Why do people come on here and bad mouth the police?

Question

Its a simple question to which i know i am i am going to get daft answers from simple people!!
To those of you who fit the above criteria why not put pen to paper and complain to the people who write the laws i.e your M.P ? The police as a rule are members of the general public who decided that instead of moaning about crime they would get off the butts and try and do something about it.
Like i said as a rule most are decent i admit there are some out there that are not, but do not tar everyone with the same brush.
If you are so anti police please remember NOT to ring 999 when you need them then you won't have to deal with the people you hate so much.

To just add the reason the police don't always turn up on time is due to the fact that they are seriously understaffed. This is another reason people should complain to their M.P's and not on here or to the poor officer who everyday hears the same complaint.
They know that they are turning up late and they know that not having enough staff is not the answer people want to hear but unless labour hands out more money so that the numbers can be doubled then the public will be stuck with a very below par service.

Oh and to the person who thinks we feather our own nests i have been in the force for 4 years and am still keen today as the day i joined (despite the put downs i get).
I am not in the job to 'feather my nest' i joined cos after being burgled and assaulted i decided i wanted to help others like me.

Answer 1

god knows, every time i have ever needed them, they have been amazing, the risk there lives everyday for us all the best

Answer 2

I'll happily challenge our local MP on how sh*te our local police force is on response times.

Thanks for the tip!

Edit, PS, You know what really annoys me though. The law is coming down hard on mobile phone use while driving which I agree with completely. How is it OK for a police officer on his way to work be talking behind me on his mobile phone next to his ear while driving and it's not for the rest of us?

I've got the utmost respect for anyone that does a vital role well, police officer, fire fighter, doctor etc.. I don't agree with "bad mouthing" the force just because you have been caught out. So are you telling me the police that have often failed me due to lack of evidence, poor response times or traveller families being "untouchable" in our community is OK? That this should be acceptable and PC Plod should still be respected like the good old days when nobody sees results? Who is responsible for the police taking two months deciding whether to arrest someone or not? The police force? Or a higher authority?

I think it's very noble of you defending the police especially if you see it as bad youths "bad mouthing" here.

What about people who have lost faith in the police force and don't see the need to call them even in an emergency these days? Knowing it will take them too long or someone has to get seriously hurt or killed for anyone to do anything about it!

Answer 3

What a fab question !
I also work for the police . When the afore mentioned ring 999 they get the same dedicated care and attention as everyone else and I dont think for one minute they stop and think about the person taking the call or the person that appears at thier door to help them in times of need and the danger we place ourselves in.

Simple answer some people dont realise that we do care ....we are here because we love our jobs and we do have hearts and sometimes we even go home and have restless nights worrying about that call we took today or that person we visited today.

It takes a caring honest loyal and hardworking person to do the jobs we do and some people will just never see it.

Well done for what you do and keep up the hard work I appreciate what you do :) Thank you

Be safe out there.

Answer 4

Well while you may be a decent police officer there are lots who aren't.I am a young(25) white male and I have been harassed by the police more times than I can count-can I prove my identity,where am I going,why etc?

Friends of mine who aren't white get it even more often which kind of proves the UK police are racist doesn't it?

They may be doing their job but harassing me and being insulting when they are doing it isn't right.

And yes I have complained only to be fobbed off and be told I must have been acting suspiciously (yes walking home is very suspicious)and that I must have misunderstood when I thought I was being insulted-so being called a 'stupid jock bastard' by an English copper isn't insulting then?(yes I'm Scottish.

I am sure that many decent people join the police but it also seems to attract a lot of stupid racist psycho's who enjoy the power.Things like shooting that Brazillian guy in London or that guy who had a table leg because you thought it was a gun don't inspire trust either.Nor do events like that guy being beaten half to death by the police in Wakefield a couple of years ago,or that girl a few months ago.

