"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:18:06 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, John Rowland wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Mizter T wrote:

Whatever, the police really need to get their act in order.

Oh, you noticed that?

I am really utterly perplexed by how the police maange to get away
with being a bunch of incompetent thugs. Not that there aren't good
individual policemen, but there are certainly some very bad ones,
and the organisation as a whole is a disaster. It just seems that
nobody with the power to do anything about it gives a toss. Or has
it just not occurred to people that things could be any better?

The problem is that policemen who joined because they wish to uphold
the law feel outnumbered by policemen who joined because they wish
to get away with breaking the law - so outnumbered that they can't
even enjoy mixing in the staff canteen any more, and end up quitting
the force.

I could well believe it, but do you have any specific reason to think
that?

The silences and facial expressions on ex-coppers faces when they tell
you
they are ex-coppers.

In years gone by in the Met. there seemed to be a tendency for
[allegedly] good or bad police to clump in different stations
resulting in various tales about "that lot over at X".



And of course there were the "Away Days", I don't think they would get away
with that now (unless it is an Urban Legend).