PC Toadfish

it's just like any other job now. bogged time it red tape preventing things working effectively. A 'like' is not endorsement. Tweets are just my brain venting

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

Yaaaayyyyy no public holiday. Another win for the Fed.

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@RogerthePolice 😉👏

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

And you harp on at probationers about standards and you have them in a muster room with leaking windows. I once worked in an station where all harling had fallen off front of building - cement had failed after 20 years. Never got fixed in the 3 years after it happened.

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

More investment is needed in the police estate, with 11 per cent of the rated ‘poor’ - with buildings showing major defects or not operating adequately. Police Scotland has been accused of using “sticking plasters” to patch up stations. https://t.co/wavMMLd8Ru

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

This was the public facing presentation they walked into. A building collapsing and we are some people's last chance at help. Not exactly setting expectations high.

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

Well done Sir. Now dont sit on this. Keep stading up and push back and let cops police. Your results will go up if they dont have fear.

[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.

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

Ant idea on the pension challenge through solicitors where we all gave our details over etc?

Whats the aim of that? It was years ago we signed up?

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

Two groups of police officers embroiled in a pensions crisis have scored a partial victory after months of vehement campaigning - via @1919_mag https://t.co/CohbKxrQkx

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@HoboUK Its a soundbite. Not a leader leading

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

2 officers word and hospital CCTV not good enough? Make it a lawful instruction backed by the top we will do as we are told. But they won't do that. They know risks.

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

The rollout of body-worn video could allow police to leave mental health patients in hospital, potentially freeing up hours of their time, the Chief Constable has said. https://t.co/J53xUvZe5C

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@hudson77449685 Experience will make calls like that. I certainly did.
However todays world there's not much Experience left.

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@TheIBDBag I will enjoy seeing train drivers and staff get another 5 to 6% in a few months though. Should assist me to feel better about myself

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

So why did you take a 2 year pay deal without knowing whats around the corner. Complicit in the problem. 😭 echo chamber do as we say

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

"Through our engagement with members, we are hearing more frequent accounts of officers ­struggling with the rising cost of living, and in some cases taking on additional work or seeking support to manage ­household finances." https://t.co/s7WnL4MtYE

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@TheIBDBag The inflation guarantee does not help now when prices sky rocket i am sure you agree. No point getting excited for a guarantee in March 2027?

Fed have been contacted but alas the deal is signed. Nout will change till April 2027 now.

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@iaingray999 @ScotsPolFed Yeah not good when diesel is 40p higher per litre than it was a week ago

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

No one should ever go to work and not come home. 😭😭😭😭😭

[Kent Police Federation @KentPolFed]

All @KentPolFed are devastated at the news of the on duty death of our colleague PC Bradley Corke. Bradley, 27, died on Saturday following injuries sustained in a road traffic collision as he travelled to an emergency call in Swanley late on Thursday. https://t.co/21qk88BC98

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

Yeah I can safely say ive been in for 21+ years. Its rinsed and repeated.
Any fed should never agree a 2 year pay deal into an election year. Thats the best time to get the best deal by a desperate govt.

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

Police officers “cannot continue” responding to mental health incidents and must instead prioritise the prevention and detection of crime, the Chief Constable has warned. https://t.co/LJ9zdwiPHd

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

So once again we have been screwd. Signing away a 2 year pay deal less this year (must be election year not important )
Now the world's gone nuts and Inflation energy and fuel will sky rocket. We will sit and watch everyone else get good deals and we will fall further behind

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@TomGaymor I feel guilt as other still do the hours but I quickly learned I was a number and no fccckker misses me now I am in a different role. Others just pick up the slack (fun point my job was never replaced and the money clearly subsumed elsewhere) so another gap in the frontline

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

@TomGaymor Please tell her to take care.
Please encourage her to not put the job first. It will have longer lasting issues for her. To many of us have burnt out. I was 19 years front line grinding for the good of the job. I moved eventually of the street before something bad happend

[PC Toadfish @ScotsCopper]

Hopefully not just words. Hopefully see action on this. Its easy to say these things but not fix these things.

[ScotsPolFed @ScotsPolFed]

The demand on policing from mental health calls... it's #relentless and unsustainable and good to hear the Chief Constable categorically and publicly say so at the Scottish Police Authority meeting.