CS Spray

Apparently now it's un-pc to say CS gas, due to a complaint from a Jewish citizen. We now have to say CS spray, fair enough but this seems like another example of the 'world gone mad'. In my view, people who say un-pc things are usually not doing it to offend, they're usually not even aware it could possibly offend e.g Nitty Gritty and Black Maria. Anyone wanting to offend isn't going to consider or care either way about the 'pc-ness' of what they say.

Then again, apparently it's not a gas so who are we to talk...the world's still gone mad though (am I allowed to say that??!!)

Ashfordly Police Station: Communications technology is bad for you!

This post has links to more about email and communication technology.

Ashfordly Police Station: Communications technology is bad for you!

Thank you!

My sincerest thanks to PC David Copperfield for posting about my research, the results are coming in fast already. And thanks to everyone for filling the questionnaires in.

Betty

R.I.P. Common sense.

If felt the need to reproduce the text of this rather than just linking to it. It isn't mine, I got it from totallyun-pc's blog, who reproduced it by permission of others. I haven't asked permission but it's just gotta be spread - I agree with the comment about putting it on notcie boards. What about stapling it to certain people's foreheads?

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, as his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion, his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.

He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To blame and I'm A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not join the majority and do nothing.

"the preceding blog is not mine, I didn't make it up, and Google shows it has been reproduced thousands if not millions of times, but in the sad sad memory to all our friends and colleagues, and anyone else who has become a victim of our times.... I say blog it in memoriam to us all."posted by totallyun-pc at Friday, February 16, 2007

Ps. I know this blog is turning into a collection of others' posts, I'm reading back over older posts at the moment and some of them can't be allowed to be lost in the ether.

Betty

Surplus school places

This is brilliant, though I thought the better idea would be to keep the school places as they are and put the prisoners in them, that'll be far more humiliating and keep the teachers in jobs. I don't evny them though - mind you it probably wouldn't be much worse than what they have to deal with now.

You're nicked!: I've found the answer

Organisation??

And I didn't use the word organisation anywhere...

Police Communication (Updated)

I've returned to my long neglected blog with a new slant. This blog is now mainly about police communication, mainly ;)

Chunky is a Police Sergeant, Betty is a student researching the Police (that's me), Chunky finally learnt what blogs are, having read PC David Copperfield's book, 'Wasting Police Time', but never gets to go on the computer anymore because I'm always on it...

I'd been made aware by Chunky and friends that email use was considered a problem amongst some officers, so for my MSc research I requested that a questionnaire be sent out for the mutual benefit of me as a researcher and the force in question, to help identify and try to remedy the problems and pressures being felt by officers.

Unfortunately my request was declined, partly through my own lack of prior discussion with the force. However, I feel that the comment; "[w]e have to be quite protective given the amount of emails that our staff receive" in the final email I recieved shows to a certain degree that my belief that I could help the force in question has not been considered, whilst simultaneously showing that there is indeed a problem.

I would like to thank all Police Officers who visited this blog's sister wiki Police Communication and completed the questionnaires. The results are now in and the raw percentages are available on the wiki, plus the best comments from Officers. To protect my future research I have decided not to post the full dissertation until a later date.