Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Predatory behaviour and watching porn on duty: UK’s rotten policing revealed" video.
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There's a vast distance between workplace banter and assault of any kind. Trying to link those things together or act as if they're as bad as each other is a disgrace.
I'm sorry but some industries have offensive banter as part of their process for dealing with the job they have to undertake. It's not just law enforcement, it's every military force, it's all emergency services. It's mining, it's people on oil rigs and in steel foundries, it's electrical linesmen, builders and crime scene cleaners, it's shipbuilders, etc.
If you're the type of snowflake whom is easily offended, don't join those types of industries. It's like this in every country on the planet. Trying to shut down that type of banter inside these kinds of industries is exceptionally dangerous. If you don't understand why, you don't get to have an opinion on this.
The complaint about the length of disciplinary procedures acting as if it's only law enforcement is dishonest. All government agencies have disciplinary procedures which make it exceptionally difficult to fire an employee. Try getting a teacher sacked. Try getting someone at the DVLA fired. Someone working for the NHS. It's incredibly difficult, even internally, even when it's management leading the charge and their incompetency is well evidenced. Government employees are protected. Labor brought that in.
Vetting for UK police forces is an absolute joke. It's bearly existent. Vetting needs to be fixed across all areas not just passed criminal activity. Fitness, strength, IQ, etc are all set up in such a way as to wave everyone through. They do their international standard beep test across 15m instead of the global standard of 20m, because everyone except very young children and the infirm can make it to level 5.1 on 15m. People with disabilities or injuries that would disqualify them from any other service in Europe get hired in the UK. There is no grip test across many of the UKs police services. In some UK police services they don't even have to complete a timed obstacle course to demonstrate their ability to handle the requirements of a foot pursuit. These are standard tests the western world over and the UK has discarded them.
This isn't just a problem of "bad apples". There are many very nice people in the various UK police forces whom also shouldn't be wearing the uniform because they would be disqualified anywhere else.
Law enforcement requires a very specific type of person, with an above average IQ and a very specific body type. I'm not going to lie more men than women have that kind of body type but some women have it too and they should be included. What shouldn't be included are people, regardless of gender, whom lack the necessary qualities to safely and effectively perform the job.
That includes a thick skin, because anything you hear in workplace banter is going to be mild compared to what you hear every day on the street performing your job.
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