General Policing Discussions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMTAiBvJmzY Am I just viewing this video differently from the person reporting because I want to or are they interpreting it wrong? When I look at this video I think it's hard to tell what is really happening as we have no sound. To me it looks like the "bashing his head on the ground" is merely an attempt to restrain his head whilst he struggles against it. The rubbing his head against the ground appears to be done not by the officer but the Lance Corporal himself. The "punching" is probably an attempt to get him to put his arms behind his back as (being in the military) he's probably pretty strong. To me this looks less like a brutal be…

Are their still visibly armed police in London? Our police in Nz are looking at more acess to firearms, with having pistols in safes in the cars so they can where them if needed at a job. One of the complaints is this will ruin our unarmed police status that we have enjoyed for so long. I pointed out to eone of the protestors that the UK has a generally unarmed police service, yet you still see a lot fo cops in London carrying firearms. I also noted that ARVs often do traffic enforcement when not at armed incidents, and were visibly armed when dealing with traffic offenders. He disputed this though, saying he had been in London in late 2009 and had seen many cops o…

I appreciate this is a news item but I feel that the matter is worthy of some General Discussion and may stimulate debate. All police community support officers in one force were told by their chief constable yesterday that they may lose their jobs next year due to "a lack of clarity" on funding. Lancashire Constabulary said it had decided to start formal talks with trade unions over the future of its 427 PCSOs. The force needs to save £50m over four years in the wake of the spending review. It said that it could not rely on funding being continually provided by central and local government and that the force could not afford to find the £220,000 per week needed. T…

Looks pretty entertaining. I saw a clip for it on tv but I can't find it on the net. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coppers/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1

Just starting on ITV 1, about speeding, seems pretty interesting from what they've shown already.

The police pension scheme is one of the few "final salary" schemes still to be found. What's so great about final salary schemes? The amount you get is a percentage of the salary you retire on (or actually an average of the last few years salary). So you're not relying on the ups and downs of the stock market which is how most pensions work these days. It is important that you understand that this is not a definitive overview of the scheme, just a review of some of the main features as they stand at the moment. If you are considering joining any pension scheme you may wish to speak to an independent financial adviser first, to make sure that the scheme suits you. From A…

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Anyone know the name Eric Arthrell.Was a police sargeant red Lion Street wolverhampton West Midlands.I am his daughter.He is nearly 84 and we wondered if there were any friends around?

Whilst entering the train station to catch the train home from work, I was stopped by a BTP officer. I was wearing my NYPD – ESU T-shirt which was given to me by a good friend who is an ESU officer serving with the NYPD, when I went to visit a couple of weeks back. It was a great, he showed me round his station etc but anyway back to the story. The BTP officer asked me ‘do you know why I have stopped you’, not having a clue I just said ‘no officer’. He then said ‘well I have stopped you, because of the T-shirt you are wearing, you are not allowed too’. Not wanting to argue will the Police officer I simply said ‘ok, that’s fine, but can I ask why?’…

For any officers who are currently working through their pdp or have a good knowledge of the document, can anyone explain in plain english what sort of events would cover the competencies in units 7-11 Many thanks