When my dad was in the force, they'd close ranks over something like this.

( Kroney, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:09, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

The police close ranks over whose turn it is to make the tea.
I know that as individuals they are doing a hard job under difficult circumstances, but I have no trust in them as an institution. The fact that no officers have ever been convicted of causing a death in custody says it all.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:14, Reply)

When my sister joined the police
I told her that a day would come when she would have to choose between lying to protect a colleague and eating her lunch on her own for the rest of her career. They’re probably less bent than they were in the 70s but I’ll bet it’s still rife.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:17, Reply)

I don't understand the implication here at all, people repeatedly bang their heads off of walls all the time.

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:18, Reply)

They're as bad as cons. You'll never get a copper to grass on another.
Their stock answer is "whatever my mate said happened, happened"

I can't blame them to some extent
( Kroney, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:18, Reply)

You should join up.
You'd be the archetypal 'bent copper'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Hah.
I thought about it for a while.
( Kroney, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:21, Reply)

I really don't know where I stand with the police.
Sometimes they've been utter, utter cunts with me, whereas on other occasions they've been nicer than you could possibly imagine. I guess it's the same with everything, judge them each individually.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:40, Reply)

More decisive commentary as it happens

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 10:41, Reply)