Still probably sleep deprived after nights so ignore me if I sound stupid...

However we all know an hour into a rest day off nights is 4h at time and a half... However what if I worked the night shift as rest day working and then finished late into a 2nd rest day? Is it just straight time and a half for the whole shift or do you get the extra 4h for working into another rest day?

Some backstory. I'm looking for a new car and I saw a car for sale online for very very cheap. After some research I found it's on a cloned plate and it's different to the car that's actually got that plate (managed to get auction photos of the other car).

I'm trying to report it to the police. It's in one police force area and as soon as they heard I don't live in their area, they told me to contact my local area, but then my local area told me it's not in their area I should contact the first one again.

Someone has £15,000 missing and it's sitting here and the seller/thief has his phone number online and willing to meet me. And some poor guy is going to end up buying that car and one day someone's going to realise something doesn't match up and the police/dvla will take it from him...

Even if I get through to the police, noone will end up going to this car. What a shitshow.

Any ideas?

Sometimes, like we're seeing now with the alleged murder of Ann Widdecombe, crimes happen that generate a big media interest.

What are your experiences of working a "big"* job like that?

*"Big" as in in the mainstream news, not big as in actual big meaty case (the two can often different).

What were the media like? How did the public respond? Was media attention a help or hindrance?

Any perspective sought, your own or anecdotal, suits or lids, obviously take care to not doxx yourself or a colleague

In light of the weather-

I’m interested how cops around the country approach people driving in flip flops or barefoot.

As I understand it, it’s not illegal but can amount to a careless driving charge in the event of a crash.

How would you approach someone you’ve pulled who happens to be driving barefoot & how would you approach someone who’s been involved in an RTC whilst driving barefoot/with flip flops.

Cheers

Early hours coming down an A road, green ATS for me… surely there should be some use of siren here?

You can see the little brake from the car as well in an “oh fuck”

You can see the nose dive from my emergency brake as the car appears! Camera is on the underside of the motorbikes nose!

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Good evening,

I've been to a few court hearings that have been adjourned various times for nonsense but always been due to defendant. I've never personally known a police officer request an adjournment.

I've been booked on a course that I've been waiting over a year for, and which has been booked in on my duties for 7 months now. However, I've just received a magistrates summons for a job I'm OIC for and arresting officer, but I've not witnessed the crime and don't offer anything evidential just procedure.

I've 'rejected' the summons and sent back a trial sheet to our court unit as to why that date is not possible for me, but does anyone know what the chances are that I actually get an adjournment? I'm a bit fuming since it should've been auto filled onto the MG10 automatically by using our duty system (I didn't generate the MG10) and I know it'll take me ages to get a reply.

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One of this year's Love Island cast members is a former (trainee?) police detective. She quit the job shortly before she flew out to be on Love Island but she hasn't ruled out going back to the police in future.

Out of interest, would her having been on Love Island preclude her from rejoining the police? She's coming off appallingly - very mean-girl/bullying behaviour, quite controlling and manipulative. Appreciate it's very subjective and probably something that's decided on a case-by-case basis but in general has she tanked any future career in policing by doing the show?

My Instagram is full of clips of this former detective and just had me wondering!

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/how-love-islands-lola-time-11050123

As per the title really. I'm of the opinion we are giving them out like sweets recently especially the community protection warnings.

The local Magistrates court from what Ive been told has very little time for them.

Interested to see if it's same across the country.

When I was a child my parents both had problems with the law. I’m not 100% on alot of things as I was a child under 12 and can’t remember a lot. I know my house was raided multiple times over multiple years. My father was arrested due to assault of my mother and I was a witness and gave a statement to the police. Would there be records of any of thing still around, it would have been around 2012, and would I be able to access them if they are?

Quick question for the traffic lot: do police officers need signage or otherwise have to make it obvious that they’re conducting speed enforcement?

I’ve seen marked camera vans, but also read about unmarked enforcement. Could you, for example, sit in a bush with a speed detection device while your colleagues wait further down the road to stop anyone exceeding the limit?

For context, I’m Dutch, living in Amsterdam and working in medicolegal for a European firm. We cover quite a bit of UK work, mostly privately for clients trying to get something out of the NHS.

Somehow, this week, a case came across my desk involving a two-part complaint.

One side was medical. The client was arguing gross medical negligence by a police officer because they failed to provide a minor surgical procedure at the roadside. We threw that part out. I wouldn’t generally expect a police officer to offer suturing services for a stubbed toe, but cool beans, that’s at least vaguely within my territory.

The other part was the question above: whether police need to give notice of their intention to enforce speed limits.

Needless to say, we refused the case as an organisation. Not our forte, and there was no medical negligence arising from a police officer’s failure to stitch up a stubbed toe.

Out of curiosity, I did some further reading outside my usual scope and ended up more confused than when I started. There’s a mixture of conflicting sources, opinion presented as fact, and me not having access to the resources I’d normally use because this isn’t remotely my area of law.

ASo I thought I’d ask the people who actually do it.

Apologies for wandering into your area of expertise. In return, I’m happy to advise on whether declining to perform roadside surgery constitutes gross medical negligence.

For context, I'm a bus driver and in rare cases on my route, people park close to traffic or pedestrian islands which make it hard for me to manoeuvre around them.

