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Unlike yourself, who professes to dislike insults, but feels that he can use them when he wants, I will refrain from saying that you do not have a clue, or worse. You are absolutely right in your assertion that the police should work according to strict moral standards - please don't keep saying...

And that is exactly what I was getting at, with my comment about ivory tower. I can abuse whomever I want, but when it is the police working under extremely difficult circumstances, (of which I am sure that you know nothing ) then I can sit back and judge them. How many more times - we know they...

If you live where you say you do, and of course SE London can mean anything, then you should know enough about life not to come up with ivory tower solutions, that do not correspond to real life. And we are talking about abuse here and you have stated how wrong it is and that we expect good...

Yes, it is, but then it is what happens in real life in many organisations. I do not condone that extra kick, just stated that this is what will always happen in highly-charged atmospheres, when the Police are struggling to control some drunken scum, lashing out and spitting at them.Come out of...

I wonder what your part in this episode was? As ever, you, like others, are keen to blame the Police, but had you made a bad situation that shade worse with a belligerent attitude, only to then complain when officers gave like for like. Yes, that would be "wrong" and unprofessional, but after a...

How can you possibly be in a position to make such a wild and unsubstantiated statement? Of course people go for all sorts of jobs for all sorts of reasons, but to say that is absurd. Having family members in the force, and having also written lots of Sixth From references in the past, I can...

Absolutely. Every phone call alleging something must have come from a "victim", which starts the slippery slope of bias. Wasn't it a "Nick" who made allegations against Cliff Richard -doubtless he was a victim! If a Police officer is guilty of a serious breach of trust, than they deserve all...

Yes, you are right, totally. But of course life is not always like this, as the many cases that have come to light in the Police, NHS and Church, to say nothing of football clubs, have demonstrated. It may well be moral cowardice, as you say.

That does happen, as it does in all walks of life, but the extent to which it happens will depend on the severity of the corrupt action.

Well worth posting, as this all too often tends to be forgotten. I have lost count of the number of times family members have come in off a night shift, having been abused or some clever clogs claiming racism at them, or "do you know who I am?" This is not to claim there are no bad apples -yes...

That is what we all say, isn't it? We all like to think that we would report an harassment etc. The point I was making is that there are various levels of "harassment" - a rape of a disabled person, say, is rather different to calling someone a xxxx after you have been spat at. Both actions are...

[/B] I am NOT suggesting that anyone should, if this is what you are wondering. But in reality it is not as simple as you say. In my experience, officers who fall foul of professional standards, and they do on occasion, have usually given years of diligent service, and on the one occasion that...

It is a very grey area, isn't it? Though I am sure that taking recreational cocaine was not the brightest thing to do, given that the force does expect your private life to be of a good standard, one might well also argue that if this was on the first rest day and you had three more to go, then...

I fully agree with your first sentence, and by the way they ARE held to a higher standard by their own personal standards people. For example, it is made quite clear to police officers that their private lives must be squeaky clean and not reflect badly on the Force in contrast to many other...

Sadly, it is true of so many organisations, that when they are criticised, they instinctively look inwards and their first reaction is to protect their mates. Look at the recent scandals involving the Church and the NHS, to name but a few. The huge scandals make the headlines, and rightly so...

No he won't. He will say, as he has done before, but LCJ prefers to ignore the inconvenient bit, that there will be a minority in every walk of life, including the Police, who will ruin it for the majority, just as there are prima donnas amongst the general public, whose general attitude is such...