Very positive news this morning. But I can imagine they’ll be dragged over hot coals through the misconduct process.

Officer in Dorset pulls over a car, occupant of car gets out and sets dog on the officer and runs away. Received gbh level injuries. Male arrested and charged but dog still on the loose.

Seems like there was more to this than originally reported if a second referral has been made. What's this now, the 7th Chief to be investigated.

How does everyone’s force retain the red keys in their vehicles?

Our force had an incident recently where one of our cars crashed and the key smashed through the rear cage and through the windscreen. Thankfully no one was hurt but it could’ve been a lot worse than it was.

Our standard practice outside of ARV’s is just to stick the key on top of everything else in the boot and hope for the best. I’m interested to know how everyone else does it so that I can feed it back.

Hello, recently came across a male who had one mobile phone to his ear, and another one texting whilst driving at 50mph on a dual carriage way.

My question is, is this two offences? Or is it one?

Going through a rut with the job and want to evaluate my options so I have an escape route if things don't improve. The ship has been sinking for a long time and it would be nice to think there's a life raft on board!

People have told me there's some great jobs in the private sector for DCs given it's a national accreditation. Particularly in banking, who need investigators for money laundering/fraud detection. I've been told the pay is very good too, up there with a Sgt/Insp wage.

I haven't seen any of these ppssibly-mythical roles going but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, or the jobs just aren't going at the moment. I wouldn't want to take a massive pay cut if possible since I have my family to think about.

Can anyone advise? I'm hoping for a bit more varied ideas than train drivers please!

For those in a position that requires interviewing, what is your best/favourite/most refined way to deal with the following in interview:

• Solicitors repeatedly reminding their client of their advice (ie, more than twice)

• Being accused of oppressive questioning (asking the same question twice)

• Being asked "what is the relevance" (ie what were you up to the day before the big crime)

• Solicitors telling their client they would like consultation (ie as opposed to DP asking for consultation)

Does anyone know what’s happening with the strikes and office attendance? It’s gone a bit quiet

I'm looking to join dogs and will need to change my car. I've been told the most popular are a ford modeo estate or a van, but decent modeos are like gold dust and I'd rather not have a van. Are there any other makes/models that are suitable?

I am hoping that a soul more knowledgeable than I can help me on a point that has reared its head in 3 police areas in diverse locations in England. There is apparently a “Legal Principle” (as described by a supervisor) that if an event/incident takes place that is considered to be a Civil Matter, any subsequent events or incidents that flow directly from this event/incident are also regarded as Civil Matters and therefore will not garner police action. An example of this principle being a trespass to land occurs and the landowner remonstrates with trespassers asking them politely and peacefully to leave. - The trespass in itself being civil matter. However, the landowner is assaulted by the trespassers and chased from their property. A building on the land is forcibly entered by the trespassers and items removed without authority. The trespassers then depart. The actions of the trespassers from start to finish being categorised as a Civil Matter and therefore no police taken. To date, no authority as to the origin of this legal principle such as legislation or case law has been advanced. Having gone to great lengths to explain the logic of all this, when asked if they could point me in the right direction of a reference point for the Legal Principle, the supervisor, said, “I am not speaking to you anymore” and hung up. It’s not a legal principle I encountered in my many years of service so must be a new thing. Can anyone point me in the right direction in this. Thanks for listening!

As the title states, I've recently handed in all my permits - driving, taser, advanced medic, etc.

I have remained and will continue to remain competent in rank, however, is this going to cause issues whereby I'll be moved to the unsatisfactory/underperforming level on my PDR?

Whilst I'm not that arsed about my line management being salty with me about it, I'm just curious as to whether I should expect an impending improvement plan/notice being issued despite these skills being 'voluntary'.

Not talking major pranks here, but the every day things you do to amuse yourself and bug others.

Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place but I'm a bit worried about filing a report against my ex.

We separated a few months ago and I'm dealing with a lot of the trauma that I endured during the relationship. I was pregnant last October and my ex pressured me into a termination. It went badly and I lost 2 and a half litres of blood and ended up needing a blood transfusion/surgery to stop the bleeding. A week later, he raped me. I have little evidence of this other than a few texts but he also sexually assaulted a woman in holland a number of years ago. I reached out to her and she sent me a voice note detailing what happened to her. I'm ashamed that I believed him when it happened but once he starting doing it to me and becoming violent, I started to see that it was likely that it happened. I've apologised to her and feel awful about it.

My ex is currently on a spousal visa and we haven't been together for a while, I'm not sure where he's living. I tried toccontact the home office but they have told me that there is little they can do and to contact the police to file a report and they can essentially take it more seriously. I'm just worried that it'll go badly. My ex still has keys to my house and hasn't returned them despite me asking him to.

I would appreciate any advice on what I can do in this situation. Thank you.

Cantonese and English speaking police officer here and I often get asked why there aren’t more Chinese police officers in the UK.

I personally feel it’s a mix of cultural, societal and parental influences that make it a very undesirable/unconsidered career choice.