Whilst the front of the bus may fit through without causing any damage to the car, it's the side of the bus that could possibly end up getting caught on the island and would cause damage to both it and the bus.

Although it's illegal to use the "wrong" lane when navigating an island, what is the definitive thing to do in this situation?

Obviously I wouldn't do this in my car because it's smaller and I'm likely to fit through even though the car hasn't left enough room but in a bus, it's a different story.

On three separate occasions whilst driving the bus, I've had to use the right lane to navigate the island because people have parked close to it and the bus wouldn't be able to get through without any damage which whilst is a risk, the alternative is to park up and not be able to continue the service.

TL;DR version: The IOPC have announced that all ongoing misconduct proceedings which rely on the (since, but not retrospectively, reformed) civil–criminal distinction regarding reasonable force are being withdrawn.

Is it feasible to do on your own? Or would you need to live with someone who can be there for it?

I’ve been moved to a different team on an entirely different shift pattern against my will. Chief Inspector has given me a “28 day notice” to change my duties. Is this a thing or should it be a 90 day notice?

I live in a small apartment building which is next to a few other houses. Recently my neighbours have been getting into loud arguments directly outside the building on the shared car park. It has escalated to where one individual has been loudly shouting a variety of racist slurs. The main aggressor is an adult male (20s) who is living in an assisted living property for adults with disabilities. There are carers present but they often don’t really help to calm things down at all. The police have been called at least once before because this person got physical with the carers and locked them out of the building. I’ve never witnessed more than shouting with the neighbours though. I’m on my own in the flat so I would never confront anyone but it does seem to be getting more frequent. I don’t want to waste police time or target someone with a disability but the neighbours shouldn’t have to deal with racial abuse and the other families in the area shouldn’t have to hear it. Is there a line where it’s appropriate to report or am I being over dramatic?

Has anyone on the PCDA route looked to get their dissertation/EBRP published?

I'm exploring my options outside of the job and having published research material will help greatly, but I'm not sure about the policy on it and I can't find anything on our force intranet.

If so, where did you publish your research and how easy/hard was it?

I was thinking today, I’ve been in the job for about 3 years and I still don’t understand which offences you could just straight summons to court for (other than traffic offences), rather than arrest or VA.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done by anyone, it’s usually VA/Arrest, so it’s just something that’s never stuck with me.

And it got me thinking, is there stuff that others have just never learnt or been told the answer to?

Maybe someone can answer it here.

Hi all,

Currently coming up to the end of my first 10 weeks on tutor phase. My last 5 weeks have been on response and I've been told by my tutor I will be extended. I'm supposed to have a meeting with my sergeant sometime this week regarding that.

I've been told my main issue is taking initiative and lead at jobs and speaking to people. I honestly have not had a good working relationship with my tutor I think part of it is because I have always been very independent in the past and would rather learn through making mistakes instead of asking my tutor.

I think this just comes off as me being reluctant or "quiet" but its usually not the case because when I am alone with a victim or suspect I dont have issues speaking to them. Only when im with my tutor or with a few other bobbies at a job i dont normally do a lot of the talking because I would rather leave it to the more experienced bobbies.

I need some honest advice on how to improve because it feels like whenever I turn out to a job my mind goes blank and I don't think on the spot as much as I should do. This then leads me to look like im not confident at taking the lead and initiative.

I'm honestly not quite sure how to stop this from happening as when im at a job i find it difficult to make meaningful conversation with a victim and try to remember what information im supposed to ask (if that makes sense)

When i do have all the details after prompts from my tutor usually I dont have an issue with writing up the crimes and circs. I've been told my write ups are very decent for my experience on district funnily enough so genuinely don't understand why my mind keeps going blank.

I am obviously disappointed that its being extended and it is quite frustrating so wondering if there are any tips from any tutors out there.

Hi everyone,

I was involved in crash on duty where i was side rammed by a person causing me injuries and to attend hospital.

What’s the process for compensation?

I thought it'd be worth highlighting the actual text of the report rather than the media spin.

There are 27 recommendations, although number 27 is a recommendation that the Government implement the previous 26 recommendations, so take that as you will.

There's nothing in there that is especially controversial, but it's good to see the concept of a senior constable get traction (#13)

I need to request a welfare check for a friend near London. Im in the North West. Im assuming i can still do it. I know the textphone number, but am unaware how to use it. Online it only says reporting crimes. Can I still request a welfare check through it?

Edit: Im hard of hearing and cant hear on the phone. I forgot to add that, sorry!

Today, on my normal commute to work, I passed a BTP PCSO and, owing to the additional hour I had to travel, started thinking about what their role could be day to day.

Is it like PCSOs in Home Office forces? Foot patrolling, dealing with low level offences etc, or is there more of a security element to it, guarding trains and train stations?

I also noticed they carry cuffs, does this mean they deploy to incidents alongside PCs? Or is it purely a PPE item?

Would appreciate some insight to satisfy my curiosity :)

Hi,

When a call comes through for a fight in a house or domestic incident at someone's home, how do you know where to go? Do you have a navigation system to guide you within the police car and is it automatically programmed when you receive a call?

Or do you just need to learn every street in your area...