MET officer, living my dream job somewhere in the big city👮🏻💙 Response team officer! Response driver & X2 Taser Officer! All views my own🚔
#ThinBlueLine
All I see here is an off duty officer, a colleague, put himself in harms way to protect others. Always on duty! Solid technique and so professional under pressure… I work with heroes!
The shock I got while driving to see a man grab a white boy from his neck off his bicycle and struggling forcefully with him- OMG. Got out to try to stop it/make sure the boy was OK. It was an off duty police officer-he said the boy had a knife & had threatened other kids.
Had a rest day cancelled today to go in on a “personal development day” before I start my set of 6 tomorrow. Did I get any of my admin done? No. Did I staff up the core team instead as they paraded 15 below minimum strength? Yes.
#ResponsePolicingWeek
Been restricted for 7 months now for something I didn’t do, no end in sight & a shocking lack of updates from DPS. Who holds them accountable? I’ve honestly had enough. I thought this job would be better but is there any wonder so many officers leave when we get treated like this
Off hours late yet again because of CONNECT, so so annoyed. Why have the MET spent millions on a system that doesn’t work and isn’t fit for purpose? With COPA I would have been home with my family and in bed hours ago, not acceptable
Yesterday I was first on scene to my first “train strike”. Absolutely awful scene, the images will stay with me forever. It’s so sad that we can’t save everyone, always the hardest part of the job! Incredible professionalism by all involved as always though💙
Excited to have been rewarded for hard work with a
#Taser
@axon_uk
course next month. Any advice on what to study on in preparation? Already got NDM, UoF legislation…
Job friends, what’s the best way to go about speaking to someone about MH struggles please? Don’t really want it to be official through work but I can’t wait 16/20 weeks for an appointment with someone through my GP😩
#mentallystruggling
Officially a Taser trained officer💪🏼⚡️⚡️⚡️ enjoyed the course so much, even if it was the most intense 3 days I’ve ever had!
#TaserTaser
@axon_uk
X2 great bit of kit!!
After some advice job friends… I’m fed up on response and am unsure whether to ride it out in the hope my mindset will change or look for something else within the job… Any advice is welcome please🙏🏼
Many things can be said about this, weapon retention, range etc. and also about his oppo and her movement/reaction. What I will say is, non Taser officers get ZERO training on what to do if in the situation she was in. Maybe it’s time we actually look at this🤷🏼♂️
@ShortArmOfLaw
Keep on doing what you’re doing Jay, ignore the hate from the keyboard warriors who would be the first people to call us, the police, the people you give much needed support to, if they were ever in trouble! We all love you dude!🚔👮🏻♂️💙
@WecopsCaroline
100% agree. I’d want to be posted with him every shift😂 very selfless, yet another good news story of the things we do every day to protect the public, without any recognition or praise, just because that’s who we are💙
My team today will be losing our most experienced PC, they are retiring after serving in the Met for 30 years, all of which was front line policing, simply incredible💙 he will be sorely missed by our team and is a big loss to the job too!
Tomorrow is the start of 3 days on the bounce of Level 2 XR aid in central London. They’re going to be very long and challenging days with other events on in London too, stay safe whoever is working team👮🏻♀️👮🏻♂️💙
We got a new governor on our team today, let’s just say their opening speech to the team firmly set out that they aren’t here for the long run and will be gone as soon as the desired posting arises… what is the point 😂🤦🏻♂️
@MattTubaMan
I follow silently to most but I felt like I needed to say to you… keep doing what you need to do to help yourself mate. I think more people should be honest about how they feel and you are showing others maybe in a similar situation, that it’s ok to talk! My DM’s are open FYI💙
@grahamwettone
@Brick_Cop
I will do boss, appreciate the words! It was a tough moment and instantly had everyone’s levels veryyyy high, but we got through it without any further incidents! And what an honour it was to be there as well!!👮🏻♂️🇬🇧
Had a drink/disqual driver in court yesterday who I remanded for committing these offences TWICE in 4 days. Been disqualified from driving for FIVE (5) years and imprisoned for 14 weeks. A brilliant result if I do say so myself, hopefully he now sees how serious it is!
#fatal5
Had a drink drive court result this week, he blew 108 in custody and has now been banned from driving for 28 months and will have to do unpaid work and pay costs 💪🏼
#dontdrinkanddrive
@ResponseMonkey
Literally the exact same as us tonight on the late, including a large public order situation with officers assaulted/burnt by fireworks🙃
A male who threw scalding water at officers has pled guilty to assault on an emergency worker x 2 and a racially aggravated public order offence. He was sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment suspended for 2 years, with £350 and £150 compensation for the officers involved.
