Can't they even have fun, these days?

[Edbear]

Saturday May 3, 08:58 AM
Police officer suspended over "fun" email
A police officer was suspended for forwarding to collegues an email poking fun at the police.

The named Wanganui officer was stood down for two days after he forwarded the e-mail of a mock 1970s children's book, which takes the innocent tone of the genre and updates the text with modern themes -- sex changes, terrorism, homosexuality, and infidelity, The Dominion Post reported.

"A policeman must always have his truncheon and notebook with him. The truncheon is used to hit a suspect if they resist arrest. Then their confession is written in the notebook," it says.

Police said the matter concerned the officer's use of the computer network to distribute material, not just the content of the e-mail.

Police Association spokesman Luke Shadbolt said the book was a spoof and he did not know what was objectionable about it. "Most policemen found it funny."

Police computer use came under the spotlight in 2005 when more than 5000 sexually explicit images were found on the computers of 327 staff.

[Pussy]

Yeah, saw it in the local paper today. The thing that pisses me off most about the whole thing is... I haven't seen the whole of that series of emails, only two pages... looks hilarious!! :2thumbsup

[MIXONE]

Pathetic really.PC bullshit init.Those sexually explicit images found previously were jokes etc not porn.Poor buggers have a hard enough job as it is and black humour is a way of dealing with a lot of the gross shit they have to face every day.

[Oakie]

Before you can judge you need to know the circumstances in which the e-mail came to light. Possibly it arrived in the hands of someone outside the force who subsequently complained. In those circumstances the top brass would have no alternative but to take some action as to not do so would be seen as condoning it. Sometimes your hands are just tied by circumstances. I've certainly been in the position once where I had to put a junior person through a disciplinary process all the while thinking how stupid and unneccesary it was. It's just that because of who had complained, I had no choice.

[Coyote]

That book was doing the rounds on here a week or so ago. It was an obvious spoof.

I like how they mention the pornography ring at the end, just to compare this situation with something far worse so people will get the impression this joke was just as bad.

[Pussy]

That book was doing the rounds on here a week or so ago. It was an obvious spoof.

I like how they mention the pornography ring at the end, just to compare this situation with something far worse so people will get the impression this joke was just as bad.

Got a link for the book, Coyote? Ta!

[imdying]

It's just that because of who had complained, I had no choice.There's always a choice... but is it worth 'going to war' over? Telling the bosses wife (for example) to keep her f'n nose out of things that doesn't concern her isn't a good career move in general, even if it is the 'right' thing to do at the time.

[Coyote]

Got a link for the book, Coyote? Ta!
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=71846
There you go

[Pussy]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=71846
There you go

Cheers, thanks for that! Good laugh :rolleyes:

[Oakie]

There's always a choice... but is it worth 'going to war' over? Telling the bosses wife (for example) to keep her f'n nose out of things that doesn't concern her isn't a good career move in general, even if it is the 'right' thing to do at the time.

In my case it was our GM who told me to do it. She only did it though because the girl in question was pursuing a justified pay increase and had involved an employment lawyer in the battle because they just were not listening to her. Wouldn't have happened otherwise. I had a choice but not if I wanted to keep my job.

[Edbear]

Before you can judge you need to know the circumstances in which the e-mail came to light. Possibly it arrived in the hands of someone outside the force who subsequently complained. In those circumstances the top brass would have no alternative but to take some action as to not do so would be seen as condoning it. Sometimes your hands are just tied by circumstances. I've certainly been in the position once where I had to put a junior person through a disciplinary process all the while thinking how stupid and unneccesary it was. It's just that because of who had complained, I had no choice.


Possibly what happened here. I guess one of the copper's on here can enlighten us? Just seems on the face of it to be a bit OTT.