This piece in the LIverpool Echo just about says it all. tinyurl.com/2pnyto
He should have been locked up for the rest of his natural.
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...and the public wonder why Police Officers become disengaged from their work...........
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Permit me a rant before getting back on track....
I used to support the death penalty, but in reality we are all going to die and none of us know when. So rather than that people convict of crimes which deserve that sort of penalty, should be sentenced to hard labour doing jobs for the good of the nation, rather than letting them live in warmth and all found for free for the rest of their lives.
For people who are clearly irredeemable villains from an early age, they should be sterilised until they have shown enough years of good behaviour that entitles them to attempt parenthood. If you restrict the ability of these yobs to impregnate teenage girls (and restrict the ability of teenage girls to get pregnant) you solve several problems in one, including producing another generation of louts who are ill-educated and will never understand right from wrong.
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As someone who deals with the CPS on a daily basis, the word 'contempt' is often used in the same breath. If they're not going to get a 'guilty' plea, they're not interested.
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Despite being on what may be perceived as opposing sides I agree with you MLC - sometimes my job is very easy.
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Excuse me chipping in to the legal high ground! MLC - don't you mean a guilty Verdict? If the plea is guilty the CPS are hardly involved.
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I'm generally quite liberal, but sometimes you can't escape the feeling that the world would be a better place if some people just ceased existing.
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Yes they are Armitage. CPS Direct is contacted from custody at that point to help frame a charge.
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Nope! We now have a 'shadow charging' scheme whereby we have to consult CPS prior to charge. If someone refuses to admit guilt, even with overwhelming evidence, CPS make the decision. CPS have targets to meet re 'successful prosecutions'. Despite there being more than enough evidence to charge, CPS more often than not will insist on 'No Further Action (NFA)' if they think that they will have to work in court.
They're a joke and there is no productive working relationship between the two parties.
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Nope! We now have a 'shadow charging' scheme whereby we have to consult CPS prior to charge. If someone refuses to admit guilt, even with overwhelming evidence, CPS make the decision. CPS have targets to meet re 'successful prosecutions'. Despite there being more than enough evidence to charge, CPS more often than not will insist on 'No Further Action (NFA)' if they think that they will have to work in court. They're a joke and there is no productive working relationship between the two parties.
and then there's the farcical situation where the Inspector is asked to authorise a Caution...refuses because a charge is more appropriate...but....CPS state offer a Caution....which means the whole merry-go-round starts again
why ask the Insp to authorise something if they don't have the autonomy to make the decision, if they refuse to auth the Caution because a charge is more appropriate, the CPS can recommend a No Further Action, so there is pressure to go along with the Caution because at least the Caution is a 'clear up'....what an unholy mess.. and where's the integrity?
57 pay days to go.....and counting
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He should have been locked up for the rest of his natural.
........ after being publicly birched.
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L\'escargot.
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57 days!!!!! I wish. I've got to try and survive another 14 years! I struggle to drag myself in now. It's a sad situation when so many Officers with 10-15 years service are leaving because they are so disillusioned.
At least there's plenty of CSO's to replace us!
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57 days!!!!! I wish. I've got to try and survive another 14 years! I struggle to drag myself in now. It's a sad situation when so many Officers with 10-15 years service are leaving because they are so disillusioned. At least there's plenty of CSO's to replace us!
I wish it were 57 days, but sadly it's 57 pay days, which is 4 years 9 months
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Ah!! Read it a little too fast. Still, better than 14 years!! :)
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"57 pay days to go.....and counting"
A lot of senior (service rather than rank) Officers quote this to me, one has now taken to counting his haircuts. To average members of the public this must seem like clockwatching, but these are the most highly experienced, hard working, loyal (but also cynical) people I come across in any walk of life. Their loyalty is towards the Communities they work in and to their Organization as a whole, the other contradiction being that the internal politics - if it wasn't for the productive career Constables on street work, Traffic and CID the Policing of this country would fail - and contrary to the Daily **** and its readership it's not collapsing -- I have worked closely with people like this for the last 30 years, they deliver an efficient and very professional service and unlike a number of other public servants are very adaptable to change.......as I challenge people very often if you want to see how it's really done become a lay visitor to your local Custody Units it's not that hard.
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At least there's plenty of CSO's to replace us!>>
CSOs are replacing police, LSAs (or whatever they are called now) are replacing trained teachers, and nurses are replacing doctors. No disrespect because I'm sure they are all fine, well-meaning people - but does Tony think that we haven't noticed these things???
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