Thanks but no thanks Sandy,
Mrs May kicked police morale into the long grass long before austerity cuts and budget restraints when she,herself was Home Secretary.
Mr Moore ,I would suggest ,has a very short memory if he cannot remember the reception that Home Secretary May received by rank and file members of the PF at their conference.Frankly it was embarassing but I suppose Moore,being a senior officer, only attended Superintendent's and ACPO meetings.
It was senior officer toadies who pandered to govt from the altar of Political correctness when Commissioner Blair was in office.
What's up?. The Government starting to feel the heat after their treatment of police officers! Pay for police officers now is less than what I earned 21 years ago as a senior constable when you consider there is no rent allowance or single or married police accomodation in central London. Same for nurses. No nurses accomodation any more.
Prospective Police officers now have to pay for courses,as do nurses, when they enter the various stages of entry including a worthless year or so as a PCSO.You do not need University degree knowledge to be a police officer.I have a long letter from London Police Pensioner magazine from a father of a trainee police constable who explains the ridiculous hoops his son has to jump through.. It is enough to put any one off joining. Unless Mr Javid intends to overthrow his boss then this country gets the police service the government thinks the electorate deserve .I wouldn't waste the ink in my pen.
My Great Grand father,father and myself could count about 90 years of service in the Force,as it was,and they will be turning in their grave when they see a Detective superintendent suspended for saying "whiter than white." It seems the importance of experience can well be afforded for sacrifice on the altar of Political correctness.
That nonsense is part of the problem of police manpower shortages.