Answer 5

It isnt the police them selves that I think most people have a problem with it is the system itself when it works every thing is great for everybody but when it doesn't lawyers (try being one of them for a week)always sigh and say it is just the system.and Police officers being the public in the public get hated on because of the system of laws that they represent that sometimes cracks down on minor offenders and lets murders and rapist off on a technicality.Plus there are dirty cops who commit more crimes against the law then your average crook does and gets away with it because he can hide under a badge. So naturally a few people with this power abuse it but the other cops who know full well about the bad cop in their midst don't investigate and turn this in.They consider it a matter for internal affairs. I am not saying cops have to be model citizens but I don't think a cop should ever get away with breaking the law right under the nose of other cops just because he is one of their bothers in blue or whatever I would go on about this for another page but I am about to run out of room.

Answer 6

The reason people gripe about the police is because they've usually had bad experiences. USUALLY those experiences are their own doing, like speeding or illegal parking. However, cops ARE only human, and sometimes they get grumpy instead of being courteous, that could also effect someone's views. But all in all, it's better to have police out there protecting everyone (even if that means pulling you over so you don't endanger others) than NO police and complete anarchy.

Answer 7

By and large police do a difficult job very well..
I would not like to do it myself.
However there will always be bad apples ..... not many.... the ones with attitude problems who should never have got in the job in the first place. These few give the whole force a bad reputation quickly latched on to by the brain dead yobs and all the other dregs of humanity

Answer 8

Missdiddy, I agree with everything you say. Most coppers are decent down to earth people who want nothing more than to do there bit and make a difference. The vast majority of the public are well behind the police.

Yes things could be much better. In my opinion the government are to blame for the current position of the UK police (understaffed and buried in red tape).

The majority of people who do compain are our 'customers' and of course people who have recieved poor service. I'm not too blinkered to realise that some cops don't deserve to wear the uniform (a minority I'm sure).

Ian UK - Well said and 'TOP ANSWER' in my view.

Answer 9

Because we live in a free society the police are an east target and most critics on here if face to face with the police are the Yes Sir - No Sir types who get brave when typing on a PC.

Answer 10

on your us of a they may well be ok. interior the US we've problems with them. If we ***** to their superiors, we receive harassment. they don't seem to be individuals of the final public. they are bullies and thugs that possibly won't be in a position to locate employment everywhere else outdoors of the militia. they don't seem to be individuals of our community. They harbor a different and glaring "us vs them" mentality and associate generally with their very own. those are no longer the fictitious characters you notice on television. In San Diego county, they kill fairly of attempting to disarm, pacify, or mollify. they are seldom even investigated for his or her misdeeds. because of the fact the 1st of the 300 and sixty 5 days 3 of them have raped, and have not even been to a listening to!! "The witness wasn't reliable" or "there wasn't sufficient data". This, from a district lawyer that convicted a female of poisoning her husband, because of the fact the DA theory the female did no longer mourn wisely. After a pair years in detention center it got here out that the husbands dying replaced into from organic reasons and no poison replaced into got here across!!! The DA then suggested "See, justice works". frightening, huh? With this form of encouragement, our police have become abusive bullies that mechanically harass those that they do in contrast to. Our project isn't unusual. Do you realize why we ***** in an nameless talk board? We won't be waiting to rectify the area, yet we are in a position to make others responsive to it and "blow off some steam".

Answer 11

after serving 27yrs in the police force and now retired(thank god)i have watched as one government after another (with vested interests in their biggest contributors to party funds..ie legal and medical professions)have reduced police powers to a mere nothing .we have this week seen the PC hierachy complaining about policemen being allowed to ask people for their id at 2am if they refused they used to be arrested until they did tell us who they were and where they were going and we were satisfied as to their intent...the "sus" laws as they were called have been deemed to be taboo...now we stop someone and they tell us they are called mickey mouse and we send them on their way saying have a good night with minnie then...checks on the Stop" persons forms which police now have to fill in show that 80% give false details make the law a bigger "***"than it ever was before ,police are no longer a deterrent as villains are now untouchables to a large extent and police powers reduced to Zero,villains have human rights ,,victims none at all...the numbers of police allocated to a force has barely changed since figures were introduced around 1900....ie north yorkshire force covers a huge land area,little population so it gets a small number of police officers,,,west yorkshire is a smaller area but a much larger population and so is allocated more officers.
i have every sympathy with anyone who has just joined the police but the one consolation is that when the lunatics in parliament realise the errors of their ways the wheel will eventually turn full circle and they will realise what a lawless society they have created..best of luck in your difficult job..