I’ll Get My Coat….!

Has someone lost the plot in London? I don’t know whether to believe the latest Daily Mail headline about the fact that we can now be abused whilst on duty and there is nothing you can do about it. But then they produce a card which has been produced by Scotland Yard which outlines that very fact. It goes on to list the details of the words which we now must face and do nothing about it. I wonder what would happen if I used them back. Any takers for that gamble? Didn’t think so. The card goes on to say that the arrest will be assumed for “failing the attitude test” and will therefore be dismissed. The world has gone mad. Just wish I had the bottle to walk into a Magistrates’ Court effin’ and jeffin’ to see whether I would be admonished.

Please someone tell me that it is a joke!

They also include in the advice that hand cuffs cannot be placed on a prisoner just for officer safety and that the use must be justified. So clearly your and my safety is not a justifiable reason for the use of hand cuffs. Of course, the managers and back room consultants who come up with these directives only ever see an angry man on the television. I remember that the National Federation were instructed to argue for the right to handcuff all prisoners simply because they were arrested during a Police Federation Conference but nothing has been done or achieved, apparently. That vote must be at least 4 years old because it was taken at the last Blackpool conference. I suggest you badger your Fed Rep because the mandate is still there!!!!

The reason behind this farce is to save money on compensation claims. Perhaps if the Met were to defend a few more then they might have less claims in the first place. The Civil Actions Unit should hang their heads in shame because they are all a bunch of f*****g w*****s with a policy which is a load of b******s.

Open season has started on the police.