tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post5414191201334673181..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: I Think I Can See Where The Recruitment Went Wrong…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47514465644031245352016-05-08T06:43:00.765+01:002016-05-08T06:43:00.765+01:00"This is what we have as a result of politica...<i>"This is what we have as a result of politically motivated social experiments. I despair. I really do."</i><br /><br />We all do. :/<br /><br /><i>" Perhaps PCSOs would find the job easier if they did not regard the public as domestic animals to be treated accordingly?"</i><br /><br />Particularly when so many have the build, and the intelligence, of farmyard stock themselves.<br /><br /><i>"Friend likes journalist little bit more now because friend is famous. Sort of."</i><br /><br />I wonder how many 'Guardian' journos rub shoulders with people who actually perform work? Even of this sort.<br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-11298016671392403942016-05-06T23:48:59.592+01:002016-05-06T23:48:59.592+01:00"...detectives were swamped with other things...<i>"...detectives were swamped with other things..."</i><br /><br />It <i>does</i> take such a long time to scour Facebook/Twitter/Interwebs in general for those commiting the heinous crime of suggesting that little Chardonnay is a slapper, or Duwayne's lifestyle could be related to his dermatological pigment, or maybe Mo's demands for special treatment & exemption from our laws because of his 'religion' are unacceptable.<br /><br />This, and protecting taxi-drivers of a certain background leaves very little time for much else - other than investigating if a DJ or pop singer actually put his hand on some groupie's bum in 1968. Con-men cheating or robbing OAPs comes way down the list.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48571854917448516312016-05-06T18:47:07.103+01:002016-05-06T18:47:07.103+01:00To further what Anonymous said earlier, I recall a...To further what Anonymous said earlier, I recall a pair of bike-riding CSOs who one summer's evening found themselves surrounded by a gang of sneering, laughing teenage kids. They solved the problem by calling the real police to break up the crowd. Then they cycled off, happy.<br /><br />I couldn't help feeling if the pair hadn't been in my part of the world, there would have been no 'hostile' crowd and no need to call the real cops.stenglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683263644032875337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-78099801955410359362016-05-06T18:31:44.419+01:002016-05-06T18:31:44.419+01:00Journalist has friend who isn't a journalist. ...Journalist has friend who isn't a journalist. Friend likes to moan a lot. Journalist listens to moans and thinks it would make a great story. Journalist's boss, the editor, has no better ideas, so story is run. Friend likes journalist little bit more now because friend is famous. Sort of.stenglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683263644032875337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84849754652372420482016-05-06T14:11:52.057+01:002016-05-06T14:11:52.057+01:00Official descriptions of the role of PCSOs can be ...Official descriptions of the role of PCSOs can be found on the internet, here for instance http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17702622 . Nowhere can I find mention of "herding" or "shepherding" as being part of the job. Perhaps PCSOs would find the job easier if they did not regard the public as domestic animals to be treated accordingly?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500258178611139997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42777086578011206772016-05-06T12:04:53.991+01:002016-05-06T12:04:53.991+01:00Society appears to have reached a stage that comes...Society appears to have reached a stage that comes just before a catastrophe. The decline in moral values and standards cannot continue in the way it is. History tells us that when greed, corruption and incompetence reaches a level similar to the one we are now experiencing something bad will happen. <br /><br />To use the collapse of the Roman Empire as an example as what happens as the circumstances of the reason for that collapse and what happened to finally bring it about are remarkable similar to today. The moral decline and decadence then is little different to that which we see today and the final act that destroyed it was the hordes of barbarians that crossed into it's territories. History does have a habit of repeating itself and we are very bad from learning from our mistakes.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-28248045853526645582016-05-06T11:27:38.376+01:002016-05-06T11:27:38.376+01:00I viewed the implementation of CSOs and their term...I viewed the implementation of CSOs and their terms of reference with trepidation. They had the word "Police" added to try and give hem some form of authority - but that failed. They can't stop and search - they have to call a Police officer; they can't breath test suspected drunken drivers - they have to call a Police officer; neither can they cause a vehicle to stop, require the production of driving documents, make an arrest (though they can 'detain' someone for a period of time, though what the difference is, no one has been able to explain), or carry out other tasks which a Police officer can. Instead, they were designed to be the eyes and ears of the Police force, sorry, service, and to provide reassurance. The main reason they were brought in was because they were cheaper to employ than Police officers yet provided a uniformed presence on the streets (as long as it is not dark, raining, or cold) in an attempt to fool the public that their caring, sharing, government was looking after their interests. What the idiots in government did n't realise is that in being locally employed rather than Crown appointments, they could join unions, go on strike or work to rule and demand privileges, perks and equipment not available to Police officers. That there have been keen and responsible CSOs, some of whom used that route to join the Police, is not in doubt, and I mean no disrespect to them. Unfortunately, the majority I met were the politically motivated using their position to pursue personal goals, the unfit or obese who couldn't find other work, fancied themselves as Robocop without having to do all that nasty training, or those morbidly interested in other people's affairs. No one in authority seemed to realise it would be cheaper and more efficient in the long run to recruit more Police officers. This is what we have as a result of politically motivated social experiments. I despair. I really do.<br />PenseivatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com