Yeah cuffing pensioners is a real skill that must be honed over years of hard work & training
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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoThis isn’t like working in fast food, where you can just find another job right away. You’re talking about abandoning a career the officer has spent years building.
Networkcathode@piefed.social 1 day ago
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
www.joiningthepolice.co.uk/…/training
18-22 weeks of classroom based training, then three months supervision on the job. Then they will be getting promoted as they get more experienced.
It’s a lot to just walk away from.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Principles aren’t principles if you only follow them when they’re easy.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
Easy to say but my job is shit and what real choice do I have? Sure I can look for something else but there isn’t much out there.
Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 7 hours ago
Does your job involve destroying other people lives as a jackboot for capital?
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Easy for us to say.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I’m not claiming to be the moral arbiters of the nation though, am I. They are, that’s the job they chose to do, it’s not my fault they suddenly don’t like it. Same for the military in the US wandering aboud LA, and DC.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Demanding they quit because of this has definite “I live with my parents” vibes though. I doubt that person has a mortgage.