woods supports regulation of the drug markets as he feels that will take away the power from the gangs.
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Court Exhibit Numbers
by Indiana Jones +- 4 replies
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I was wondering... There's no (to the best of my knowledge) set format for court exhibits. Most seem to use the IJ/1 style of reference, but I know that Hampshire tend to use a more elaborate system with sub-references (eg for snippets of redacted BWV footage). I wondered what was used in your force? Is it dictated by the force or are you free to use what you wish?
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How would you feel enforcing stuff like lockdown for the unvaccinated/mandatory vaccination?
by Equin0x- 6 replies
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I've been following the situation in Austria quite closely and it all looks quite grim. They were going to have a lockdown for the unvaccinated only, and some parts of the armed forces and police said they would refuse to enforce it principle, that it crosses a line and it isnt the kind of thing they signed up to do. Now the government is talking about making vaccination outright mandatory in law. For me thats really concerning. Medical procedures should be a free choice. I dont like the vaccine passport system either but at least theres still technically a choice, but it seems Austria now wants to outright make it a crime to refuse the jab. How would you feel about …
