Westsidecop

Cop in the west of Scotland

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

Can anyone explain the frankly ludicrous security measures to allow you to view your own pay slip? Less hassle accessing SID.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@RupertLowe10 I’m sure the firearms officers (who routinely train for such circumstances) would’ve been more than desperate to dispatch the animal in question. The problem lies with those further up the ladder who make these decisions on their behalf. This is where we are as a society.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@ScotsPolFed 99/100 when you spend your time looking for these people and eventually jail them, they’re let out the very next day to continue the cycle again. I’ve heard of courts moaning about the amount of warrants coming from custody on a Monday morning. It’s them that hands them out 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@Tattieheed7256 @PolisQuality It is absolutely insane! Akin to the nonsense recently about the over 45’s which was very quickly retracted.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

Today’s memo is another nail in the coffin of policing in Scotland. Between these utterly ridiculous new rules being implemented almost daily, and the shambles that is the court system, we’re headed for a lawless society.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@PolisQuality Totally agree! Hearing if you’ve completed the response driving course in the last year you can blue light in a van, despite everyone I’ve spoken to completing about 20 mins of driving in one, and not the recommended 3 days.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

Shocked to my very core that this helmet has an opinion on this, despite knowing nothing about it. Has to try and get involved in everything.

[GfB 📚 @Dr_Gavin_Brewis]

Another man dies while in police custody.

Scotland's shame!

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@west_response Yeah definitely an interesting one. Would be keen to see if it sets a precedent and will encourage senior ranks to send ARV’s to more calls etc.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@west_response What implications?

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

Incredible, incredible bravery. Cops being single crewed should never be acceptable.

[ESN Report @ES_News_]

She was on her own. No backup. No time to think. 💙

When PC Rhona Adams arrived at a McDonald’s in Bradford last June, she was single-crewed and expecting to check on a vulnerable woman in distress. What she walked into was something else entirely.

The woman had locked herself in the disabled toilet, poured oil over herself, and set herself on fire.

Without hesitation, PC Adams opened the door, was met with flames and screaming, and ran in anyway. She used her bare hands to smother the fire, held the woman tightly to stop her from moving, and directed restaurant staff to bring her a fire extinguisher, which she used to put out the rest of the blaze. She then provided first aid and kept the woman calm until paramedics arrived.

Thanks to her actions, the woman survived with only first and second degree burns.

Rhona’s just been awarded the King’s Commendation for Bravery, and she was a nominee at this year’s National Police Bravery Awards.

This is the reality of frontline policing. You’re alone. You don’t always get a plan. But when the public need you, you go.

How many people do you know who would’ve done the same?

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@PoliceScotland Huge success, unless of course you worked 9-15 days without rest, we’re scoped last minute for 12 (13/14/15) hour shifts on your days off during the school summer holidays, had partners at their wits end with the job after seeing what it takes from their loved one.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

Something has got to give with the use of e-bikes in today’s society. Sent to calls to try and trace them, however in the same vein being told of you go anywhere near them and they crash, you’ll be at fault for influencing their driving for being in the area. 🤷‍♀️

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@frontlineserge1 @McPlod Taser failed 4 times apparently

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@GraemeDeyMSP Can only assume whoever created this post and whoever okayed it were both sniffing from the same industrial strength bag of glue. PSOS treated with total distain once more by the government. To even try and market this deal as a success is a total kick in the teeth.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@MissGolfAlpha @ScotsPolFed No deterrent whatsoever any more. When you PNC someone with a record from the early 2000’s they almost always got jail time for theft etc back then. You now have people with 70+ pending for shoplifting and continuing to do it every day.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@ScotsCopper It’s become all too common now that people apply specifically to get into such a role ASAP. More and more probationers starting who just want a well paid office job with a good pension, or something interesting for their CV when they leave after 2/3 years.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

From a pal in L division. Endangering officers by kicking their arm whilst driving at speed,spitting blood on them and threatening to kill and maim them is worthy of 200 hours unpaid work, which he won’t do and a 7-7 which he will breach AGAIN. Why do we bother?

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

@ScotsPolFed So the removal of good will amounts to simply making the organisation move out kit again? All other bullet points are already standard (I assume) everywhere.

[Westsidecop @Westsidecop1]

I cannot believe the media attention running over an out of control cow has gotten. The video literally shows it charging towards a member of the public. A quick statement stating all options had been exhausted and move on. Pathetic.

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@MarkH_Photo It wouldn’t have ended differently if he picked on an ARV though. Because they would be told to drive in the opposite direction to avoid having to use the weapons they train so hard to use. All because PS are terrified of backlash.