@PcMidlife
Mate I went out on my bike a lot, engaged with MOP’s, learnt the ward and carried out high vis patrols, weapon sweeps, EWMS door knocks, drugs warrants and the list goes on… I felt exactly the same as you at the beginning, after a month it was absolutely fine👍🏻
@specials_101
2/2 for this to happen and even if it did, it would be to decompress after an awful call before you’re sent straight out to the next one. Plus there’s no point in tying up IRV’s to lengthy S’s when you sink half way through the shift most days and then need them free🤷🏼♂️
Thank you for a lifetime of service Your Majesty, it was an honour and privilege to serve under you and swear the oath I did to you! May you now rest in peace 🇬🇧
#hermajestythequeen
@specials_101
Have you worked on different teams whilst being a SC? Sounds like you’ve got a problem with specific people. It’s disappointing to see this, I can tell you from first hand experience on a busy response team in the MET, no one on my team does this. We don’t have enough people 1/2
So we have a new feature in the changing rooms it appears… my question is why? Plugging the plug into the normal sockets has always worked just fine😂🤷🏼♂️
@toniwriter
I’m currently going through a gross misconduct issue and the support is non existent… I look forward to reading your thread/article, and thank you for everything you do to support men like me!
Just watched the new
#TopGun
film, all I can say is WOW!!! Best film I’ve seen in a long long time, and the best thing is it doesn’t spoil the original either!
#youcanbemywingmananytime
Have been on Aid this week for the practice in preparation for Her Majesty’s Jubilee celebrations next month, and although it has been hot and long at times, I had a wonderful chat with a retired Supervisory Special Agent from the DEA who kindly left us these beauties!
#mademyday
Sat up the hospital with a 136 patient who has been on it since the early hours, no beds available in the place of safety so we are just sat here for hours waiting for a bed to come available…
#ResponsePolicingWeek
@DanielRIvey
Sir, surely it would be beneficial for yourselves at higher ranks to get involved with PPST alongside FLP officers? I know it would give a morale boost if we were able to enjoy the training with some SLT who we could talk to in a more informal environment whilst still learning?
@pc_blondie
My area covers two London boroughs, approx 500,000 population and we are meant to parade 38 but it’s normally less and we sink every shift near enough
@ResponseMonkey
Just over 2 years, so I know it’s not long at all in the grand scheme of things and I’ve got so much more to learn. However I just feel like it’s constantly call to call to call without let up and then you’re chased by skippers for results/paperwork to be done all without…
@ResponseMonkey
A break to process anything or eat etc. Just don’t feel like I’m doing much to help genuine victims and I don’t have time to investigate as thoroughly as it could/should be done. You continue to put yourself out there and get no thanks, just more nagging for things to be done!
@Just_A_PCDA
@axon_uk
You’ll be fine, just remember what you’re taught and don’t over complicate the answers in your head. If it’s right there first time in your head, don’t second guess it
@ItsWeary
Was advanced in the prison service for a good number of years, I absolutely loved going to Kidlington or Doncaster for our training! A proper graft but a brilliant time and very well delivered too, the nationals are brilliant!
MET followers can you please assist me with an enquiry🤞🏼 If a car is seized in Another force and the original crime was reported in Walthamstow, which car pound would it go back to? 🤔🚓
@PCKATIE
I don’t know it’s kind of the norm from what I’ve seen with colleagues too… we have 2 officers from our own team who stay in and carry on with crimes that get put in the governors pot for extra enquiries/caution +3’s so that helps but even without them I wouldn’t have that many!
I’ve got a bit of OT coming in this coming pay packet, and I desperately need a new pair of job boots as mine are, well… let’s just say at the end of their life😂 what do we recommend please colleagues? 🥾👮🏻♂️
@fatwhitebloke
Unfortunately now it’s usually the Inspector that makes the decision or is told about it and is happy to allow it, how times haves changed
@PCKATIE
@AnotherMetPC
@KugaCop
See we don’t keep any domestics, all robberies & burglaries go to our BRIT, CID only take certain things but that’s the same old with all of them… team only really keep low level thefts, POA etc
I’ve been asked to be involved by a number of people in next week’s
#ResponsePolicingWeek
🤦🏼♂️
Quite frankly I think it should be cancelled.
We currently wish to rebuild trust and confidence in the Police Service.
Our core function is to detect and prevent crime and respond to
@AnotherMetPC
Yeah I hear you mate! I am quite good at taking stuff in anyway so I wouldn’t suffer too much with that, but I know a LOT who do😂 really? We get Aid warnings all the time for it if it’s ongoing/big!
Tell me you don’t know what Response is by showing me you don’t even know what ERPT stands for…😂
Honestly! Come on!? It’s not hard! EMERGENCY RESPONSE PATROL TEAM.
It’s apparently Response Policing week and we can’t even get the name right…🤦🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
#ThinBlueLine
🤦🏼♂️🚨
@CakeLegislator
a colleague was late for his early car by half an hour yesterday. He reckons because it was for a medical reason he doesn’t have to bring in cakes, but won’t tell us what the reason was and appears fit and healthy to us… it’s a fine right?! 🍩🍩🍩
The first night duty changed to a core late shift on Halloween, then only got 3 rest days as we’ve also been given an extra early turn next set on our last rest day, to cover core team again on the 5th…
#Shafted
#Ihatehalloween
@pc_ptsd
Did you challenge them? I’d have lost my s**y and offered to swap for the shift to remind them what it’s like now on the frontline… oh yeh, what department?👀