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The behaviour of UK police officers.

Merseyside

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...st-whatsapp-images?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
A police officer took selfies at a murder scene where a teenager had been stabbed to death, and sent “appalling” racist, homophobic and offensive images via WhatsApp, the Guardian has learned.

PC Ryan Connolly from the Merseyside force committed a litany of disciplinary offences over a six-year period while a serving officer, a tribunal has decided.
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Also associated with known criminals
 
Really WTAF is going on with police selection procedures? Let alone the sort of checks when moving between jobs which the NHS routinely uses (I nearly lost a job offer because of the police playing silly buggers over DBS stuff when I moved from Teesside to Northumberland, as apparently Wales confuses Durham police and Northumberland police don't understand Bristol postcodes, which raises other issues about police recruitment)?

And then there is the apparent lack of any adequate supervision which would surely pick up the dodgy action and behaviours?

All these cases which hit the national meejah are only the tip of the proverbial: our local meejah has all manner of stories about dodgy dibbles which rarely go national.
 
The interesting thing is Canada has a similar system: most cities run their own police department. The RCMP provides service to smaller communities.

The training isn't anywhere near the standards in this thread. Here in Winnipeg one can apply at age 18 with a high school education, although preference is given to people who have a post-secondary education and a "demonstrated commitment to the community through volunteer experience." There is a fitness test and a psychological assessment (the cynic in me suggests it's to weed out the nice guys.) If accepted, the trainee gets 20 weeks of classroom education, 16 weeks of field training, and a two year probationary role.

The pay is relatively generous by Winnipeg standards. The starting salary is more than what I made after 35 years as an I/T professional (mind you, I wasn't particularly aggressive about my pay; I just wanted enough to live comfortably and build a retirement fund.)
 
Darat said:
Just read the report about the murders of 4 people, the police could have prevented 3 of those murders if they had shown any competency and the murderer was only stopped at death 4 by the sisters of one victim investigation.

Stephen Port: How Met failings contributed to the deaths of three men https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59576717

As ever no one was held responsible:

…… Seventeen police officers involved in the original response into the four deaths were investigated by the police watchdog.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct did not refer any of them for misconduct proceedings. Seven of the officers have since been promoted….​
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Now a TV series; I was shocked to realise how recent the case was, I was assuming it was a historical one, not from six years ago.

The police are getting a bit of a kicking on TV this week, we also have Anne, a dramatisation of one woman's fight for justice following the death of her son at Hillsborough.
 
Another policeman in court.

A police officer has appeared in court accused of having inappropriate relationships with multiple women.

PC Oliver Perry-Smith, of Thames Valley Police and based in west Berkshire, was charged with misconduct in public office after a probe by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

He is accused of three misconduct charges and two of computer misuse.

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PC Perry-Smith allegedly engaged or attempted to engage in sexual relationships with female members of the public while on duty and wearing uniform over more than five years from September 2014.
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2013 - Female Prof from the University of Nottingham is arrested during a stop and search. She refuses to cooperate and is strip searched, some of her clothing cut off and derogatory remarks made about her hygiene.
2018 - Sgt in charge cleared by a disciplinary panel. The cops who make derogatory remarks are not dealt with at all.
2022 - She receives apology and compensation after obtaining CCTV footage the Met apparently had the entire time.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...es-to-academic-for-sexist-derogatory-language
 
PC Perry-Smith allegedly engaged or attempted to engage in sexual relationships with female members of the public while on duty and wearing uniform over more than five years from September 2014.
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I thought these were separate charges until the fourth time I reread it ;)
 
PC Perry-Smith allegedly engaged or attempted to engage in sexual relationships with female members of the public while on duty and wearing uniform over more than five years from September 2014.
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You'd think he could at least change his underwear now and then.
 
Cressida Dick to stand down.

Dame Cressida Dick is to stand down as commissioner of the Metropolitan police after a series of scandals.

The decision follows a public falling out with the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, who put her “on notice” that she had to rapidly reform the Met or lose his confidence in her leadership.
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Good riddance. But she should never have been promoted to anything like that level. Thrown out after the de Menezes murder would have been more appropriate.
 
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