Playing phone tag
A media outlet I’ve never heard of before recently reported that someone from Police rang a driver after seeing them on their phone while they drove past an officer. Now I’m all for making our roads safer, but did we have to ring them? And that driver answered while they were still driving? My first reaction was facepalm x 2. First, we rang them soon after seeing the initial infringement, and second, the driver answered. Is that two tickets? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
A 'fricking' time bomb
And the word of the month was “fricking”. Our prime minister got a bit hot under the collar explaining the national gang lists while getting harassed by reporters. That will pale in comparison to when we start taking patches off some of those on that list. I can guarantee tactical options reports (TORs) will hit the roof. Those patches won’t come willingly, even with all the strong words from our lawmakers. The meat in the sandwich is us, and I pray we don’t see an increase in injuries to our staff enforcing that law. I’m picking we’re going to have our “fricking” work cut out for us.
God's gift to policing
Kāpiti Public Safety Team 5 recovery of that stolen Buddha statue was a great story. I loved the recommendation to the burglars that they “shouldn’t upset the gods”. Bet they don’t teach that line at the college. It’s rare for a team to respond to the crime, make the inquiries, locate the offenders, and recover the stolen items. With all the 105 business these days, online reporting and different squads, we seem a little removed from good old burg-solving from go to whoa. It was a great photo with the team and the stolen loot, and that muster room looks pretty tidy, fellas. The roof looks like it doesn’t even leak, unlike some other stations around the country. Awesome work.
The letters of the law
A little birdy tells me some people were very keen to take up the “opportunity” to lead a new national project called the “Consistent Operational Deployment Programme”. The what? Are there people at national headquarters that just dream this stuff up and get a prize for the best jingle or acronym? Some of these “initiatives” just smack of a gravy train keeping the unemployable employed. I’m sure someone will explain what COPD (see what I mean about the acronyms) does, or will do, but I challenge them to use plain language that us mere mortals can understand. I know COPD usually means chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but could it also be convoluted obscure police descriptors?
Stay safe out there.
