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[Nickbat]

I know that The Mail can be OTT, but this doesn't seem right to me:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145581/Body-charge-UK-policing-policy-18m-year-brand-charging-public-70-60p-criminal-records-check.html

[Andy B]

I know that The Mail can be OTT, but this doesn't seem right to me:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145581/Body-charge-UK-policing-policy-18m-year-brand-charging-public-70-60p-criminal-records-check.html

TB's favourite Liberty spokesperson also has a mention ......  

[albitz]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

[hotel21]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

Wot!! Not allowed teabreaks like the rest of the world then??    

[albitz]

not complaining about the foot soldiers H21,but have a pretty low opinion of the people who run things nowadays.

[CaptainZok]

Health and safety Albs, they need a tea break to wash down the doughnuts.

[Vamps]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

Can't be bothered to read all that, but that sounds about right I am not a police officer but spend most of my time in front of a computer rather than direct work even 10 years ago most of daily work would be subject to a few minutes hand written notes. excluding specialised work, which is the same today.   Point being, I only spend about an hour a day direct work, the rest in paperwork (bad computer systems that take ages to do the simplest things, hand done in seconds, computerised in several minutes.) or in meetings to organise more meetings
Don't get me started onthis one.......

[albitz]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

Can't be bothered to read all that, but that sounds about right I am not a police officer but spend most of my time in front of a computer rather than direct work even 10 years ago most of daily work would be subject to a few minutes hand written notes. excluding specialised work, which is the same today.   Point being, I only spend about an hour a day direct work, the rest in paperwork (bad computer systems that take ages to do the simplest things, hand done in seconds, computerised in several minutes.) or in meetings to organise more meetings
Don't get me started onthis one.......

you should read it,it,s worth it.

[greenster918]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

having been a Police officer for 8 years i can confirm that there is far too much red tape and paperwork (a lot of which is duplication) but to say 7 out of 8 hours are spent in the nick is rubbish!

I worked response for 5yrs before joining the dog section and the majority of my shifts were spent out and about....not eating doughnuts either like somebody kindly mentioned  

[hotel21]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

having been a Police officer for 8 years i can confirm that there is far too much red tape and paperwork (a lot of which is duplication) but to say 7 out of 8 hours are spent in the nick is rubbish!

I worked response for 5yrs before joining the dog section and the majority of my shifts were spent out and about....not eating doughnuts either like somebody kindly mentioned  

Likewise....  Spent 9 years on GPD at various stations then Trafpol for the remainder of my service including Crash Investigation, Firearms, Bikes, and other assorted specialist areas I am not at liberty to discuss.  

My tongue was firmly in my cheek when I agreed wth the 1 hour on the street per shift.  Whilst there are no doubt a proportion of keyboard warriors in the Police Service (bit like OOF....) the majority of the rank and file put in the hours on the streets and getting calls taking them from pillar to post and back again.

Dunno about being a dog handler down your way but in my area, they are really ran ragged, especially on lates/nights with calls all over the county, blue lighting it the majority of the time....

As to the original post - ACPO - I have no comment to make other than they do a lot of good in that forces speak to each other at the highest level etc.  However, beware of biased media reporting, as always....  

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Meanwhile a report today tells us that currently,for every 8 hours on duty,the average officer will spend almost 7 of them inside a police station.

Although the demands of paperwork can be heavy in certain cases dealt with by the PC's, they do, on average, spend more time 'out on the street' than in the Station, at least in Kent.  It is certainly no where near 7 hours out of 8!!


PS There are also various new electronic systems being installed in Kent Police patrol cars which will mean far more 'paperwork' associated with the PC's work will be undertaken without returning to the Station, thus allowing even more time 'out on the street'. 8-)

[albitz]

It wasnt me who said they spend too much time in the station,it was Ronnie Flanagan,ex chief constable of N.I.  in a review (commisioned by the home office iirc)
Association of chief police officers (or should it be the association of funny handshakes and rolled up trouser legs) is not what its title  suggests,but a private company which employs police officers (mostly either retired or soon to be retired) and charges the government large amounts of money to either formulate or advise on the formulation of policy.Just another taxpayer funded gravy train imo.
As for Kent police,the fact that the powers that be in the Kent Constabulary are organising many events (including an essay writing competition for children) to celebrate gay/lesbian/transexual month,suggests to me at least,that they are wasting  far too much time doing things that are nothing to do with apprehending criminals,which is what their job is supposed to be,or it was until the new "liberal"elite establishment hi jacked the upper echelons of  the police and turned them into enforcers of so called equality and diversity.