Leicester cop scandal
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:00 am
Anyone see the C4 documentary last night, where an ex-CID officer rejoined the Leicester force and filmed what she saw?
I was totally shocked. Racism and sexism go with the territory, but leaving your colleagues on the streets with no back-up while you play cards all night, ignoring emergency calls, driving past members of the public in urgent need of help, playing hide-and-seek in three squad cars all night with your mates, and playing cricket in the custody area when a prisoner is waiting to be processed, I found unbelievable. No pride in what they do, lazy, cowardly, corrupt, and no supervision of any sort. They were an absolute disgrace.
Every man filmed in that doc, indulging in that behaviour, should be dishonourably discharged, if there's such a thing in the Police, and it should come down from on-high that similar behaviour will result in instant dismissal. Instead there'll be some mealy-mouthed enquiry and 'disciplinary action' taken against those found guilty. You've got to ask though, where were the senior officers who should have been supervising these arseholes?
I'm a firm supporter of the Police, despite their obvious and many imperfections, but this was a wake-up call to the calibre of person that now passes himself off as a police officer. My Grandad was a copper in Manchester, so I know that rules get bent, but NEVER would he or any of his oppos have let one another down, or not done their best to help someone who needed help. I can't help feeling this is as much a reflection of what our society's become, as of the Police. It made me sick to watch it.
I was totally shocked. Racism and sexism go with the territory, but leaving your colleagues on the streets with no back-up while you play cards all night, ignoring emergency calls, driving past members of the public in urgent need of help, playing hide-and-seek in three squad cars all night with your mates, and playing cricket in the custody area when a prisoner is waiting to be processed, I found unbelievable. No pride in what they do, lazy, cowardly, corrupt, and no supervision of any sort. They were an absolute disgrace.
Every man filmed in that doc, indulging in that behaviour, should be dishonourably discharged, if there's such a thing in the Police, and it should come down from on-high that similar behaviour will result in instant dismissal. Instead there'll be some mealy-mouthed enquiry and 'disciplinary action' taken against those found guilty. You've got to ask though, where were the senior officers who should have been supervising these arseholes?
I'm a firm supporter of the Police, despite their obvious and many imperfections, but this was a wake-up call to the calibre of person that now passes himself off as a police officer. My Grandad was a copper in Manchester, so I know that rules get bent, but NEVER would he or any of his oppos have let one another down, or not done their best to help someone who needed help. I can't help feeling this is as much a reflection of what our society's become, as of the Police. It made me sick to watch it.