Quality Polis

Somewhere in Scotland, views are my own and do not reflect any organisation. call 999 in an emergency.

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

Aamer Anwar being complimentary of the police. You read it here first! 🤯

[Chris McCall @Dennynews]

Statement from Aamer Anwar issued on behalf of Nicola Sturgeon:

"It would appear some ‘armchair detectives’ think they are better placed than the gold-plated investigation of Police Scotland and now wish to try Ms Sturgeon for crimes she has not committed"

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

Disgusting

[Inspector Gadget @InspGadgetBlogs]

Every police officer in Britain should watch this. Please RT.

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

Three in five Scots ‘back police officers carrying Tasers’. The Scottish Police Federation has called for a wider rollout of Tasers so officers ‘can defend themselves and the public’ https://t.co/9BlOJTs6F1

[Metropolitan Police @metpoliceuk]

“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.”

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.

[James May @MrJamesMay]

I’m sure we have all now seen the footage of Metropolitan rozzers kicking a suspected terrorist in the head, repeatedly, when he was down.

We can all play a part in putting an end to this sort of police brutality. Mainly by not going around stabbing people.

[Cicero @SecretCicero]

@ScotsPolFed I’d like to nominate DCC Alan Speirs just for the absolute chutzpah of growing a beard

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

@gmhales When I joined I chose 3 divisions ranked 1st 2nd 3rd, I assume it’s still the same. You can be posted up to 35 miles I believe from your home address. Theoretically you could be posted anywhere in the country if it’s required but I’ve never heard of that actually happening

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

@ScotsPolFed Also, I’m not convinced that I trust some cops to use the jet washer in the washbay, let alone a firearm…

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

@ScotsPolFed A Norwegian/New Zealand model of firearms carrying might sound good on paper, what we really need though is ARVs to be actually used. We also can’t be trained to drive small vans it seems, how will the force cope training us (and keeping us all in ticket) for firearms?

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

@Westsidecop1 Force exec have absolutely done us at the knees. No forewarning, no prior training to get everyone certed. I hope the Federation are ready for the raft of near miss forms that should be submitted any time there’s a delay getting a van to assist

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

Remembering PC Kirsty Nelis, PC Tony Collins and Captain David Traill, of Police Scotland, who died on duty on this day in 2013 in the #Clutha tragedy. And remembering all those who lost their lives that day #PoliceFamily #LestWeForget @Police_Memorial

[UK Cop Humour @UKCopHumour]

Just HOW many more officer's lives are going to be lost to suicide?

Of those tragic deaths, how many were under investigation?

Of those investigations, how long did they drag on for?

Of those protracted investigations, how much officer support and welfare was there?

Not a single Police Chief should rest easy whilst this continues. It's a scandal. We ask EVERYTHING of our police, and yet there's an obsession with throwing them under the bus with little to no concern about the impact on them, their lives, careers and families.

ANYONE can make a spurious complaint against police officers and it will be investigated to the ends of the earth - whereas victims of crime are saying time and time again that THEY are being let down.

How on earth is that fair? When exactly did we lose sight of proportionality?

More to the point, who's asking these questions on your behalf, and when exactly will enough be enough?

How many more cops do we need to lose? One or two? Ten? A hundred? It's a sickening thought, but it's time that policing remembered that it used to be a "police family" and that "looking after your own" doesn't have to be a dirty phrase - it's an essential part of a functioning organisation.

Remember, always - there IS help out there and there is ALWAYS someone to talk to.

Stay safe and look after each other 💙

[Rich Cooke @Rich_Cooke1]

Awful. Suicide of cops ‘under investigation’ or having recently been is very real.

‘The job’ often becomes who we are, a threat to it is therefore existential.

Allegations in policing are too often subject to sensationalist & out of proportion. That doesn’t help either.

[Anonymouse @PCAnonymouse]

My current SCoPE notifications suggest otherwise.

[Sandford Police Commentary @Sandford_Police]

If you see a hot, sweaty cop out and about today, please ensure you do your civic duty and get them a cold drink and an ice cream

[Quality Polis @PolisQuality]

@TheJesseJinx @raaachel Police didn’t let him walk, he was arrested, appeared at court then the Sheriff released him on bail. Big difference.

[Calum Steele @CalumA_Steele]

Our police service is lying to us. My latest column for @heraldscotland is here. https://t.co/DOc4eXmNWV

[Alan Wright 🦫 @Alanw47]

A Thread.

Nicked from elsewhere, but the source is NOT anonymous and adds, in my opinion, some important context

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[Sandford Police Commentary @Sandford_Police]

Suns out, if the temp goes above 20°c then you must buy a police officer a cornetto

This is the law

Failure to comply will leave us with no choice but to taser you and smash your back doors in