General Policing Discussions

Hi can someone help me. What is the MAM of the PSU carriers? I.E. 3.5Tonnes or 1.5Tonnes or 5.5Tonnes. Thanks in advance

Can anyone tell me if the bleep used throughout the test is 15 or 20 meter. Also, what's the pass/fail mark for all the tests?

Please delete this topic, I found my answer in another part of the forum. Sorry.

Hi I need to raise my BMI from 16.85 to 18 or over. This is proving more difficult than expected! Anyone got any tips on how to raise BMI quickly? (apart from eating too much cake, ive tried that already :new_yummy: )

http://www.diabetes....as-being-drunk/ 2012 where an innocent driver was brutally pulled out of his car and assaulted after officers assumed he was driving under the influence of alcohol. This just goes to show that awareness of diabetes and the symptoms of hypo/hyperglycemia are not as widely known as they really should be. As you can see in the video above, the victim was assaulted by several police officers, one of whom can clearly be seen kicking at the man’s head as he lies on the floor disoriented and many others verbally abusing him. Toward the end of the video, however, the police officers realise they have made a dire mistake when they discover insulin in the v…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19109181

An interesting website that displays Police Notebooks from 1898 London. Lists of walks with police officers and other interviews located in the following districts on London. http://booth.lse.ac.uk/static/b/districts.html

What are people's thoughts on forces having different bits of uniform. I mean some are still white shirt and trousers, some combats and white shirt, black tops and trousers and others all black uniform! Do you think forces should all be the same? Personally I feel the black uniform is much better.

Given that the Olympics were always a model of amateur sport and a person, after a long day at work, going to the swimming pool or gym to do the best he could in the world of sport against others doing the same thing once in four years, what do we make of Andy Murray playing tennis, or Wiggins riding a bike? How can we say that this is the best of amateur sportsmanship when we have professionals taking part, Wiggins who just won the Tour de France and Murray who was in the final at Wimbledon? Aside from the sponsorship and corporates, has the true meaning been lost in the actual competing as well?

In the area I work in we have a number of Community Speed Watch Schemes where the police provide the volunteers all MoP's with Hi Viz. florries and a off the shelf speed guns. Does anyone know what make or model of Speed Detection Gun is used in your area ? How is the scheme managed in terms of the MoP's using the Speed Detection Gun and results and confrontation with alleged speeders detected exceeding the speed limit. I am aware of a number of different versions of Community Speed Watch in use, be interesting to know how it functions in your areas ? Many thanks. C.

Here's one for you, my special inspector has just asked me what car do I drive, make, model, reg and colour. Said HR need to know. Why on earth would they need to know this? Don't get me wrong, I don't mind divulging that information, anyone who knows me knows what I'm driving. Still, just seemed strange. Any thoughts?

The title says it all :D What are the neighbouring forces of Humberside?? And, do you have to do fitness test?? I know with Humberside you don't have too.

After going through the application process in both scotland and england and seeing the difference between the two, what would you make the entry requirements and process for entry to the special constabulary? Ill start: I would make sure that the applicant has gone on at least 2 ride alongs before applying Make the entry paper a English and maths GSCE paper. - 3 chances Interview - one chance Fitness - 7.2 on the bleep test, scotland is too high at 9.2 (for blokes) and england is too low at 5.4 What does everyone else think?