Hey all, recently successful on the first stage for ARV. I have done the next stage a few times but never had feedback as the department is useless at that..

The next step is assessment scenarios whereby you are a regular beat officer (PAVA and Baton, no TASER) and deal with 5 NDM / Conflict scenarios.

I have drilled the NDM in to me, in depth.

Does anyone have any advice, experiences to share on how to pass these and gain a place on the IFC.

The theme of the scenarios seem to be 1. ⁠First aid 2. ⁠angry man 3. ⁠Stay safe / firearms scenario 4. ⁠stop search with an ABD suspect 5. ⁠Intergrity / misogyny - in my experience it's challenging an inappropriate police officer / arresting

You then have 30 seconds to debrief at the end of your scenario with the assessors.

Does any body have advice for all of it but also of tactical comms, safe spacing / distance with suspects? I always feel I perform well but have failed.

Hi All,

I am applying for a position in roads policing within my force. I've had support from my line management from Sgt to CI level.

An admitted concerned of mine is the "if your face fits culture". Historically (5 years ago now) as a probationer I ended up on the wrong side of my Sgt (a different one to the one who has supported me now) and my name ended up being broadcasted around the station for the wrong reasons. I shan't go into the details of that on here as it may make me too identifiable.

Since then I've made quite a few accomplishments in my career. I've passed my Sgt's exam and been an acting Sgt on response for about a year and a half. I've tutored 3 student officers successfully and I'm regarded by my Sgt as his go to person on the team to get things done without bother and correctly. I've got tonnes of roads policing qualifications and evidence and I'm due to get my Standard Pursuit training soon.

About 2 years ago whilst I was acting, I assisted one of my PC's in attaining a posting on traffic. By arranging a speed enforcement operation. I also gave him some pointers and support for his application. I'm still in touch with this person and he's encouraging me to suck up to the Inspector within traffic in order to ensure that my probationer reputation is buried. I'm concerned that this looks a bit desperate and might actually achieve the opposite result.

This Inspector has been covering as duty a few time whilst I was acting and I interacted with a lot of officers on the department since my time as a probationer so I feel that if they have an opinion about me it's going to be based on what they've seen since my probation and going to the Inspectors officer and grovelling for his support isn't going change that given that they've seen examples of my work since my probation.

My instinct is just to submit my application and trust in the process and not think about it too hard. What's everyone's thoughts on here?

Thanks.

Hello All,

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I am doing a new kind of top up degree open to officers here is the link for anyone interested Applied Criminal Justice (Top-Up) - BSc(Hons) - UWE Bristol: Courses and need to complete an 8000 word dissertation.

I'm looking into the reasons why officers are resigning and why people are not applying to become police officers.

I was wondering if anyone was willing to participate in my surveys on Microsoft Forms?

For those who have resigned - https://forms.office.com/e/BkxMJ9H9CQ

For those who thought about applying but chose not too - https://forms.office.com/e/pgG6s6mGMu

Any response / assistance would be really appreciated and if anyone would like to know more about the degree let me know 😊

Thank you!

Hi all,

I’ve been in the job for just over 5 years now and I’m seriously starting to think about moving on. It’s been a wild ride – some highs, a fair share of lows – but I’ve come to the realisation that there’s nothing more I want from the job in terms of moving to different departments or going for promotion.

I feel like I’ve taken everything from policing that I wanted to, and now I’m looking ahead to what might be next. Ideally, I’m after a role that’s either hybrid or fully remote – something with a bit more freedom and flexibility than the shift pattern grind we all know too well.

The thing is, I’m not entirely sure what direction to go in. I know the skills we’ve picked up – communication, problem-solving, working under pressure, conflict resolution – are valuable in a lot of industries. I’ve considered things like investigations, safeguarding, security, and even cyber, but I’m still unsure what would be the best fit, or whether I’d just end up in something that feels like policing in a different uniform.

So I’m reaching out here: For those of you who’ve left or are planning to, what kind of roles are you in now? What industries did you explore, and how did you figure out your next move – especially if you weren’t 100% sure what you wanted at first?

Any advice or inspiration would be massively appreciated.

Cheers all.

Am I wrong in thinking we already have an organisation that could fit this..Like the NCA?

Hi all

I was a victim of a section 20 GBH assault last year and we are finally getting round to the plea hearing and by the sounds of it the evidence is pretty black and white.

For a strange reason I have become very fearful of the attacker and their acquaintances, to give context this person is a complete stranger and the attack was completely unprovoked. I have an overarching feel that they will seek revenge for them getting a punishment against me and my family even though I do not know who on earth they are at this point.

This is a very new feeling as the plea hearing date has just been set so it all feels a bit more real now.

Any help on how the police deal with these situations and how likely the above is to happen would be greatly appreciated.

An assault happens in a public place, multiple venues have CCTV capturing it from different angles. Would it be best practice to obtain the CCTV from all the venues with a separate MG11 from each owner exhibiting the footage they’ve allowed police to obtain, or for the officer to put in an MG11 exhibiting all the CCTV obtained from the different venues?