Quarter of Police unhappy in job

[Deano]

Would like to hear 'the other sides' story though.

I missed the show, but wouldn't the 'other sides' story have come out in court ?

[avgas]

Thats a pretty good ratio, out of people i meet atleast 1/2 hate their jobs.
I have a distaste for mine

[scumdog]

I missed the show, but wouldn't the 'other sides' story have come out in court ?

Already been to Court.
Case thrown out 'cos cop coudn't remember if the girl(s) had a can or a bottle and whether it was in their hand or on the ground and decided to ad-lib.

Otherwise a straight 'breach of liquor ban' case.

[Swoop]

For every contented member of the overworked CIB, there are four unhappy detectives who are physically present but "psychologically absent".
Hmm. Perhaps dishing out some evidential "happy pills" for the sad faced ones? There must be a few spare in the store rooms of "NZ Plod Corp".

[vifferman]

The online version of The Harold doesn't show the graph that was in our old-fashioned printed version this morning. This showed the survery results and those for the general working population of UnZud, and they were close enough to the same as makes no real difference.
So.... the way the polis feel about their jobs is pretty much the same as how most of us do, which indicates that it's not evidence of policing being a crap job so much as NooZilund's general malaise.
Which is why so many Koiwoiz are galloping (swimming? Flying?) off overseas.

I reckon if we get rid of the current crop of politicians and bureaucrats, all the stupid rules'n'regulations'red-tape, the Happiness'n'Satisfaction Factor would zoooom upwards markedly.

[007XX]

I personally think that anyone criticising the Blue Boys should walk a mile in their shoes before getting all racky about it. And no, I'm not one of the freakin' PC brigade....

I'm not taking a dig at you SPB ...I know there are some bad eggs in the police, but so is there in everything...

I also know a couple of mates who are cops and are the first ones to dislike those bad eggs...and also dislike what they see on a daily basis, but they do it cos someone has to.

One of those mates I speak of stopped riding his bike (even sold it) after seeing one too many horrenduous bike accidents. The things he saw I shudder to think of, and wouldn't swap my job with his for all the money in the world.

[Genestho]

Cops deal with alot of crap that we dont even know exists, they do their best (well most do - bad eggs everywhere) and what they put away is spewed back into our community. And then they have to deal with the same dicks all over again.

As said prior, somebody has to do it.

Rather them than me.

[SixPackBack]

I personally think that anyone criticising the Blue Boys should walk a mile in their shoes before getting all racky about it. And no, I'm not one of the freakin' PC brigade....

I'm not taking a dig at you SPB ...I know there are some bad eggs in the police, but so is there in everything...

I also know a couple of mates who are cops and are the first ones to dislike those bad eggs...and also dislike what they see on a daily basis, but they do it cos someone has to.

One of those mates I speak of stopped riding his bike (even sold it) after seeing one too many horrenduous bike accidents. The things he saw I shudder to think of, and wouldn't swap my job with his for all the money in the world.

Don't shoot the messenger, the Herald did the reporting!

My mirth was directed at 'overworking'...its a personal thing

As for criticism of the police force...........we have had one commissioner come dangerously close to jail-time for rape, and another who appears to be generating more than a little heat over the Olivia Hope case. In between the 'Cartright report' damns Police culture per Se. Couple this to bitter personal experiences brought upon by these so called 'self styled' good guys and you have otherwise exemplary members of society 'turned'

I love the concept of saviours, it just seems the force these days has run into some serious road blocks.

[007XX]

Don't shoot the messenger, the Herald did the reporting!

My mirth was directed at 'overworking'...its a personal thing

As for criticism of the police force...........we have had one commissioner come dangerously close to jail-time for rape, and another who appears to be generating more than a little heat over the Olivia Hope case. In between the 'Cartright report' damns Police culture per Se. Couple this to bitter personal experiences brought upon by these so called 'self styled' good guys and you have otherwise exemplary members of society 'turned'

I love the concept of saviours, it just seems the force these days has run into some serious road blocks.

As I said buddy, and I do mean it, I was not having a go at you. I recall what you told me of your run ins with the blue team, and I understand your misgivings...

However, I am annoyed at the media for always blowing things out of proportion and portraying everything under a dramatic light.

And unfortunately, I will not see the whole Police Corp damnable because of three damaging cases in point...nor because of your personal run ins with them.

I have only ever had one bad experience with the police. But I still don't think that it is :
a/ an enviable job, and so tend to respect those who actually do it well (because yes, there are some
b/ fair to bunch them all in one tidy package to suit the fact that the general population loves to hate someone who enforces rules.

[scumdog]

Don't shoot the messenger, the Herald did the reporting!


I love the concept of saviours, it just seems the force these days has run into some serious road blocks.

I am still waiting for somebody to come up with an answer to stop these on-going problems. (Cops with alleged bad history, incompetents, unhappy workers etc etc).

[007XX]

I am still waiting for somebody to come up with an answer to stop these on-going problems. (Cops with alleged bad history, incompetents, unhappy workers etc etc).

Is there such an answer though? Me thinks it smells a bit of utopia.

[Edbear]

I am still waiting for somebody to come up with an answer to stop these on-going problems. (Cops with alleged bad history, incompetents, unhappy workers etc etc).

I'm workin' on it, mate...

Is there such an answer though? Me thinks it smells a bit of utopia.

Is that somewhere near Rotorua..?

...However, I am annoyed at the media for always blowing things out of proportion and portraying everything under a dramatic light...

Eh!? The media isn't fair and even-handed..? You mean they are, ...ratings driven...?

[007XX]

I'm workin' on it, mate...
[/SIZE]

Are you serious?

I mean, with all due respect, isn't it like working on a concept to eradicate human nature? People make mistakes, take the wrong path, and cops are no different...

I'm not saying we should let them run riot just because they are part of the force, but the fact is, nothing is foolproof, and so no one should be surprised if from time to time there are a few problematic cases thrown in the mix.

However, those should be dealt with harshly as they were entrusted with the security of the community in the first place and should know better.

[Grahameeboy]

Don't shoot the messenger, the Herald did the reporting!

My mirth was directed at 'overworking'...its a personal thing

As for criticism of the police force...........we have had one commissioner come dangerously close to jail-time for rape, and another who appears to be generating more than a little heat over the Olivia Hope case. In between the 'Cartright report' damns Police culture per Se. Couple this to bitter personal experiences brought upon by these so called 'self styled' good guys and you have otherwise exemplary members of society 'turned'

I love the concept of saviours, it just seems the force these days has run into some serious road blocks.

I guess the problem is that in any other occupation, these things would not happen or be discovered so that does not mean that the Police have a problem that other occupations don't have.

Yep in the case of the Commissioner he did something wrong when he was younger...not condoning it...however, he is allowed to turn his life around like all of us and he is human, regardless of him being in the Police...we sh ould not expect the Police to be non-human and like us all if they do something wrong they will eventually be taken to task...

By all accounts he was good at his job so he disgraced himself not the Police.

Your experiences...sorry to hear, however, not everything is subjective.

So there...

[awayatc]

physically present but "".

I wonder if you could use that to defend yourself in court....Your honour I know the constable gave me a ticket, so he must have been physically present....But comon he must clearly have been "psychologically absent"....