[News] Met Police placed in special measures

[clapham_gull]

About time and hopefully they clear out the rot out so the good cops (as opposed to the bad cops) can get on with their jobs.

Doesn't help having two hugely politicised (and opposing) bosses though.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...measures-scandals-sarah-everard-b1008928.html

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Isn't this just Priti Patel taking a swipe at the London Mayor, who has been given all the responsibility but none of the power?

"Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “I expect the police to get the basics right. It is clear the Metropolitan Police Service is falling short of these expectations which is why I support the action that HMICFRS has taken today to highlight their failings – and I expect the Met and the London Mayor to take immediate action to begin addressing them."

 

[Boys 9d]

Isn't this just Priti Patel taking a swipe at the London Mayor, who has been given all the responsibility but none of the power?

"Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “I expect the police to get the basics right. It is clear the Metropolitan Police Service is falling short of these expectations which is why I support the action that HMICFRS has taken today to highlight their failings – and I expect the Met and the London Mayor to take immediate action to begin addressing them."

Didn't he take the first step in getting rid of Cressida Dick against the approval of Priti Patel?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Didn't he take the first step in getting rid of Cressida Dick against the approval of Priti Patel?

Yes he did. Not just me, then, that sees this as not quite all that it is being dressed up to be, perhaps.

 

[AmexRuislip]

About time and hopefully they clear out the rot out so the good cops (as opposed to the bad cops) can get on with their jobs.

Doesn't help having two hugely politicised (and opposing) bosses though.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...measures-scandals-sarah-everard-b1008928.html

They know where you live, I'm sure

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Who gets to police the Met tho?

 

[cloud]

All of the 'investigations' that are happening at the moment are going to have happy endings, since we have a government that doesn't want a bad word said against them. They can then say it's been investigated, so just draw a line under it and move on.

 

[clapham_gull]

They know where you live, I'm sure

Didn't stop them failing to come round when someone was trying to break in.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Didn't stop them failing to come round when someone was trying to break in.

Now don't a feel like a complete tw@t

 

[The Clamp]

All of the 'investigations' that are happening at the moment are going to have happy endings, since we have a government that doesn't want a bad word said against them. They can then say it's been investigated, so just draw a line under it and move on.

This.

“Investigations” are being used merely as a tool to shut us up.

 

[clapham_gull]

Now don't a feel like a complete tw@t

- Is it an emergency ?

- No idea, let me ask him.

 

[AmexRuislip]

- Is it an emergency ?

- No idea, let me ask him.

Experienced a similar situation, wirh a paramedic outfit, who were called out to my wife for chest pains.
After the checks were carried out in the ambulance and nothing could be found, one of the medics asked her if she wanted to go to hospital

 

[The Clamp]

Experienced a similar situation, wirh a paramedic outfit, who were called out to my wife for chest pains.
After the checks were carried out in the ambulance and nothing could be found, one of the medics asked her if she wanted to go to hospital

This is based on the ethos that “the patient knows their own body better than anyone”.

If their obs come back normal, they are not substance affected and they have capacity, they are given the choice to be taken to hospital ifthey feel that they really aren’t right.

Given that the paramedics could potentially have to wait in an ambulance with the patient for the next 6 hours, it’s either an incredibly kind practice or an incredible waste of everyone’s time .

Most to the time they would be advised to see their GP asap if they feel they need further investigation.

 

[AmexRuislip]

This is based on the ethos that “the patient knows their own body better than anyone”.

If their obs come back normal, they are not substance affected and they have capacity, they are given the choice to be taken to hospital ifthey feel that they really aren’t right.

Given that the paramedics could potentially have to wait in an ambulance with the patient for the next 6 hours, it’s either an incredibly kind practice or an incredible waste of everyone’s time .

Most to the time they would be advised to see their GP asap if they feel they need further investigation.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Isn't this just Priti Patel taking a swipe at the London Mayor, who has been given all the responsibility but none of the power?

"Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “I expect the police to get the basics right. It is clear the Metropolitan Police Service is falling short of these expectations which is why I support the action that HMICFRS has taken today to highlight their failings – and I expect the Met and the London Mayor to take immediate action to begin addressing them."

The whole debate on this in the Commons yesterday was a sham and well worth watching back. The circulated statement from Kit Malthouse provided to the Labour benches and the Speaker was completely different to the one he actually read out (something for which he was forced to apologise for), and contained a whole stream of political attacks on Sadiq Khan (the only additions were these attacks). The Tory back benchers' questions were then almost entirely political attacks on the mayor. Malthouse accepted zero responsibility and couldn't stop bigging himself and his achievements up as Deputy Mayor (under Johnson of course). It was ****ing shameful. Yvette Cooper even asked to see when the questions to the backbenchers were circulated by the advisors, to see if Malthouse has been telling the truth when he claimed the addidtions to the statement really were last minute and solely because its something he is oh so passionate about, and not a pre planned move.

I don't know how they are going to explain it when other forces go into measures, they can't exactly blame Khan for that.

**** the Tories.

 

[cloud]

This.

“Investigations” are being used merely as a tool to shut us up.

They are also being used as a tool to let their barrister chums have a turn at milking the system. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politic...uiry-hires-60-barristers-could-cost-14m-year/

 

[Smillie's People]

Yes he did. Not just me, then, that sees this as not quite all that it is being dressed up to be, perhaps.

Yes like the Sussex Police Commissioner going on TV a few weeks back screaming that the Met were trying to pinch her best officers by offering better pay and conditions, and that all the local Police Commissioners like in Hants would support her. All the Tory-elected ones that is...