Yes, but can you do it without saying the sentence
"You couldn't make it up!" at some point.
( keybo was imtypingonakeyboard, now I'm not, Wed 23 Nov 2016, 10:01, archived)

alright, here goes
Half my family is in the force. Dad was a sergeant, stepmum a SOCO, her daughter is an inspector and she's married to another inspector.

The Force has internal metrics to measure performance, set by the inspectors according to crime statistics, ie this week you will deal with three burglaries, two domestic violence issues, four traffic violations etc. This means that if two calls come in and one meets the quota and one doesn't, the quota one gets dealt with as a priority even if the other is an assault. Considering the public perceives the most heinous crime of today as "dog shit on pavements", it gives you an idea of what crimes are treated as priority by today's constabulary, hence plod having to catch people for utterly petty social disobedience crimes like dropping fag ends rather than all the drug-related burglaries in your area.

Where does all the profit end up? My step-sister has 16 years of experience in the force; two on the streets, 14 behind a desk. She earns over 50k a year, plus healthcare, protected pension including employer contributions, job protection and retirement after 30 years. Her husband just did his 30 years, took his pension at the age of 50, and was immediately given a civilian position at the same salary doing the same fucking job. So that's two cunts behind desks earning 100k per annum plus benefits, telling your local bobby that fag ends and dog turds are more important than drug dealing, drunk driving or stabbings, based on the Excel sheet they knocked up. You couldn't make it up!
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 23 Nov 2016, 10:11, archived)

fuck :(

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 23 Nov 2016, 10:11, archived)

This new star wars film sounds shit

(Roger McGough-Pipe, Wed 23 Nov 2016, 10:17, archived)

That's the stupidest thing I've heard of in quite a while.
It's the same 'logic' as stop and search statistics in the States, where they have metrics about stopping 10 white motorists, 10 black motorists and 10 hispanic motorists a day even if they're not doing anything remotely suspicious.
( .Yeti., Wed 23 Nov 2016, 10:31, archived)

I said it'd make you angry
It made my Dad angry too. He was sergeant of a Tactical Response team (full body armour/riot gear training, armoured mercedes van etc), tasked with driving around looking for kids doing graffiti because they'd already met their violent crime quota for that period.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 23 Nov 2016, 10:38, archived)