General Policing Discussions

Anyone going for the CNC assessment days in July/August this year?

I have a question for you all which is a bit of dilemma in policing - truth and lies. You are at an incident where a suspect is arrested by a colleague on what would appear to be less than satisfactory circumstances or evidence. Once the suspect is booked into custody to allow a prompt and effective investigation to take place, you are aware that there are issues with the case and your colleague says not to worry and to back him / her up, effectively by lying. What do you do ? A. Tell a supervisor and refuse ? B. Refuse to go along with the lie and keep it to yourself ? C. Phone professional standards and report the incident ? D. Tell the custody sergeant your c…

So, I had a medical the other day and the nurse was telling me about a few of the nasty things she has seen in her time while helping the Specials. A few bites, stabs, broken bones.. all things that to be honest, I kind of overlooked. It didn't even cross my mind when I applied that there is the potential to get a broken leg on a shift.. but now, it's starting to feel a bit more real. I don't mind though.. it's all for a good cause! :new_crazy: Anyway, what injury have you had from being a Special?

hi all!! anyone startin training this thursday? and does anyine know what the induction is like?

Currently a special sargeant and work for another force as a comms operator I recently applied for pcso and regs and was unsucessful! However 3 of my specials who have just come out of training have been selected for pcso roles and came to me for advice and passed the application sift? Am I going wrong somewere!? Hmmmmmm.......

Brought to light via Inspector Gadget here; Inspector Gadget Blog: Sophine Khan - Public Order offence? What are people's thoughts that someone who openly advertises their profession as a Solicitor, and their employer as GT Stewart, can post such a message openly on Twitter? I'm all for free speech, but imagine if this woman were active for a claimant in a complaint against you (her firm deals in complaints against Police.) For what it's worth, and if you feel offended enough, you can contact the SRA here or complaint to her firm here (or via e-mail on info@gtstewart.co.uk). I have done both.

I saw this on BBC news and thought I would share: A Special Constable proposed during the Olympic Torch Relay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18476689

Hello all, First of all, not sure if this post is in the right section, so please could somebody move it if so? Today I was in my car, crossing a roundabout.. I see a Thames Valley Police car with his sirens on.. So I stop and let him cross the roundabout.. I then cross over and catch up with him, where further up the road his lights are off and he's sitting in traffic at the lights, the lights go green, then we both join a duel carriage way with a speed limit of 50, he moves into the fast lane and speeds off at around 70! I was pretty annoyed at this, if he was just using the sirens to skip the traffic on the roundabout OR maybe another officer attended whatever he w…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sR2deO82TA Don't believe this vid has been widely discussed before. This will undoubtedly divide opinion as usual. Alot of comments on the video say 'they couldnt see anyone resisting'. Personally I couldn't see anyone comlying! Seems a little unfair that the other officers left the female PC to struggle for so long but then again they had their hands full.

PC seriously injured in assault 11 June 2012 Description Police are appealing for witnesses and information after an assault took place on a police officer in Hillside NW9. On Saturday 2 June, at 17.50hrs, police officers attended Hillside in response to youths causing a disturbance. Whilst searching one youth, an officer was knocked to the ground by the youth who then stamped on his head knocking him unconscious. The youth then made off towards Hay Lane NW9. The police constable was taken to hospital suffering serious injuries. The suspect is described as a black male; aged 20 - 22 years of age; around 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing a dark zipped hoodie that had …

Hola :new_wave: I just wanted an opinion on what peoples experiences/opinions on young PCSO's/PC's joining the police force. I'm in the finial stage of recruitment for BTP as PCSO and should be in training next month. But seeing some people fail because they are not "psychologically ready" made me wonder does being young put you a disadvantage ? I have had range of jobs in past and have loads experience with dealing with challenging people and being an ex police cadet give me the policing experience. :new_sweat: I have always wanted to work within the police and I think I am ready for this, I can't wait to start and get stuck in . :new_crazy: What are you experience…

So PSD , DPS , CIB ......whatever they call it in your force.... What exactly do they do? I know the basic "Keeping up professional standards". But what kind of activities and duties (if they do any duties) do they do? And what kind of powers do they have? I do happen to know that most PSD staff are Police Officers but do Specials have opportunities to work with them?

Has anyone done any work on setting up a Farm Watch scheme, or any sensible tips on patroling this area. My District Commander has asked me to set something up. I dont work in a particularly rural area, just farms on the outskirts of town. Cheers

First I don't support or agree with any organisations such as EDL / BNP etc. I am aware that you cannot be a member of the BNP and work for the police in any capacity, is this the same for EDL ? Would EDL membership be acceptable for say someone employed in security as I recently noticed that a person who is an EDL member works in security in at a court building. I personally don't think that it is acceptable that someone is employed in court and is a EDL member considering the nature of the what happens in court. Who should you bring this to the attention of ? Rdgs C.

Hi All, I'm trying to find a previous thread of some time ago, which had an interesting post about the stages some go through mentally as a police officer in their career. It was broken down into something like: YEars 1 - 3 : Like a puppy dog all excited running around with a new toy years 4-6 - Settles in and with knowledge and confidence you really enjoy it Years 7-?? Can become dissilussioned.. These are just examples by the way in order to give you the jist of what I'm looking for and not exactly what I remember. I'm using the search function but am having trouble finding it. Can anyone help with this? Cheers B.M.