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Richtea1970 said:
nismocat said:
XDA said:
I’m not sure it’s the norm though as I’ve never really heard of other Chief Constables regularly pulling over motorists during their commute.
It might be a regular thing, how would we know?Are you ex plod?
PCSO’s on the other hand……….
Not being a troll just curious about your comment.
nismocat said:
Richtea1970 said:
nismocat said:
XDA said:
I’m not sure it’s the norm though as I’ve never really heard of other Chief Constables regularly pulling over motorists during their commute.
It might be a regular thing, how would we know?Are you ex plod?
PCSO’s on the other hand……….
Not being a troll just curious about your comment.
XDA said:
Oh how the mighty have fallen!
Remember the times when Adderley was being lauded as the model Chief Constable by everyone - Outspoken on Twitter defending his officers and pulling over motorists in his unmarked BMW.
The walt was living a lie the whole time!
It always looked odd from the outside, as a leader he seemed to be universally liked and admired by pretty much the entire force (or certainly those who commented). On face value that might be a good thing. However generally when you’re properly balancing the interests of multiple stakeholders you have to take actions which are sometimes unpopular with the team. I always wondered if he had an unbalanced approach. Remember the times when Adderley was being lauded as the model Chief Constable by everyone - Outspoken on Twitter defending his officers and pulling over motorists in his unmarked BMW.
The walt was living a lie the whole time!
Took my little girl to a local carnival today, you could tell there must have been numerous power struggles, young fella on mountain bike with TWO discovery channel walky talkies on his T-shirt cycling up and down before it all started with an additional walky talkie with an ear piece
Next were a couple of shoguns which were untaxed, a yellow clio with a flashing light.
Then these two
The audi had blue lights and a follow me beacon
Next were a couple of shoguns which were untaxed, a yellow clio with a flashing light.
Then these two
The audi had blue lights and a follow me beacon
Edited by Spare tyre on Saturday 15th June 18:55
Doofus said:
I like that the Regional Safety Group (the Audi) has one employee. 
The call sign on the roof for the “chopper” was RS001Here are the forms on the staff portal
https://regionalsafetygroup.co.uk/staff/
Edited by Spare tyre on Saturday 15th June 19:07
Regarding the chief officer team having cars with blues, the reason is apparently two fold. One, for emergency use (getting somewhere quick in an excrement/extractor interface scenario where they need to take strategic command) and two, apparently it means they qualify as “work” vehicles which means they don’t have VAT on them or some such tax reason. They’re part of the package.
A guy I joined with is now a DCC in a neighbouring force and I happened to run into him and got a brew in his office while I was there last week on a training course. He earns more than our chief and has more day to day operational responsibility than a CC. He says he wouldn’t want a CC job, he’s happier still having that operational side of things (and he still goes out on shift with response officers, works nights with them, just tips up unannounced).
I’m not sure how much of the nonsense Adderley is personally responsible for circulating, but it would’ve taken him two seconds to Google himself and correct any mistakes. I’d be surprised if he’s not binned off. He did seem to be quite like and well thought of by street cops, but I’ll bet they feel pretty let down by him now.
And yes, you can do AIB to get in the Royal Navy as an officer with just O levels (or you could when I did it in 1988, took me two goes but I went through BRNC).
A guy I joined with is now a DCC in a neighbouring force and I happened to run into him and got a brew in his office while I was there last week on a training course. He earns more than our chief and has more day to day operational responsibility than a CC. He says he wouldn’t want a CC job, he’s happier still having that operational side of things (and he still goes out on shift with response officers, works nights with them, just tips up unannounced).
I’m not sure how much of the nonsense Adderley is personally responsible for circulating, but it would’ve taken him two seconds to Google himself and correct any mistakes. I’d be surprised if he’s not binned off. He did seem to be quite like and well thought of by street cops, but I’ll bet they feel pretty let down by him now.
And yes, you can do AIB to get in the Royal Navy as an officer with just O levels (or you could when I did it in 1988, took me two goes but I went through BRNC).
Dibble said:
Regarding the chief officer team having cars with blues, the reason is apparently two fold. One, for emergency use (getting somewhere quick in an excrement/extractor interface scenario where they need to take strategic command) and two, apparently it means they qualify as “work” vehicles which means they don’t have VAT on them or some such tax reason. They’re part of the package.
There are a multitude of unmarked cars without blues and sirens in all police forces. They are all purchased as police vehicles without vat.Dibble said:
Regarding the chief officer team having cars with blues, the reason is apparently two fold. One, for emergency use (getting somewhere quick in an excrement/extractor interface scenario where they need to take strategic command) and two, apparently it means they qualify as “work” vehicles which means they don’t have VAT on them or some such tax reason. They’re part of the package.
A guy I joined with is now a DCC in a neighbouring force and I happened to run into him and got a brew in his office while I was there last week on a training course. He earns more than our chief and has more day to day operational responsibility than a CC. He says he wouldn’t want a CC job, he’s happier still having that operational side of things (and he still goes out on shift with response officers, works nights with them, just tips up unannounced).
I’m not sure how much of the nonsense Adderley is personally responsible for circulating, but it would’ve taken him two seconds to Google himself and correct any mistakes. I’d be surprised if he’s not binned off. He did seem to be quite like and well thought of by street cops, but I’ll bet they feel pretty let down by him now.
And yes, you can do AIB to get in the Royal Navy as an officer with just O levels (or you could when I did it in 1988, took me two goes but I went through BRNC).
Things have changed since my days as staff. Back then the Chief Constable barely had need of a car. He had an office in a separate building and people generally came to him. There was little need for him to travel. When the Chief did want to go somewhere, he travelled in the back of a chauffer-driven car. The car was nothing special - a Ford saloon - and the chauffer was that day's duty driver. Duty drivers were ordinary police officers taken from a pool of those with the relevant permits. A guy I joined with is now a DCC in a neighbouring force and I happened to run into him and got a brew in his office while I was there last week on a training course. He earns more than our chief and has more day to day operational responsibility than a CC. He says he wouldn’t want a CC job, he’s happier still having that operational side of things (and he still goes out on shift with response officers, works nights with them, just tips up unannounced).
I’m not sure how much of the nonsense Adderley is personally responsible for circulating, but it would’ve taken him two seconds to Google himself and correct any mistakes. I’d be surprised if he’s not binned off. He did seem to be quite like and well thought of by street cops, but I’ll bet they feel pretty let down by him now.
And yes, you can do AIB to get in the Royal Navy as an officer with just O levels (or you could when I did it in 1988, took me two goes but I went through BRNC).
The chief constable's role, generally, is split between ceremonial and executive duties. He or she is far more likely to be worrying about custody suite catering budgets than attending incidents.
Swoxy said:
Catweazle said:
Is that not a paramedic?
How many paramedics refurb their wheels in black on their BMWs ..
Also looking at their website, it says they have a "team of qualified staff" but their companies house records say they had 0 employees in the last accounting period. So presumably they use freelancers as and when required, which is fine, but they should probably do that rather than suggest it's a big company.
Edited by Gareth79 on Monday 17th June 13:08
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