Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
Are you telling me (I have lived in Spain for 21 years) that police officers, on the beat in UK, must reach certain targets for reporting and arresting people ?

If so, can you please direct me to where I can read up on it.

Thanks, John

Sorry to burst your bubble, but since this shower has been in power I havent trusted a cop very much.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/49007-ca...arrest-targets

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...e-1870416.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-database.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6656411.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7145860.stm

Just a few pointers here, but you could google to your hearts content...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...olice++targets


Now, as you well know, poo flows downhill....

And because of this the pc plods, are given targets for arrests, and anything associated with it.
It must be Christmas all over again, when they attend a domestic, and everybody and his wife have to be carted off to the nick.... bingo.... detection rate doubled.... I won't get a rollocking from him with the fruit salad on his hat....

A DI I know well, wanted to stay on, for another couple of years after his official retirement date, so to get some extra brownie points with the pension.
He didn't for desperation.
He's happy as larry, now, working the security desks for his local council.
Besides he is only working to stay out of his wife's way.... Not for money.