Dan
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@SC__Dan
Special Constable 👮🏽♂️ This is a personal account - all views & opinions are my own! RTs are not an endorsement.
Today we launch our Safer City Streets initiative. To mark the launch, we have unveiled a network of newly branded police boxes across the Square Mile, each featuring police officers who patrol the square mile on foot and bike. Read more ➡️cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-l…
@garethashmoreSB We do. Unless it’s recently changed, if we’re unable to continue with our day jobs due to an injury suffered on duty, we get paid whatever a PC with the equivalent length of service would - there are obviously time limits to this but that’s no different to any other job.
MSC officers from @MPSBexley and @MPSLewisham have been deployed on Level 2 Aid today, working on the Unite the West demonstration providing support to our regular colleagues. MSC officers are volunteer police officers who proudly dedicate their time to keeping london safe.
@TheCanaryUK Those aren't police officers. They're not wearing police uniforms and one of them has an SIA badge on.
@cynicalbobby @obbsie My force has just introduced mandatory single crewed. No matter the staffing levels. No doubly crewed cars at all across the force. 1 appointment car per area with instructions not to deviate, told they will have to explain to command team if they divert to a red button.
A moment during a quiet day shift for @MPSCamden & Islington officers 🚔 Quiet if you ignore the arrest of a male for knife point robbery 🔪...and the intelligence led crime prevention patrols 🔎...and the assistance given with volatile prisoners. Just another quiet day shift...
Some heroes wear capes — Chief Aaron Edwards wears blue.
If someone is actively stabbing innocent people, should police be able to shoot them on sight to stop the attack?
London has 1,460 fewer officers than a year ago - so what better time to introduce new mandatory paperwork for every time an officer dares to stop a vehicle... What an absolute waste of time. It will make policing less productive. It will make London less safe.
Another example of policing being gripped by institutionally bad leadership—not racism. Around 9 in 10 traffic stops happen with no idea of the driver’s race—yet officers must now spend time filling in forms like this after every single stop. A self-inflicted own goal, sapping proactivity, productivity and morale.
