Isnt This A Little Ott?

[piggynose]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-officer-sacked-for-paying-90p-too-little-for-charity-jaffa-cakes/ar-AAPwJe5?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBoPWjQ

[TheWinner]

not heard that one david small.

[lady-janine]

No definitely not. I bet he knew exactly what he was doing. What would he say if someone else had done it, been caught by the store and he was the officer who attend the action. Would he let them off and say 'everyone makes mistakes like that' or would he take them to be charged for theft? Just interested.

[douglas9401]

Small, David, your presumption was correct, and then you took it too far.

Come out of the '70s.

Where enablers host, they will be toast. (Not Shakespeare)

I like my police like I like feral cats, not to be trusted.
How does that fit?

[Gromit]

No it isn’t. He was dobbed in by his colleagues, who cleanly thought he was a bad Apple.

// he… “had an emotional collapse” which was followed by time off work, the hearing was told. //

So when caught he went off work ( presumably still being paid).

[Mamyalynne]

I agree with Choux's earlier comment - as long as they don't just nibble round the edges and ignore the larger lapses in behaviour they'll never regain our trust.

[1ozzy]

A shonky cop got busted.
Good, make an example

[barry1010]

Stealing from a charity, lying to the police - good riddance.

[dannyk13]

No, he was in a position of trust and he broke that trust.He was quite rightly dismissed.

[10ClarionSt]

After the hearing, a police officer made the following statement, a quote from the article:

"DS Mark Long, of West Yorkshire police’s professional standards directorate, said: “This officer’s actions do not fit with the values of the organisation and he has been dishonest when challenged. An independent, legally qualified chair has found that his breach of the standards of professional behaviour constituted gross misconduct and he has been dismissed from the force.”

[naomi24]

I would sack him. That's despicable. If he can't be trusted with a charity tin he isn't trustworthy.

[burlyshirley]

What bugs me about all this is that Wayne Couzens who murdered the lovely Sarah Everard had done worse things. He drove around semi naked to scare young girls serving at McDonald's, he bragged about his sexual conquests and was well known on the force for his sexual preferences, but no-one brought him to task and he went on to kill. BUT steal a pack of biscuits and justice is IMMEDIATELY meted out. If the vile Couzens had been stopped earlier. Sarah might still be alive today. Makes me sick, frankly.

[barry1010]

Shirley, maybe it is because of Couzens that the force has been so quick to react in this instance.

[Smowball]

Apart from the person manning the particular stall that the Jaffa cakes were on ( and who was probably watching what most people put into the charity tin purely out of curiosity)I cannot see who else would know that he only put 10p in.

[naomi24]

Shirley, I don’t believe one negates the other. In the case of Sarah's killer, the police are without a shadow of a doubt guilty of, at the very least, dereliction of duty - a truly shameful performance - but that doesn't mean this should be ignored.

[dannyk13]

Smow. from the link:-







Smow, form the link:-


//The hearing heard that colleagues raised concerns that the officer had underpaid for the chocolate, and upon further investigation discovered that the cash float was up by only 10p//

[pastafreak]

Was it a charity stall...or a "charity tin at Halifax police station"? Both are mentioned. And was his underpayment mentioned immediately or after. Just wondering. Whichever, it's a despicable thing to do, and why be stupid enough to risk your career for 90p?

[choux]

"A Police Officer serves to maintain law and order in local areas by protecting members of the public and their property, preventing crime, reducing the fear of crime and improving the quality of life for all citizens. "

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/undergraduate/career_path_police.page

I cannot argue with the outcome.

[Mamyalynne]

A better explanation of the Charity stall etc here Pasta.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-58904606

[youngmafbog]

No, it is not OTT for his occupation.

Looking at the story it seems to be a bit deeper than the Jaffa cakes but even so, if you are willing to steal from a charity then what hope has say a well off homeowner got with him in their house?

[Lie-in King]

*If* everything is as it reads, then it was the correct decision to sack him.