Mike Charlie

@PC_Angry I think that requires not just cakes, but the purchase of Greggs PLC.

That goes way beyond a cake fine….

@LonsdaleKeith @ForeverScept @ollieparrot They are often placed at the sites of serious or fatal accidents, or based upon complaints received about speeding from the local community.

@ForeverScept @ollieparrot If speed cameras really saved lives there'd be one outside every school, but there isn't.

Maybe you should start investigating real crimes like rape gangs and government corruption instead of hiding around corners with your gay little vans catching people going to work.

@thedailymemes_ Bro, take your fucking hits 😅

Foul play.

@rg4cgyqknh @kezia_noble Even a flat cap with the chequered band looks better than the baseball cap!

@mickydoos @kezia_noble I live in Scotland which abandoned the Custodian helmet before I was born. The baseball cap is now everywhere, and it can be hard to distinguish Police from a traffic warden or a council apparatchik. There are many apparatchiks in Glasgow. It devalues and diminishes the Office.

Is it just me? But I want to see our police force dressed like THIS! Not like traffic wardens.

@ContinualDew @HoodedClaw1974 He's been arrested. There's no need.

@HoodedClaw1974 If they know it was a man, an early description of him would be of the essence in helping to trace him.

🚨 80yr old woman stabbed to death in southeast London. Police were alerted after reports of a man with a knife. Emergency crews found the woman outside her home in Shooters Hill, and was taken to hospital but died of her injuries. Another man was threatened but not attacked.

@smithster999 @InspGadgetBlogs It's a motorcyclists snood.

@InspGadgetBlogs He’s definitely not from round here with that head scarf on with his uniform

Met colleagues, dress standards; what fresh hell is this from traffic?

@gary_h10453 @kezia_noble Most response teams are far too small to permit it. The only foot patrol I do is for Friday/Saturday night time economy (and I quite enjoy it tbh)

@kezia_noble Don’t care what they dress like want them back on the beat walking the pavement 😎

@rg4cgyqknh @kezia_noble Only some forces allow baseball caps for non PSU/firearms unit duties (I think they look awful with regular uniform and I'm glad my force don't use them)

@kezia_noble I dislike the baseball caps. It makes them look ready to flip a burger.

@TheTopCatTony1 @kezia_noble Because traffic wardens were employees of the police. When parking matters were decriminalised (ie made civil offences), it was for... Wait for it... Civil enforcement officers.

@kezia_noble Traffic wardens have been rebranded as Civil Enforcement Officers. Let that sink in. Why would they be called that ffs.

@Wheeeel @kezia_noble Their vests are slimmer than ours because the emphasis is on ballistic protection whilst ours is against bladed threats. Kevlar only would be slimmer but there needs to be a steel mesh to protect against blades.

@kezia_noble We should copy the US style of uniform, smart but practical

@Lamplighter_UK @kezia_noble Custodians are specifically for foot patrol. Flat caps for mobile patrol. Baseball caps are for PSU duties. I'm not Met but I make sure I wear the correct headwear when I'm out and about.

Yes 💯 especially in central london where there is no consistency, some wearing no caps, some wearing caps, very few wearing a bobby’s helmet which tourists want to see and also makes them more visible if people want to ask for help. We have a variety of of people who are not police wearing similar paramilitary style clothing including security and police community support officers

@kezia_noble Have you ever worn a police tunic? They look great but assively impractical for modern day policing. There's a reason they're for ceremonial purposes only now.

@Pady_oFurniture @visegrad24 Not all, but many (my nearest airport has a number of unarmed officers including a small CID department)

@visegrad24 For anyone gullible, all police officers in UK airports are armed

6 armed British police officers arrested a man named Lee yesterday at Manchester Airport as he returned to the UK from a vacation. The arrest was made due to someone reporting that they were offended by a Facebook post Lee had made about immigration

@TerrorismGuy @Areola_Mike @visegrad24 You can only seize a phone from a person whilst they're under arrest (S32 PACE).

No, and it shouldn’t matter. Unless there is a risk to the wider public or an acute flight risk, such an arrest is highly disproportionate. It is also not like he can destroy the evidence, as the Facebook post was already identified and archived by the authorities (or they could have just taken his phone at the airport and then asked him to turn up at his nearest police station for an interview).

@TerrorismGuy @visegrad24 You're referring to a voluntary attendance interview. You cannot "summons" someone to attend a police station for a *voluntary interview*. It's possible the officer in charge attempted to arrange an interview but they refused, or were uncontactable A summons is for court.

What I don’t get is why they couldn’t just send him a formal summons via mail so he can turn up at a police station with a solicitor at a given date. Like we can argue about free speech all day, but is the benefit of such a heavy handed arrest for an ultimately non-violent ‘crime’?

@BettyBoochichi2 And I post this gif as someone who strongly suspects they're autistic 😅

A police force on a mission to have a more diverse and inclusive culture has been told by a panel of people with autism that its use of flashing blue lights could cause distress. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@muttonshunter It'll likely be a combined NIE and sergeants course. I'm led to believe that the sergeants exam and the NIE are fairly similar

Apparently the police are so desperate for Detective Sergeants, there is now a PC to DS route. Yep you've never been a Detective but want to be incharge of a team of them? Perfect, your in. TJF!

@exRAF_Al @hansnotdead1 Nope. Just like the military, they serve the Crown.

@hansnotdead1 They serve us.

A firefighter doesn’t talk to the public with hands in pockets, a paramedic doesn’t, a lollipop lady doesn’t, a military serviceman doesn’t. So what gives public servants like plod the green light to assume it’s okay for them to do it? Is it some kind of inbred arrogance that they are taught, are they showing their inner contempt for the public? Or are they just slobs who think that etiquette and showing respect don’t apply to them?

@lostmylist @BettyBoochichi2 Probation is still 2 years min, 3 years for sntpneuom the degree course. I agree with lengthier initial training and tutoring though

@BettyBoochichi2 Bring back 20 weeks training. 2 year probation. Constant training and mentoring.

A rookie PC has apologised after she admitted making a series of blunders which left a future triple killer free to strike. Libbie-Mae Taylor was only 12 shifts into her job with Leics Police when she was called to the scene of a warehouse assault. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

@CaptChaos19 @BettyBoochichi2 To add some context, I'm the most experienced PC not just on my team, but across response at my whole nick with 7½ years experience.

@BettyBoochichi2 That poor girl! Anything she did or didn't do would have had no bearing on the outcome . How the hell can a 3 yr constable be a tutor? When I did my probation none of my tutor group had less than 10 yrs service!