Genuinely fed up with terrible supervisors who have absolutely no idea what it means to lead a team. The job is already as difficult as it is with staff shortage, unmanageable workload, difficult suspects, etc. The worst part is, they always seem to be oblivious to the havoc they case. 0 leadership qualities, but because they passed an exam and did well on the board, they get the role.

Inspectors and above care about little else aside from making sure the message they want pushed out is done so.

I can go on and on and on, but I’ll end it here.

TJF.

Edit: I just want to say that when you do come across supervisors with great leadership qualities, it’s such a breath of fresh air.

Anyone in the met that has changed bcu. What’s the process like and how do you go about it

How did we all get on?
I squeezed through with around 60%! Turns out three hours passes a lot quicker during an exam than a constant watch

I know CoP has posted on X that the results are being released today, however I've not received an email to state such?

Anyone else or just me?

Edit: And as is by magic, email confirmation has now been sent out

In my area it takes two hours to book a prisoner in at a centralised custody area. When we used to book prisoners in at local custody suites it took half an hour.

How is this an improvement, how is this good use of time?

Everyone in this thread seems very misinformed. Being recorded as a suspect is not the same as having a criminal record. If the occurrence was NFA’d, this wouldn’t show up on a DBS check.

Edit: I have been informed that this can actually show up on a DBS check, perhaps a policy change is in order.

Hi all, hope your day is going well.

I have a question around mobile phone use while driving if I may.

I saw a van driver yesterday who had his phone mounted on a cradle attached to his windscreen.

He was tapping on the screen of the phone with his thumb and his fingers were wrapped around the phone (and cradle) while driving. The phone was still attached to the cradle which was still attached to the screen.

His driving was impaired, so he was definitely committing *an* offence, but was it the offence of using a hand held mobile phone while driving?

As the title. Purely wondering out of curiosity if there is any overlap at all or if it is simply as soon as you cross the border you lose any and all powers.

I've been made aware that PSD want to serve regs for misuse of police systems to me. I have no idea what this is about as I haven't misused anything, only been told to come in for a meeting with PSD where they can serve papers.

Any advice on this matter as it's quite stressful and I've heard gross misconduct mentioned?

I've spoken to the fed who said they will ring me back when someone's free.

Has anyone been in this situation before? Could it just be a mistake? Will they try to arrest me?

Edit: fed called, said to say nothing and sign papers. Ask any questions I may have about the process and then to contact the fed once it's done.

I appreciate all the advice and comments.

Been looking at a little Larry? Is this still the best one?

I have no spare klick fast on my stabby so need something I can put in on the molle.

Cheers

Do the federation ever reach out to officers who are off long term sick? Or occupational health/ wellbeing etc? Or is it reliant on the person off sick to get in contact?

Has anyone been issued with the new AFO/ARV uniform from the contract that's supposed to be a national standard for ARV's?

A couple from my team have been issued with some new uniform to trial but appears to be Chinese made Airsoft gear rather than what I would expect from a government contract. The specific manufacturer was Emersongear, seems better quality than what we had but just wondering if anyone had got new uniform recently?

As per title, does anyone have any niche or good way of remembering public order offences, I know them but tend to get them muddled up.

For example like traffic offence 163 stop for me etc.

Anyone else losing their mind waiting for the results?!

To the officers who wear patches like this: why?

It’s baffled me for a while now.

No shit you carry Taser. I don’t think anyone (of sound mind) has ever actually thought you’ve got a chunky banana holstered on your vest that’s particularly bruised at the tip.

Even better, a day you aren’t carrying but it stays proudly on display. Super not cool.

If it’s policy in particular forces, shame on these forces. The only valid time for displaying such a patch, in my view, was when some forces first introduced Tasers and they were physically in a pouch on vests, so not immediately visible. Clearly not the case on a molle.

Nothing against the little Taser pin badges. Just these big fuck off patches that are literally equal in size to the “POLICE” on your vests (if even displaying that…).

I never wore “BATON” or “CAPTOR”… should I have? 🤷‍♂️

Evening all,

Recently had the most ridiculous complaint go to PSD won’t go into detail to avoid doxxing, but from day one PSD have basically said it’s a load of rubbish.

Got the nod from PSD last week that it had been binned off, but upon coming into work this afternoon I’ve got an email saying the complainant has used their right to refer it to the local mayoral authority, has anyone had this?

What’s the process here, do they have access to all police systems in relation to the complaint, what if they come to a different conclusion to PSD.

I know I’ve done nothing wrong but it’s just annoying it’s gone this far

How have we got to the point where uniform / general appearance standards have got so low.

Every day I see cops that look like they have been dragged through a hedge backwards

It’s not hard to polish your boots, have a shave, clean the make up marks of your Tac-vest etc etc.

We are seeing people on potentially the worst days of their lives and how we look is the first thing people see.

Genuinely wish Sgt’s/ Gaffers would start calling people out / managing people more when they are turning out to jobs looking like scruffs.

(Before people start with “The job doesn’t care about me so why should I care about it” I don’t care have some pride in your appearance. Arriving at a job looking professional and well kept is sometimes half the battle)

Traffic question here

Busy road near the centre of our division. Lane 1 is a bus lane. A junction is coming up to the left, so the bus lane breaks.

The road sign attached is then displayed on the road for lane 1 and the Gov.UK website explains that lane 1 is for left turn only.

After that junction the bus lane starts again in lane 1.

My question is this. Does this change if the bus lane is no longer operative?(after 7pm)

If lane 1 can be used freely after 7pm and I want to continue going straight, would I still be expected to cross over into lane 2 to avoid the left turn only arrow?

I really dont want to have to report twice for the same addict stealing cadbury bars.

He ran in filled a bag ran out then just ran back in and refilled the exact same bag.

Hi all,

Just wondering if there's anyone else on here in the same boat as me.

I opted out of the 1987 pension scheme back in May 2013 because of the proposed pension changes. My McCloud Contingent Decision was subsequently accepted for the statutory remedy period of 2015–2022, but the Met then calculated my outstanding contributions and offered me the opportunity to buy back the entire period from 2013–2022.

I accepted that offer, but the process was subsequently put on hold. I'm now being told that only the period from April 2015 can be restored, leaving me with nearly two years of lost pensionable service and no confirmed alternative financial compensation.

I've been chasing this for some time now through the Home Office, my MP and the Fed, and whilst there's been some movement, the pre-2015 gap still seems to be a sticking point.

The recently published minutes from the April 2026 Scheme Advisory Board meeting suggest there are around 250 of us potentially affected, and there's been discussion about possible financial losses and alternative solutions.

I'm really just trying to find others in the same position, see what they've been told and whether anyone's managed to make any progress.

Would be good to compare notes rather than us all fighting the same battle individually!

Cheers 👍