Sierra Unit

I have 2 career specials with 15 years in who’d be fantastic if they had a standard driving permit but the current format just doesn’t work with the majority of volunteers.

@LBC @TomSwarbrick1

‘At a time when the country is in turmoil and there’s a war in the Middle East...' @TomSwarbrick1 questions the 'strange' timing of a video showing MPs dancing in Westminster.

@sc_survey @CheshPolSC They’re not fast tracking, it’s all sold as an easier way into the regs but in reality if they can get into the specials they’ll take them as a regular.

@special_local @CheshPolSC If you're taking over 6 months to start volunteers you're failing. One of my controversial view is that you shouldn't be starting training as an SC if you have an active reg ap, and that you should have to at bare minimum complete your IPS if you want to 'fast track' to regs.

I know I higlight @CheshPolSC more than most, but it is because they're doing more than many others. When I hear of tecruitment cohorts of 8 and 9 'because it's hard to get more' and they can fill up a training intake I don't think it is because people aren't applying.

@terry50000 @tom_d48604 @russellquirk From these posts maybe you’re just a cunt and they’re justified?

@tom_d48604 @russellquirk That’s the job ain’t it, you’ll be warned what you’re getting into, don’t sign up if you can’t cope. War is very different. I have the upmost respect for them? Soldiers don’t often stop me in my car and talk to like I’m a cunt. Or hide by the side of the road collecting Tax.

Maybe if Essex Police didn’t spend £614,000 each year on ‘DEI supervision’ they wouldn’t need to cut the number of proper coppers that should otherwise be patrolling our streets? Oh, and 11% of all Essex officers are off on long term sick. Mostly with ‘anxiety’. The Conservatives running Essex need to be removed. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@terry50000 @russellquirk It’s a job where you experience the worse situations and meet the absolute scum of society but don’t have anywhere to discuss it or digest it all. People talk of the old days but they had a bar locally to decompress as a team

@russellquirk 11% Off with anxiety, what the fuck has the UK become. ANXIETY COPPERS FFFFFSSSSSS. Where have real men gone??

@HJB_News__ @grok where did this clip come from

Here in a hospital in Farnham Road in Guildford England, undocumented migrants show their appreciation for priority NHS healthcare

@InspGadgetBlogs She’s lucky she didn’t explain the situation or the control room would tell her to hang up and call an ambulance.

'I couldn’t be any clearer about your mission: it is to cut crime.  No more, and no less.' Theresa May 29th June 2010

@SkyNews @robpowellnews So overworked civilian staff will be performing double the work. We can all guarantee the Met will stay its own independent force, with its own rules, systems and equipment.

BREAKING: Sky News understands home secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to announce plans to reduce the number of police forces in England and Wales next week. Sky's @robpowellnews reports. trib.al/1kySzMv 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

@AchingRat The end of the Special constabulary right there unless they make us reserves and start paying for our time

This is another stupid idea from Home Office idiots first suggested by the idiot-in-chief, Theresa May. Labour are clearly not smart enough to bin it. Uniparty imbeciles. BBC News - Police officers to be told they must get work licence or face dismissal bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… I can see this being the death of the special constabulary. No way will the majority keep up with the knowledge and tasks required to be requalified.

@PC_Angry Is that why they ditched the idea of only recruiting from inside London?

There is a broader point here. Virtually all Met Officers cannot afford to live in the city they Police, they are told "move further out then" inevitably when there is a strike or other travel disruption they are then told "well you chose to live that far away"… 🤦‍♂️😬

@shellthestig @BettyBoochichi2 because she could afford the rent before it was hiked £500

@BettyBoochichi2 Why keep having children !?!?

A police officer and mother of four says she faces homelessness next week after being unable to find affordable housing in Thurrock. Metropolitan Police officer Kayon Downer, 42, of Chafford Hundred, has until January 21 to leave her home after being served a no-fault Section 21 eviction notice last April. Despite working full-time and earning around £3,000 a month, topped up by £500 in Universal Credit, the mum of four, including a one-year-old, says soaring rents have left her with no options. Thurrock Council says it has worked with Ms Downer to prevent homelessness and disputes the rent on the property offered is unaffordable for her. Ms Downer, who currently pays £1,550 for a three-bedroom house, said: "I've been living here since 2019. The landlord wants the property back, not because I haven't paid rent. I've looked everywhere, but I can't afford £2,000-plus for a three-bed home. I'm struggling now. "They offered me a property at £2,350 a month – the council would pay a month's rent in advance and the £350, but I'd still have to find £2,000. If I could afford that, I wouldn't need help. I'm a working police officer. I don't know what to do anymore." Cllr Mark Hooper, a Labour cabinet member whose portfolio includes health and wellbeing and social housing, said: "We wish we could easily find a home for everyone who needs one, but with nearly 5,000 people on our housing waiting list and ever-increasing demand, we have to carefully assess each case within the law. "In this case, officers have helped Ms Downer find a four-bedroom home within her assessed budget. The council will pay around 10 per cent of her monthly rent for two years. She is also on the housing register and can bid for council properties." Cllr Hooper acknowledged a complaint which the council upheld, about delays in dealing with her case last year but said the council has since offered "practical and affordable solutions" to ensure Ms Downer and her family do not become homeless. Ms Downer disputes the council's assessment, saying the proposed rent is far beyond her means. She said: "I've served the public for years, and now I'm facing being on the street. If I stopped work tomorrow they would have to take responsibility." Link to the article: thurrock.nub.news/news/local-new…

@stuzi_pants @CollegeofPolice @EssexPoliceFed why is your guidance for your officers who are taking this abuse. Where is the line where arrest is a suitable response to this abuse?

Nigel Farage’s IQ dodging army in full swing If they only had a brain

@charliesbites @stuzi_pants @SueSuezep Someone other than the officer needs to be offended and the only people there other than the police were the morons protesting

@stuzi_pants @SueSuezep There are loads of cop shows where the guy holding the camera would have been huckled & wearing bracelets after probably the first “c**t” yet calls the Officer “c••t” numerous times. Cop was exercising extreme leniency & presumably mindful of limited resources.

@stuzi_pants “Protecting women and children” by acting a knob toward the people they know won’t fight back. Cowards, absolute cowards

Reg thought he’d have an easy night crewing with the specials last night. I’ve never heard so many excuses to not attend a job when CID sent us for an arrest attempt. We volunteer to take the weight off the service; sometimes that’s the little jobs, sometimes it’s the crap.

I saw the van pass me of someone whose life has been turned upside down by their actions on the days that followed who Id worked with and I worried they’d recognise me. Its a cloud hanging over me every time I go out and I know it may be irrational but its always there

People were giving me the look of do I know you from somewhere and I was trying to keep my head down. One person actually said hello and helped me. I shouldn’t have been there. As a volunteer I should have could have walked away and a PC said I could have left but I couldn’t.

After working a large public order incident where I saw multiple people who drink in my local pubs I haven’t been out to socialise. This was 5 months ago. I’m anxious to go to the pub incase I see someone who was there and there were loads.