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[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

If that sounds strong... Its only because any copper working the streets gets it that little bit harder because people like him do stupid, brainless, selfish things.
 From that, every single, straight as a die, honest copper gets their work scrutinised yet further and the trust that should be placed in them, by the public, by the legal profession, and even by their own Senior Management Teams, gets slowly eroded.

In the grand scheme of things, £9.odd is very low value and neither here nor there. But its an extra brick in the wall. Anyone owning a small shop would want a police officer to take action if they saw someone stealing a tenners worth of stock. Its inconceivable that anyone would then think to attempt a similar value theft is acceptable.

[Doctor Gollum]

It's beyond simple theft... It was a deliberate act of deception, which is arguably worse...

[Rangie]

If its true... Total shit and a disgrace to the uniform. Not even thinking about the wider effect of his actions. Another thorn in the side of every decent copper who knows what it means to put the uniform on.

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That's what really gets my goat, the uniform that you should be proud to wear that should set you apart from being a thief because that's what he is, in the Prison Service it always concerned decent staff if there was a "dodgy" one amongst us one who had been bought and would not cover your back if required, there is a line in uniformed services & once crossed they must be made to face the consequences.

[Lizzie Zoom]

It's beyond simple theft... It was a deliberate act of deception, which is arguably worse...

........and the apparent fact that he went from the cake area to the veg, then used the self service scales to weigh the carrot and print a 7p ticket, tells me this was so well considered in advance and practiced as though he had done such a thing before.

In retail we often could identify thieves from their repeated action that got greedier over time and amounted to far more than £9!

[Rangie]

It's beyond simple theft... It was a deliberate act of deception, which is arguably worse...

........and the apparent fact that he went from the cake area to the veg, then used the self service scales to weigh the carrot and print a 7p ticket, tells me this was so well considered in advance and practiced as though he had done such a thing before.

In retail we often could identify thieves from their repeated action that got greedier over time and amounted to far more than £9!

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These people cost honest folk a fortune, on our local TV station they were showing CCTV footage of a couple who were targeting restaurants & pubs ( when they were open) having a slap up meal & then when it came to pay their credit card was rejected,  they made promises to return & pay but of course never did . It appears from the footage that the registration plate on their car may now be available so hopefully they will be caught.

[dave the builder]

It's probably the registration plate from someone else's car
I doubt such scum would bother to tax, insure and MOT a car , probably just a stolen ringer 

[Mister Rog]

Some of the poor fellas have to actually get off their arse to go out and buy them 

Krispy Kreme price swap PC faces misconduct hearing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-54971734

Absolutely appalling. The proper doughnuts in the bakery dept are much better.

[Varche]

Of course it could be a mental health issue. Anyone remember Isobel Barnett - whats my line?

[Doctor Gollum]

Of course it could be a mental health issue. Anyone remember Isobel Barnett - whats my line?

That doesn't make it right.

[Entwood]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55089146

Seems a pretty high price to pay for some doughnuts .....

He's been a copper since 2008 so not too much pension, which I'm guessing he loses .....

[Rangie]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55089146

Seems a pretty high price to pay for some doughnuts .....

He's been a copper since 2008 so not too much pension, which I'm guessing he loses .....

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12 years Pension would be worth a fair few quid they used to be able to retire on a full pension after 30 years service, don't think that has changed & yes I would imagine he'll lose the lot but serves him right.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Seems a fair price to me. Coppers who are stupid and dishonest enough to risk their career for a few doughnuts deserve to lose their career imo.

[STEMO]

He says he made an honest mistake by scanning the same barcode twice. Yeah, right.. "Blimey, them donuts are cheap, only 14p for a carrot and a box of donuts". 

[Doctor Gollum]

The shop would have been within their rights to prosecute him. Obviously would have been petty and not worth the cost given the scale of the theft.

He's lucky it was only gross misconduct and not a criminal record.

[STEMO]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55089146

Seems a pretty high price to pay for some doughnuts .....

He's been a copper since 2008 so not too much pension, which I'm guessing he loses .....

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12 years Pension would be worth a fair few quid they used to be able to retire on a full pension after 30 years service, don't think that has changed & yes I would imagine he'll lose the lot but serves him right.

I've always wondered about that. His pension payments would have been deducted from his salary and his employer would have contributed too. Surely they must return anything he's actually paid in, or they are punishing him retrospectively?