I’m Done

[Deleted member 16999]

Sad read, but spot on imo.
Respect to all those who have served on the frontline.

https://mattjohnsonauthor.com/2021/...MJ773LERJRTo7aTaRDQdeo5gY6vf_vz0qFfrJTrOXuUNk

 

[theoneandonly]

Flounce of the week

 

[Kellfire]

This post is inherently political. Also the guy seems like a total idiot, devoid of any notion of what the real world is like.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Flounce of the week

I’d laugh if it wasn’t such a serious subject

If you have 1 long serving copper who has been ground down over the years, there will be many many more.

A general lack of respect in society, ( an angrier society)

Retention and morale is as serious an issue in the police and prison officers as it is in the NHS and we need to wake up to it

 

[theoneandonly]

I’d laugh if it wasn’t such a serious subject

If you have 1 long serving copper who has been ground down over the years, there will be many many more.

A general lack of respect in society, ( an angrier society)

Retention and morale is as serious an issue in the police and prison officers as it is in the NHS and we need to wake up to it

As an article I read the first few lines, its the sort of stuff you scroll straight past if it appears on your time line.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Sad read, but spot on imo.
Respect to all those who have served on the frontline.

https://mattjohnsonauthor.com/2021/...MJ773LERJRTo7aTaRDQdeo5gY6vf_vz0qFfrJTrOXuUNk

It is spot on, sadly. A lot of recognisable stuff in that. Have to wonder if it has been caused by Clapham Common.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

As an article I read the first few lines, its the sort of stuff you scroll straight past if it appears on your time line.

So you criticised it without reading it

Ok

 

[theoneandonly]

So you criticised it without reading it

Ok

No, I read some and quickly realised it was a complete waste of my time to read it any further. It came across as the same old whinny crap you can see day in day out on news feeds.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

It is spot on, sadly. A lot of recognisable stuff in that. Have to wonder if it has been caused by Clapham Common.

States a few things some(including me) on here should take on board.

 

[Pants]

This post is inherently political. Also the guy seems like a total idiot, devoid of any notion of what the real world is like.

Didn't take you very long to stick your oar in

 

[Deleted member 15344]

It all meant well and the message is clear but surely we have had enough angst on the forum recently - whilst many will agree with the message the person is saying maybe the timing on here isnt great because it’s only going to cause a few to react and then we go down the same way as the other posts and it’s clearly going to have political meanings soon enough . Cabin fever has clearly set in - we really do need a game of golf and some enjoyment and something to laugh at, where is Cam when you need him.

 

[SatchFan]

Perhaps some of us just need to get a life outside of this forum.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Maybe, just maybe, people can read it and leave it at that, nobody is forced to make a comment

Trying reading the post rather than playing the posters.

 

[2blue]

I’d laugh if it wasn’t such a serious subject

If you have 1 long serving copper who has been ground down over the years, there will be many many more.

A general lack of respect in society, ( an angrier society)

Retention and morale is as serious an issue in the police and prison officers as it is in the NHS and we need to wake up to it

Yes, lots of very recognisable scenarios that many can relate to. Certainly there in teaching as well. Sadly that's the world we live in...... has been like that for a long time. Not sure where he's going to escape it.

 

[SaintHacker]

This post is inherently political. Also the guy seems like a total idiot, devoid of any notion of what the real world is like.

Having a couple of close friends who are frontline serving police officers and seeing what theyve been through the last few years, and in particular the last 12 months, i can honestly say if you think the person writing it is an idiot then that makes you an even bigger one. And there is nothing political in there, unless you go looking for it or indeed anything else you can find to take offense at.

 

[Fade and Die]

Interesting read, I understand completely what he is saying (got cops in our family) and I know the crap they have to put up with but they are both early 20s and have never known it any different. But has the job changed that much since the year 2000? If he had been in the job since the 80s I could understand his grievances more.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Yes, lots of very recognisable scenarios that many can relate to. Certainly there in teaching as well. Sadly that's the world we live in...... has been like that for a long time. Not sure where he's going to escape it.

Might be he needs to before the job takes him, mentally or physically.?‍

 

[Tashyboy]

No, I read some and quickly realised it was a complete waste of my time to read it any further. It came across as the same old whinny crap you can see day in day out on news feeds.

Having read his story and your two sentences, I am firmly of the belief that when he wrote that “ I’m done“ he had people like you in mind.
But let’s just say for arguments sake this is another Tashyboy rambling. Well I have a daughter who i am very proud of. A daughter who is a front line firearms cop, who as we speak is doing a 10 hr night shift in Sheffield. Trying her best to keep the streets safe so folk can through freedom of speech come out with “whinny old crap”.

 

[Billysboots]

As someone who has today retired after 30 years’ service as a police officer, I’m going to abstain from this debate. I’ll only say something I later regret in response to those who haven’t the first clue what they are talking about.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

As someone who has today retired after 30 years’ service as a police officer, I’m going to abstain from this debate. I’ll only say something I later regret in response to those who haven’t the first clue what they are talking about.

Enjoy your retirement and congratulations on the 30 years of service.