BoldonLad
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You may well be correct, but, the "bad apples" do have to be removed, as part of the cultural change
Can the (Met) police ever change?
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You may well be correct, but, the "bad apples" do have to be removed, as part of the cultural change
Pale Rider
Veteran
More bad news for the Met as a firearms cop is charged with murder.
One troubling aspect to this case is the cop, at present, 'cannot be named for legal reasons'.
There may be an argument for not naming him while the investigation is proceeding, but he has now been charged.
Anonymous defendants is just not an avenue we should be going down, no matter what they do for a living.
Hopefully, this will be corrected when the case starts in earnest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66865099
One troubling aspect to this case is the cop, at present, 'cannot be named for legal reasons'.
There may be an argument for not naming him while the investigation is proceeding, but he has now been charged.
Anonymous defendants is just not an avenue we should be going down, no matter what they do for a living.
Hopefully, this will be corrected when the case starts in earnest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66865099
mudsticks
Squire
Keeping up with the 'bad apples' metaphor maintains the idea it's just a rare few that are tainting an otherwise blemish free bunch.
As with all such situations it take a lot of people staying silent, closing ranks, or pretending not to see.
They themselves are 'enablers'
multitool
Pharaoh
Re Cris Kaba case:
"A spokesperson for the Met Police Federation said being a firearms officer in London was "one of the world's toughest jobs", and that decision would "leave serving Metropolitan Police colleagues concerned as they go about their incredibly difficult and dangerous work".
Dangerous for whom?
I ask because I'm struggling to recall the last time I heard of an armed officer dying on duty.
They get called in to volatile situations but they have the upper hand in terms of number, training and equipment.
I don't know any beat coppers* over the age of 35. They've all specialised away from it and the SFOs and AFOs all say they would have left if they had failed to get on firearms.
What the Met Fed spokesman really nears is that he doesn't want accountability
*actually I know one.
"A spokesperson for the Met Police Federation said being a firearms officer in London was "one of the world's toughest jobs", and that decision would "leave serving Metropolitan Police colleagues concerned as they go about their incredibly difficult and dangerous work".
Dangerous for whom?
I ask because I'm struggling to recall the last time I heard of an armed officer dying on duty.
They get called in to volatile situations but they have the upper hand in terms of number, training and equipment.
I don't know any beat coppers* over the age of 35. They've all specialised away from it and the SFOs and AFOs all say they would have left if they had failed to get on firearms.
What the Met Fed spokesman really nears is that he doesn't want accountability
*actually I know one.
newfhouse
pleb
Good men don't come cheap, as the saying goes.
Ian H
Legendary Member
Armed Met police seem unhappy that they can be called to account. This strike action in all but name almost amounts to blackmail.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ort-from-army-after-officers-turn-in-firearms
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ort-from-army-after-officers-turn-in-firearms
BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
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Isn’t every “strike” blackmail to an extent, or, at very least, a trial of strength?
Ian H
Legendary Member
Well precisely. No nurse is safe if any one of them can be arrested just for killing a patient.
newfhouse
pleb
Good to see the Home Sec using all her experience as a barrister to avoid influencing an ongoing murder trial. Even if some of what she says is true, she should not be seen to be commenting on a live case.
View: https://twitter.com/suellabraverman/status/1705854919171768585?s=61&t=IaNHN0MzKohAo3Ktl0DsFQ
View: https://twitter.com/suellabraverman/status/1705854919171768585?s=61&t=IaNHN0MzKohAo3Ktl0DsFQ
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C R
Über Member
Isn't there a professional body that enforces professional behaviour standards for solicitors, barristers et al?
C R
Über Member
But she has the qualification, isn't she still bound by some kind of professional standard? Doctors and engineers would be.
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