Recruiting 20,000 Police

[MassDebater]

Whilst I applaud the move, I do have a few observations about the way Police forces currently waste their money:

Someone I know works in IT support for West Mids police, he said they only use the latest, newest versions of mobile phones. Currently they all get Samsung Galaxy S10s! (around £800 a piece to Joe Public, so hopefully the cops have some sort of deal at a reduced rate!), along with high end laptops etc...

Worse, is that they only expect the phones to last a year, and then they will upgrade to the next latest version!

He's heard of cases of one officer telling another to smash his phone, as they'll replace it with a new one and ask no question. The same goes for other IT equipment.

Now I know that you do not need a high end phone anymore, and that ones around £200 will cover everything they could need to do with them.

So even just using a middle of the road phone, switching to a 2 year plan and not going for the highest rated laptops (accessing databases and writing reports, contrary to what the movies, and cockwombles in Starbucks suggest, does not need a load of power) they could save many millions already. 

With their lax approach to the levels of tech needed, I suspect there are massive sinkholes in other areas, being filled with money that could be spent on officers instead too.

[ColliersWoodBaggie]

The Tories are simply putting back, what they cut under May.

[Babel]

Borris Bobbies will be known as “Bobbers”.

[ChamonixBaggie]

Strange that the Tories aren't bleating about a 'magic money tree' when it's them doing it...

[FenlandBoing]

Whilst I applaud the move, I do have a few observations about the way Police forces currently waste their money:

Someone I know works in IT support for West Mids police, he said they only use the latest, newest versions of mobile phones. Currently they all get Samsung Galaxy S10s! (around £800 a piece to Joe Public, so hopefully the cops have some sort of deal at a reduced rate!), along with high end laptops etc...

Worse, is that they only expect the phones to last a year, and then they will upgrade to the next latest version!

He's heard of cases of one officer telling another to smash his phone, as they'll replace it with a new one and ask no question. The same goes for other IT equipment.

Now I know that you do not need a high end phone anymore, and that ones around £200 will cover everything they could need to do with them.

So even just using a middle of the road phone, switching to a 2 year plan and not going for the highest rated laptops (accessing databases and writing reports, contrary to what the movies, and cockwombles in Starbucks suggest, does not need a load of power) they could save many millions already. 

With their lax approach to the levels of tech needed, I suspect there are massive sinkholes in other areas, being filled with money that could be spent on officers instead too.

There was an ex-officer saying something similar on Radio 2 today - that they had spent tens of millions on a new it set up which was obsolete and not fit for purpose by the time it was installed. I hope the cuts have at least taught the local authorities to be less wasteful but clearly we do need more police on the streets and 20,000 probably isn't even enough - also who is going to train them all? How long will it take to recruit that many?

[MassDebater]

Whilst I applaud the move, I do have a few observations about the way Police forces currently waste their money:

Someone I know works in IT support for West Mids police, he said they only use the latest, newest versions of mobile phones. Currently they all get Samsung Galaxy S10s! (around £800 a piece to Joe Public, so hopefully the cops have some sort of deal at a reduced rate!), along with high end laptops etc...

Worse, is that they only expect the phones to last a year, and then they will upgrade to the next latest version!

He's heard of cases of one officer telling another to smash his phone, as they'll replace it with a new one and ask no question. The same goes for other IT equipment.

Now I know that you do not need a high end phone anymore, and that ones around £200 will cover everything they could need to do with them.

So even just using a middle of the road phone, switching to a 2 year plan and not going for the highest rated laptops (accessing databases and writing reports, contrary to what the movies, and cockwombles in Starbucks suggest, does not need a load of power) they could save many millions already. 

With their lax approach to the levels of tech needed, I suspect there are massive sinkholes in other areas, being filled with money that could be spent on officers instead too.

There was an ex-officer saying something similar on Radio 2 today - that they had spent tens of millions on a new it set up which was obsolete and not fit for purpose by the time it was installed. I hope the cuts have at least taught the local authorities to be less wasteful but clearly we do need more police on the streets and 20,000 probably isn't even enough - also who is going to train them all? How long will it take to recruit that many?

From what I hear they just love spunking money on systems that offer no benefits... I suspect someone high up is getting back handers...

I did read that they were looking at giving some of the PCSO's full time jobs, as they are already partially trained.

[Bromley Baggie 2]

Aren't they just putting back the 20,000 officers that were axed by May?

Another question is where is the money coming from? BoJo has announced a £100 million tax break for his wealthy chums, he also said that unlimited funds will be available for a 'No Deal Brexit' and now he's found enough dosh down the back of his sofa to re-implement the officers sacked by the last PM.

Where's the money from, Tom?

[LIMABAGGIE]

May was an utter fucking c*nt.