WPC resigns from Thames Valley Police Options

[TallDarkAndHands...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8236041.stm


Its not one of our forum posters is it??

[Good Boy Racer]

Please leave your name and number just here

[Strafin]

More shame heaped on this mickey mouse organisation.

[Roost]

What, the BBC??!

[Chesapeake]

What, the BBC??!

[lordtup]

Maybe Thames Valley Police would care to explain what their problem is with one of their employees having a second income ?

I know if you drive for a company then a second driving job is a no no , but as far as my limited knowledge of these things takes me this is an indoor vocation .

One suspects it has more to do with the hypocrisy of moral outrage than an intrusion into her proper job .


Makes the use of handcuffs a little more interesting .

[Strafin]

Maybe Thames Valley Police would care to explain what their problem is with one of their employees having a second income ?

Unless you know something we don't, TVP haven't said they have a problem with it, the officer resigned. Presumably this sort of activity is considered to leave one in an uncomprimising position and therefore much more liable to blackmail. If she was also participating in illegal prostitution, (not in the article but normally what is meant by escort), then the ramifications are more serious as you can't have law breakers upholding the law.

[GMR]

Unless you know something we don't, TVP haven't said they have a problem with it, the officer resigned. Presumably this sort of activity is considered to leave one in an uncomprimising position and therefore much more liable to blackmail. If she was also participating in illegal prostitution, (not in the article but normally what is meant by escort), then the ramifications are more serious as you can't have law breakers upholding the law.

The officer 'resigned' but was she pushed or did she jump? I would imagine that she was pushed. Why now does she suddenly resign? When or bosses found out about it.

I think things might have been handled differently if she was moonlighting in another trade. There is still discrmination in the forces.... in fact in all walks of life.

[Iommi]

I think to be a Police Officer requires certain standards and being an 'Escort' on the side is inappropriate.

[JeffG]

There is still discrmination in the forces.... in fact in all walks of life.

It's hardly discrimination. I agree with Iommi.

And was that a slip of the keyboard? The police service isn't part of "the forces".

[GMR]

It's hardly discrimination. I agree with Iommi.

And was that a slip of the keyboard? The police service isn't part of "the forces".

It should have been 'forces' and police force.

We don't know the full story but I bet discrimination played a part. Besides, they are not going to tell you that they discriminated against the girl.

[GMR]

I think to be a Police Officer requires certain standards and being an 'Escort' on the side is inappropriate.

It depends what sort of escort she was; the article didn't elaborate. All police officers should be treated equally and if they allow certain types of moonlighting then that is discrimination.

[JeffG]

It should have been 'forces' and police force.

But there is no such thing as the police "force". Which is why I commented.

[GMR]

But there is no such thing as the police "force". Which is why I commented.

You've lost me. According to the dictionary and other definitions on the internet there is. There is also a police force recruitment site. Am I missing something here?

When you said that I thought I spelt it wrong as I suffer from word blindness. But, no...

[JeffG]

OK - sorry, I take that back. I have read on countless occasions that the Police are a service, not a force, and don't like being called that. However I see that on some of their own web sites they call themselves a force.

Googling "police force" (UK only) is quite revealing.

I was probably getting confused over the other misnomer of calling non-police "civilians", since the police are civilians, too.

[Anon2]

It should have been 'forces' and police force.

We don't know the full story but I bet discrimination played a part. Besides, they are not going to tell you that they discriminated against the girl.

Indeed, according to reports, it is still under investigation. Are you saying that if this involved a male Officer working as an escort then it would have been handled differently?

[Chesapeake]

Maybe Thames Valley Police would care to explain what their problem is with one of their employees having a second income ?

I know if you drive for a company then a second driving job is a no no , but as far as my limited knowledge of these things takes me this is an indoor vocation .

One suspects it has more to do with the hypocrisy of moral outrage than an intrusion into her proper job .


Makes the use of handcuffs a little more interesting .

Ok lordtup, not sure what planet you're on but would you really be happy with a law-breaking (prostitution is against the law in the UK) police officer investigating a crime that was committed against you? Would you question her scruples at the very least.? Would you trust her seeing as she swore an oath to UPHOLD THE LAW? Would any court be happy with her attending, as a Police Officer, to give evidence against another criminal?

I think that you will agree that it is a conflict of interest if a Police Officer was allowed to earn a second income as an "escort" male or female!

[user23]

Ok lordtup, not sure what planet you're on but would you really be happy with a law-breaking (prostitution is against the law in the UK) police officer investigating a crime that was committed against you? Would you question her scruples at the very least.? Would you trust her seeing as she swore an oath to UPHOLD THE LAW? Would any court be happy with her attending, as a Police Officer, to give evidence against another criminal?

I think that you will agree that it is a conflict of interest if a Police Officer was allowed to earn a second income as an "escort" male or female!

Being an escort is perfectly legal and the services of escorts are often advertised in the media.

I think you are confusing it with prostitution which is an entirely different thing.

[GMR]

OK - sorry, I take that back. I have read on countless occasions that the Police are a service, not a force, and don't like being called that. However I see that on some of their own web sites they call themselves a force.

Googling "police force" (UK only) is quite revealing.

I was probably getting confused over the other misnomer of calling non-police "civilians", since the police are civilians, too.

You had me worried there, I thought I was going mad.... not that that changes anything

[GMR]

Indeed, according to reports, it is still under investigation. Are you saying that if this involved a male Officer working as an escort then it would have been handled differently?

By the polices own admission there are still prejudices within the police force; racial and sexist. As you know that if you commit a misdemeanour you go in front of your superior or a panel and then he/ they decide. Each individual/ panel can give a different outcome.