tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post4259277411334038477..comments2023-10-21T14:04:57.028+01:00Comments on Stressed Out Cop: Special PeopleStressed Out Cophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09822426269877730126noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-12084854829604395082010-02-09T16:39:50.841+00:002010-02-09T16:39:50.841+00:00Thanks for a thought provoking piece regarding the...Thanks for a thought provoking piece regarding the volunteers, who are increasingly plugging the gaps of their full time colleagues.Tom102https://www.blogger.com/profile/13349196217553261791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-16999569996674865782010-02-08T23:41:12.058+00:002010-02-08T23:41:12.058+00:00Jim, if you are thinking about joining then you ha...Jim, if you are thinking about joining then you have already leaped the toughest hurdle. I'll say to you what I say to anyone who isn't sure: sign up and find out for yourself. Nobody can tell you whether "the job" is for you. I had no idea I would love it so much until I got out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-54768758246477368112010-02-08T22:20:55.459+00:002010-02-08T22:20:55.459+00:00Very well put SOC.Very well put SOC.Metcountymountyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481062180758614720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-3624716949860035262010-02-08T21:45:07.763+00:002010-02-08T21:45:07.763+00:00I've always thought about joining the SC, I...I've always thought about joining the SC, I've done my time in green so the TA doesn't really hold an attraction. <br /><br />I just worry that you're not fully appreciated, so it's good to see stuff like this. My Brother is in the CoLP and he also says they do a good job.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16297523292743479598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-72685627249896372902010-02-08T19:24:17.365+00:002010-02-08T19:24:17.365+00:00SC
Watch this space - PC's being posted as t...SC <br /><br />Watch this space - PC's being posted as training officers in charge of Specials development. Cheap labour? - I should moan but you know what it's like on a busy night with no troops left. You can see what's coming. <br /><br />Blue - I wouldn't do the specials gig - TA of course ... <br /><br />Mr H - Probably the same tour. Nice bloke Sandy - good straight actor and hard hitting talk.<br /><br />Wonder what he's doing now.Stressed Out Cophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822426269877730126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-78614555173426275482010-02-08T10:29:41.315+00:002010-02-08T10:29:41.315+00:00Good post SoC> I have also heard Sandy Kelly...Good post SoC> I have also heard Sandy Kelly's presentation, when I was in a southernshire force. Now oop north, I find I often ride past the very spot where he and Glenn Goodman were at the receiving end of a PIRA AK47 at pbr.(Which is why I still wince when I see Martin McGuinness in a suit, on TV, all respectable like). Anyone who put on a similar uniform to me and put themselves out there, alongside me and my troops, for nothing more than altruism and a sense of duty got my full attention.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-54664677027958610432010-02-08T10:05:37.838+00:002010-02-08T10:05:37.838+00:00I saw a good poster a while back. It read somethi...I saw a good poster a while back. It read something like "it's not like being a police officer, it is being a police officer".Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-72033512067296848312010-02-07T22:52:38.528+00:002010-02-07T22:52:38.528+00:00* should say "might NOT know how"...* should say "might NOT know how"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054760004075742620.post-54572510328333986372010-02-07T22:51:25.391+00:002010-02-07T22:51:25.391+00:00Thanks for the nod. We are a diverse bunch, every...Thanks for the nod. We are a diverse bunch, everyone has their reason for joining up. I don't think we are quite the same as the TA though. For a start we don't agree to work at particular times so the duties people can never say that on a particular shift there will be X specials on board.<br /><br />We obviously don't work for the same organisation - in Urbis the effort seems to be to <i>prevent</i> SCs from working with response teams! I don't understand the logic personally, the few times I have worked with response I have learned more in one shift than in several ordinary duties.<br /><br />One weakness we have not doing the job full time is that we don't know all the usual processes so we can take longer to do the same task or we might now know how to deal with the required paperwork for a particular job. Most of us are keen to learn and won't just slope off leaving someone else to pick up the tab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com