The Chair's report into the case of former PC Lorne Castle contains one particular paragraph that should concern anyone who supports confident proactive policing.
A reasonable and well phrased argument, imho. Perhaps a simpler fact is that the only issue leading to immediate dismissal was swearing. This is disproportionate punishment at best. Experienced officers will know that swearing can easily be justified and in my view PC Lorne was poorly advised in framing his defence. The public have risen to his defence anyway and the reputational damage to the police has shifted from him to his judges. Who will judge them?
Entire discipline system and those who enforce it are immoral hypocrites thinking only of their own position, pensions and prospects. No other career or profession is subject to such zealous fanaticism. None. Especially none that deal with violent, anti social, recidivist criminals, activists and those who just like making lives for police officers as difficult as possible. Police officers can be subject to experiencing 800 traumatic experiences as opposed to an average of 10. No wonder MH is spiralling. No wonder resignations are climbing. No wonder criminals are winning.
So the drug related martyrdom of St. George of Fentanyl and the shameful actions that resulted from it are still having serious consequences on British Policing, are they?
Add a Chief Constable who, when with the Met, was one of those high ranking officers who threw Police officer NX121 under the bus and we get a clearer picture of how dysfunctional policing in the UK has become and it becomes a wonder that ANYONE with a nouse of intelligence can still have confidence in them.
A reasonable and well phrased argument, imho. Perhaps a simpler fact is that the only issue leading to immediate dismissal was swearing. This is disproportionate punishment at best. Experienced officers will know that swearing can easily be justified and in my view PC Lorne was poorly advised in framing his defence. The public have risen to his defence anyway and the reputational damage to the police has shifted from him to his judges. Who will judge them?
Entire discipline system and those who enforce it are immoral hypocrites thinking only of their own position, pensions and prospects. No other career or profession is subject to such zealous fanaticism. None. Especially none that deal with violent, anti social, recidivist criminals, activists and those who just like making lives for police officers as difficult as possible. Police officers can be subject to experiencing 800 traumatic experiences as opposed to an average of 10. No wonder MH is spiralling. No wonder resignations are climbing. No wonder criminals are winning.
So the drug related martyrdom of St. George of Fentanyl and the shameful actions that resulted from it are still having serious consequences on British Policing, are they?
Add a Chief Constable who, when with the Met, was one of those high ranking officers who threw Police officer NX121 under the bus and we get a clearer picture of how dysfunctional policing in the UK has become and it becomes a wonder that ANYONE with a nouse of intelligence can still have confidence in them.
The senior officers of Dorset Police have been crap for very many years. I grew up there.