General Policing Discussions

So let's say some little scallywags are outside a shop and ask someone to buy cigarettes for them because they are blatantly under the age to purchase themselves. What offence is being committed by them (if any)? What offence is being committed by the purchaser (if any) having reason to believe they are under the age to buy them? Feel free to move to "Scenario" area but I'm interested in the responses, Act's specific or what people would do in this situation. Obviously "avoid like the plague" if can be helped but if FPN, they can't be issued as under the age? RSVP :D

Bit of a random question... but if your on duty and you end up with blood / bodily fluid, excrement etc (obviously not your own!! lol) on your uniform, are you expected to use your own washing machine at home to clean it or do you just discard it and order a replacement?! Im not too sure if I'd be too keen on the idea of using my washing machine... who knows what diseases some of the undesirables we have to deal with are carrying. Surely things like E-coli are a contamination risk - even after the washer has finished its cycle?!

hi all I start my Sc training with A&S in September along with Boris! and have my induction morning on the 23rd of this mouth! What's best to wear causl jeans and a t shirt Or shirt and tie! Which can be seen in the A&S Twitter page on their last starting course!! I'm swaying to shirt and tie!! To be smart and make a good impression any help would be great full!! Cheers Dan!!

Hello, Some may say apples and oranges I guess, but I'm trying to weigh up if I'd rather join the RMP reserves or a HO force as a special! I'll probably be very lucky to get somebody who has done both but any input is hugely appreciated! I know as an RMP reserve you can be asked to walk the beat of an Army town on a weekend evening etc, but aside from deploying (which I am open to in a few years) and the training weekends etc I was wondering how much police like work an RMP reserve could find themselves doing? I actually understand the role of a special more, I know you have the differences but I believe it's more alike a full time constable than an RMP reserve will …

Hi, Does anybody know the average age of recruits who join the police force, I am 27 and although I wish I have joined earlier I am just wondering if my age my hinder my career progression in the force compared to somebody who joins at 18 for example Regards Martin

For all those of us who use Dutysheet, the new version is up and running. Some cool new features, you can look up other officers skills and duties, and see who is doing events now! Apparently there's a dedicated mobile site, but I've not worked out the URL yet.

Question answered elsewhere - can a mod delete the thread please as it is now redundant. Cheers

mancjames, on 27 Jul 2015 - 9:04 PM, said: 1. It appears that Racism is a kind of prejudice that requires the identification of a Race or Races. If you mean more powerful when you write "better", it would appear to be so. 2. "Should" is an very interesting word. I think it may have something to do with morality. 3. Power to dominate. 4. Yes, among others. 5. Yes. Global power and influence. 6. That is the question. 7. An Ethnicity is a sub-division of a Race. Different Ethnicities may be in conflict with each other in a Race (Germany v Britain). 8. I do not know yet. We will see what the statistics indicate. I do not know if you are a suspect. You have not compl…

A friend of mine has recently received a summons to appear at the Mags court after being caught on a laser in Richmond Park at 35mph. Now as a regular operator of a speed gun in my force I am aghast at this. (1): How does the cyclist know what speed they are going (downhill) as they don't have a speedo. (2): Yes the speed limit is 20mph but this is for cars. (3): Surely if anything he'd be sent on a speed awareness course or sent an FPN (4): There is no such offence as speeding on a bicycle. The only offence is careless cycling and this was not the offence. (5): The offence is a Parks bylaw but surely words of advice or an FPN would suffice... Not summons to the Mag…

What on Earth are you going on about? No one has anything against the Nordic people. Again, back on the "woe is me" bandwagon. Get off of it and read the news. Those languages are the ones the Metropolitan Police are expecting new PC recruits to have as an additional language. It's been very well reported in the national press. Thank you PC Goody for the information. IC1 = English, German IC2 = Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish IC3 = Yoruba (Nigeria) IC4 = Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Sinhala (Sri Lanka) IC5 = Missing? IC6 = Arabic, Hebrew, Does anybody know why these languages were selected and others rejected?