General Policing Discussions

Hey guys. How do you access the O.I.S after log on onto a computor?

This goes against all advice of not using your warrant card while in a pub!

Just out of interest I wondered if anyone had experienced any bullying in their force by other officers and what happened, if any action taken? Or what anyone has done if they are teamed with an officer who does things that aren't necessarily 'right' or 'moral'? Not suggesting overall it is like that but fully aware their are good and bad employees in ANY profession and I just wondered if anyone had experienced anything like this at all and what they did if anything?

My dad is stuck there and said there is 10 vans full of TSG, anyone know anything? ( Right now - 17:10 ) - They are blocking the station. just wondering

Hi everyone, I am new. I am training at the moment and enjoying it. But also a little nervous about it all at the same time, but I am sure I will toughen up in time. Anyone got advice for newbies? I have only just started my training. Not looking forward to the exams, KEE's. Do all you working guys remember everything you learnt still? Or do you find you have to look things up? I am worried I will forget it all by the time I 'graduate'. Thank you!!!!

Hi everybody. just wanted to say hello/ Im a newly attested special and i was wondering if anybody has any words of advice for my first shift

Seeing the Met & other Police forces on TV dealing with the recent issues on London streets I was trying to decipher which Force the officers were from. they all had different lettering and markings on their NATO helmets how many different Police forces have you seen? BTP = British Transport Police LU = London Underground

Read the whole article, Riots in London, written by a MSC special.

Now the government had ordered forces to cancel all police leave, it got me wondering. What happens to a reg that has a family holiday booked in a day or two? Do they get the cost of the flights and hotels reimbursed? Do they get to reschedule their time off? although rebooking a holiday at short notice will probably cost more. Is there a cut off point, where if you were due to go on leave within the next say 48 hours, you still get it? Sorry, so many questions, which aren't really relevant to me anyway.

An important notice from the NPIA regarding changes to the Legal Fees Insurance Scheme for Special Constables: ------------------ Please see below details of a new Legal Fees Insurance Scheme for Special Constables. The new insurance scheme is administered by Legal Insurance Management (LIM). It will take affect from 1st April 2011. Special Constables should continue using the current scheme up until this point. Details of the current scheme are available online at: http://www.npia.police.uk/en/10040.htm The new scheme will start on 1st April 2011 and details of the scheme and a summary of cover will be made available on the same webpage as above. However in ad…

I bet some of you died a little inside when you saw the topic title :D I have noticed that PS.COM has a rather large proportion of "Should I get involved off duty" topics that pop up weekly. These can range from what to do about someone driving along next to you on their phone (See Here) to 10 year olds walking the street with guns (See Here). I thought perhaps it might be a good idea to have one topic to rule them all. Below I have posted some Do's and Don'ts of when to get involved and more importantly, when not to get involved! When to get involved off duty: - If you come accross an RTC and there are injuries and no other emergency services present. If it is safe,…

Not really sure if this would fit any other part of the forum but I found this quite funny, Click Here

I can't believe what has happened this week. Terrible rioting, horrible deaths, and real problems with youth. However, the last 4 days has done more for Police PR and our reputation with the public than I would say in the past 25 years. People want to buy us pints, they are walking up to officers all over the country and thanking them, and most of all we as a force whether specials, pcsos, regulars and senior officers are all getting together. The Fed must be delighted that they can now say cuts are not to be tolerated with real evidence to support it. We'll always get a bad rep with the neds/scroats/scum of the earth but with the general public who'd been influenced by…

Sunday evening Question time erm... I was wondering today.... how long does it take for someone to go up a grade? you know... like from SC to S.Srgt or from PC to Srgt... or Srgt to Insptr. etc........... was just curious thats all. is it a set time of service? or amount of hours? or amount of arrests? another silly question (yes its sunday evening after all LOL) When attested as an SC you are under 'probation' for 2 years..... likewise as a PC. After 2 years 'probation' as a PC you can then apply to specialised units etc... but whats the deal for SC's? 2 years before being a special in a specialised unit? ok...silly questions over now lol have a nice evening all.

Because police were called in and rest days were cancelled.. and they had to work extra hours... do you paid officers get paid for these extra hours you have to do? Because i am trying to work out if these extra called in hours are not paid as extra and just included in your salary already or if you get some extra money for working the extra days? Thanks