taxeman wrote:
Your Police and vest analogy is interesting, I have no clue where you work/live, but I have never seen a patrolling Officer in one of the safest cities in the UK (Brighton) without a vest, even the community officers wear them.
Oh and Police officers are starting to wear head cams more and more, especially in environments (Saturday night) that warrant it.
Which is the whole point of the CCTV code of conduct, it's use has to be justified, which I'm afraid the figures PROVE it is.
I think that you are getting mixed up with a stab proof vest - and a bullet proof vest/armour. The last time that I spoke to an officer re stab proof - they had to buy their own!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe that has changed, having said that stab proof is not a lot of good for our forces personnel that you neglected to mention.
Before you go down the route of the forces body armour, just remember that a Sargent lost his life because he was ordered to give his armour to A.N.other..................when it comes to money you and I are just a tax earner for them - anything else and you and I will also have to pay out of our own pocket - not for safety, just to keep an eye on you/I, because the L.A's do not trust the judgement that
they made when
they allowed whatever driver take up the position.
The job should not be treated with so much disdain by the L.A's, just remember in all walks of life, "Horses for courses", and that has got naff all to do with horse racing. A proper interview should take place as in all jobs to see if the person is right for what
they want, but that does just not happen, and we carry the stigma of what goes around because of that. To add insult to injury they are now expecting us to fork out of our own pocket to help them to spy on ourselves - safety for us is the bye product and not something that they really care about.