Good cop, finally figures it out then retires

[Asher]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...n-police-force

Looks like a cop has finally realized that taxing us for braking the big bad speed limit and not doing much else is a great way to alienate the force who would have thought!? Too bad he's leaving so he can't help change the system.

-can't work the html link on my phone sorry

[willytheekid]

"Law enforcement was being run like a business"
and
"traffic taking precedence over everything."

NO SHIT!!!!

I think THIS video kind of sums it up*
....and explains WHY they lowered the IQ standards on the intake testing(No shit!), and WHY they are taking good police MEN off the front line,(scummy) and are forcing them to retake harder! physical testing than the new OFFICERS...the last of the police men are being forced out...can't have good people in these roles...knuckle dragging corporate revenue collectors need only apply please

ITS THE TIME OF THE POLICE "OFFICER"!...so pay up, and shut up!

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVsCIJCOfw (Why u disable video embedding op??)


...Im still holding out hope that the remainder of the police men will make a stand and say NO to this new power shift...but I not holding my breath

[Scuba_Steve]

Should be entertaining


I'll bide for now

[scumdog]

When I leave I might say the same stuff...





OR I might say "all you arseholes got everything you deserve" as I walk out the door.

[scumdog]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...n-police-force

Looks like a cop has finally realized that taxing us for braking the big bad speed limit and not doing much else is a great way to alienate the force who would have thought!? Too bad he's leaving so he can't help change the system.

-can't work the html link on my phone sorry

Sorry, I'll have to re-read the article, I seem to have missed that important bit about 'taxing for brEaking the big bad speed limit and not doing much else' bit...

[Asher]

Sorry, I'll have to re-read the article, I seem to have missed that important bit about 'taxing for brEaking the big bad speed limit and not doing much else' bit...:confused::rolleyes:

I may have paraphrased a bit, but in paragraph 4 he days traffic is taking precident over everything.

[oneofsix]

good old Fearfax media. First posting it shouted out about the traffic enforcement bit in the headline, then it was toned down, now it has disappeared off the home page. Uncensored media only means being able to show violence, be afraid to speak out or GCSB will get you.

[Zedder]

"Law enforcement was being run like a business"
and
"traffic taking precedence over everything."

NO SHIT!!!!

I think THIS video kind of sums it up*
....and explains WHY they lowered the IQ standards on the intake testing(No shit!), and WHY they are taking good police MEN off the front line,(scummy) and are forcing them to retake harder! physical testing than the new OFFICERS...the last of the police men are being forced out...can't have good people in these roles...knuckle dragging corporate revenue collectors need only apply please

ITS THE TIME OF THE POLICE "OFFICER"!...so pay up, and shut up!

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVsCIJCOfw (Why u disable video embedding op??)


...Im still holding out hope that the remainder of the police men will make a stand and say NO to this new power shift...but I not holding my breath

Hopefully the $150 million of land, houses, vehicles and cash seized in the last few years from criminals may help the police finances...

[HenryDorsetCase]

you say Police Officer and I think "HOT FUZZ"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


What pissed me off last night was a "news" item that said in effect "Police intend to restrict the speed tolerance even more not just on holiday weekends".

My question is: "What the fuck?" The police are not a policy setting organisation: they are there as a policy implementation organisation. An arm of the judiciary, if you will.

Policy (theoretically) is set by the executive, and subject to sanction (i.e. being voted out) by the body politic. (yes, in theory).

GRRRRRRR

[imac]

you say Police Officer and I think "HOT FUZZ"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


What pissed me off last night was a "news" item that said in effect "Police intend to restrict the speed tolerance even more not just on holiday weekends".

My question is: "What the fuck?" The police are not a policy setting organisation: they are there as a policy implementation organisation. An arm of the judiciary, if you will.

Policy (theoretically) is set by the executive, and subject to sanction (i.e. being voted out) by the body politic. (yes, in theory).

GRRRRRRR

I don't think you'll find any government policy on tolerance, that is a discretion that the Police have. Although I doubt that dropping the tolerance is the sole cause of a reduction in road deaths during the period.

[oneofsix]

I don't think you'll find any government policy on tolerance, that is a discretion that the Police have. Although I doubt that dropping the tolerance is the sole cause of a reduction in road deaths during the period.

I doubt the tolerance has ANYTHING to do with the reduction in road deaths. an increase in accidents is the usual result of such moves.

The tolerance used to be stated on the NZTA web site but since they started playing with it for holidays and schools etc it appears to have disappeared. As the government abdicated day to day setting of speed limits to the NZTA and the previous listing of the different tolerance applicable in different speed zones I suspect it is an NZTA responsibility. The Police should NEVER have discretion in setting policy, it is not their role. Besides look what happened with the pistol grip rifle cock-up when they tried to set their own policy, when someone with the $ to take it to court they got . You have to have separation of roles and responsibilities.

[SMOKEU]

Hopefully the $150 million of land, houses, vehicles and cash seized in the last few years from criminals may help the police finances...

It will help them finance more officers to bust people with a small amount of buds or who are speeding. Fighting real crime is too much hard work and uses up far too many resources that could be better spent gathering revenue.

[Zedder]

I don't think you'll find any government policy on tolerance, that is a discretion that the Police have. Although I doubt that dropping the tolerance is the sole cause of a reduction in road deaths during the period.

Speed limit enforcement: http://www.police.govt.nz/service/ro...ills-kids.html

However, from what I see here, the NZTA has a process (under Speed Limit New Zealand 2003) for working out the speed limit and tolerances: http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/sp...limits-nz.html

[HenryDorsetCase]

I don't think you'll find any government policy on tolerance, that is a discretion that the Police have. Although I doubt that dropping the tolerance is the sole cause of a reduction in road deaths during the period.

or as anyone with any clue about the scientific method would say "Correlation does not equal causation: because A follows B it does not logically follow that A caused B"

[HenryDorsetCase]

It will help them finance more officers to bust people with a small amount of buds or who are speeding. Fighting real crime is too much hard work and uses up far too many resources that could be better spent gathering revenue.

I am interested in your view of what "real crime" might be, Mr Dot com.