Cymraeg_Atodeg Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Now, before we all fly off the handle about Police 'bashing,' my father is a Police Sergeant, a very good one at that! But, lately the Police 'hiring policy' seems to be letting more and more morons into 'the force.' Maybe it is because anyone in their right mind would not join the Police for warrant of not wanting to be 'castrated' by "political correctness" bullsh*t and assorted H&S b*llocks that seem to run the Police these days. Anyway, there is a reason this rant has been started... Apart from my own instances of seeing the Police using their ‘powers’ unjustly or just being plainly idiotic, this case was something that happened to my mother today; On her way to work my mother has to make a 15 mile journey south to Cardiff, she has a set route she follows as she has found it quickest then other possible routes she has tried. Anyway, this involves going along a two lane road which is ‘broken up’ by a round-about mid-way along it. Usually the traffic flow here is slow, but, constant. So, she is normally through this section in about 5 minutes. Today it took her 30 minutes! Six times longer! And ‘Why?’ I hear you ask… Well, someone had either had tried to take a wrong exit and correct themselves (and failed) or was going too fast around the round-about and had subsequently crashed into the road sign on the raised ‘island’ off the main round-about, but, is used to divide the carriageway as it approaches the round-about. The Police arrived at the scene and instead of directing traffic to keep the morning ‘rush-hour’ traffic flowing they decided to block the lane behind the crashed car with their car and stand around. This meant all the traffic coming in the opposite direction of my mother had to turn right on the round-about. Well, this mean the lane my mother was in had to give way to all the traffic coming from the opposite direction and as everyone was so considerate (!) they jammed up the round-about and let no-one out. But, you got to hand it to the Police officers, when a biker came to the scene and asked if they could squeeze through the gap between the Police car and the car in the road sign they were more then happy to let them through. When my mother got into her work she phoned to try and critic the Police’s handling of the situation she was ‘hung-up’ on four times! When asked to speak to a Police officer (the receptionist was a ‘civilian liaison’) she was left ringing a phone for four minutes and then told to write in… What a joke! Cheers for reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas up - Let's Go! Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 But, you got to hand it to the Police officers, when a biker came to the scene and asked if they could squeeze through the gap between the Police car and the car in the road sign they were more then happy to let them through. Presumably, they were trying to protect the accident scene in case evidence was needed?? so why let a bike through?? Either way they were in the wrong here. That said, I travel the A69 alot, and at least once a month there is some form of obstruction (accident, dead dear, survey, nothing-else-to-do-lets-stop-traffic etc), and on a number of occasions when I've filtered my way to the front and stopped to wait, I've been directed through. Now on each of these occasions it has to be said that the officer doing the directing told me to keep left of the lane markers, the ones between the gutter and the lane. so hat's off to them. I must also say that my work puts me in contact with many police officers, and the guys I deal with are incredably dedicated and proffessional. I've come to the conclusion that your average beat copper is at often just that, average. some are OK, some actually have common sense, alot are just morons. When you deal with the guys who have taken on 'extra' duties (firearms, traffic, close protection, serious crime, child protection etc ) then you tend to get a different type of person. Then of course you get the pretend policepeople - PCSO's no powers at all, but they get a nice shinny uniform. I've dealt with these people on a number of occasions and most of them think they are police officers! some however are very good at what they do. These ones are more often than not women. Up here in cumbria we have a pretty good police force, but there's always some rot in every barrel...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted November 20, 2008 Moderator Share Posted November 20, 2008 when I lived in Devon, we tended to get the young graduates who always throw the book at you even for minor incidences. just had to be supplicant and let them feel important to stand any chance of getting out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator YamaHead Posted November 20, 2008 Moderator Share Posted November 20, 2008 Cops these Days = Idiots that hide behind badges & guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamax Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 can i smell pork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark h Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Now, before we all fly off the handle about Police 'bashing,' my father is a Police Sergeant, a very good one at that! But, lately the Police 'hiring policy' seems to be letting more and more morons into 'the force.' Maybe it is because anyone in their right mind would not join the Police for warrant of not wanting to be 'castrated' by "political correctness" bullsh*t and assorted H&S b*llocks that seem to run the Police these days. Anyway, there is a reason this rant has been started... Apart from my own instances of seeing the Police using their ‘powers’ unjustly or just being plainly idiotic, this case was something that happened to my mother today; On her way to work my mother has to make a 15 mile journey south to Cardiff, she has a set route she follows as she has found it quickest then other possible routes she has tried. Anyway, this involves going along a two lane road which is ‘broken up’ by a round-about mid-way along it. Usually the traffic flow here is slow, but, constant. So, she is normally through this section in about 5 minutes. Today it took her 30 minutes! Six times longer! And ‘Why?’ I hear you ask… Well, someone had either had tried to take a wrong exit and correct themselves (and failed) or was going too fast around the round-about and had subsequently crashed into the road sign on the raised ‘island’ off the main round-about, but, is used to divide the carriageway as it approaches the round-about. The Police arrived at the scene and instead of directing traffic to keep the morning ‘rush-hour’ traffic flowing they decided to block the lane behind the crashed car with their car and stand around. This meant all the traffic coming in the opposite direction of my mother had to turn right on the round-about. Well, this mean the lane my mother was in had to give way to all the traffic coming from the opposite direction and as everyone was so considerate (!) they jammed up the round-about and let no-one out. But, you got to hand it to the Police officers, when a biker came to the scene and asked if they could squeeze through the gap between the Police car and the car in the road sign they were more then happy to let them through. When my mother got into her work she phoned to try and critic the Police’s handling of the situation she was ‘hung-up’ on four times! When asked to speak to a Police officer (the receptionist was a ‘civilian liaison’) she was left ringing a phone for four minutes and then told to write in… What a joke! Cheers for reading Twice i`ve broken down (in car`s) and Both times i found the police very helpful, Once even pushing me to a lay by, Mind you, This was a long long tine ago, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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