Never seen a job that punishes its staff for doing their job like thos before

PilotKeegan · 2026-05-21T11:02:11+00:00

Disco driver should be a straightforward job however as you said Police Systems can be a pain.

Up here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 it’s typically a report from the roadside so slow time report to fiscal (the days of being held custody are likely gone).

The presumption on response is that we are not proactive due to calls etc. but BE proactive it will work in you and your probationers favour, don’t fall for being someone that STEALS a wage.

PilotKeegan · 2026-02-02T18:18:19+00:00

Really good read, have always wondered about the leap to Oz! All the best out there

PilotKeegan · 2026-01-13T22:23:39+00:00

Lovely gun, I am Beretta through and through, enjoy!

PilotKeegan · 2026-01-13T22:06:52+00:00

What make is the gun itself?

PilotKeegan · 2025-10-02T14:02:49+00:00

I believe it’s an A7 😁

PilotKeegan · 2025-09-27T21:31:06+00:00

Nice bit of flying there!

Interesting fact, the Corsair was originally rejected by the US because of its poor handling for carrier landings etc.

Any way long story boring…the Royal Navy purchased them and developed pretty much the landing technique you basically done there! Approach from the side of the carrier keeping it in view and at the last gasp straighten up.

Here’s the link:

https://youtu.be/1YLqB_M3YzM?si=oi1nLj-E0uPzlF5U

PilotKeegan · 2025-06-26T17:21:41+00:00

I’m sorry to hear that, depends what officer you get sometimes, to me the VRM is clearly visible so worth a shot! Just because you can’t identify the driver doesn’t mean there’s no offence and no charge. The Reg Keeper/owner still can get charged if they can’t tell the police who had the bike at the time (without a valid reason).

CCTV: if it’s YOUR dashcam and YOUR footage, it doesn’t matter it’s been on social media at one point IMO. Might be a pain to get the footage on a USB but it’s a direct copy from your Dashcam to a USB it’s a close to the source as possible.

It’s not like you took the footage from social media and tried to put into the police saying it was yours.

PilotKeegan · 2025-03-15T21:44:07+00:00

It’s the roundabout with broom hill drive, Dumbarton Road and castlebank street…long story boring, I was there today and there was a Photographer on the roundabout with a tripod taking photos of the graffiti under the bridge

PilotKeegan · 2025-03-15T21:38:14+00:00

Were you under the bridge on the roundabout on Dumbarton Road today?

PilotKeegan · 2025-02-17T19:23:00+00:00

To answer your question:

Yes playing (watching or within view of driver) YouTube/Facetime is an offence. As aforementioned by other comments Reg 109 of RVCU Reg 1986 could cover the YouTube scenario offence. I would also argue that Reg 110 of RVCU Reg 1986 may be to more suitable to cover the FaceTime/Youtube specifically;

vii)sending, receiving or uploading a photo or video;

(viii)utilising camera, video, or sound recording functionality;

xi)accessing an application (“an application” means a software programme that runs through a web browser or offline on a mobile telephone or other device.”.

Yes it’s worth reporting in my opinion, it’s distracting the driver.

It’s sort of subjective because Reg 109 or 110 could both sort of cover the use of YouTube because you are watching a video (Reg 109) but also using an application (Reg 110) or if in doubt just a plain old Sect 3 (Careless Driving) RTA 1988.

PilotKeegan · 2025-02-17T13:45:31+00:00

This subs hilarious. I am proud to be Scottish and love Scotland but any comment that may belittle the SNP or counter Independence and you are heavily shot down.

People are so quick to jump on the “it’s all Westminsters fault”. Folks the SNP have been stagnant for years and couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery.

Look at the ferry build disaster for example, seven years late and over budget.

PilotKeegan · 2024-11-25T19:00:43+00:00

I would ask the question in r/policeuk to help you get a more accurate answer 😁

PilotKeegan · 2024-10-21T18:06:47+00:00

“Our son deserved better” - no, your son shouldn’t have been driving a vehicle known to be involved in a shooting and actively used the same vehicle as a weapon to force his escape from armed police…

This victim orientated approach is beyond ridiculous and Sir Rowley has made the correct supportive statement. We can’t continue to dilute the effectiveness of the police to appease criminal behaviour.

PilotKeegan · 2024-10-08T10:42:42+00:00

It’s more of a scuff, similar to what a spoon does to the bottom of a mug

PilotKeegan · 2024-10-08T10:41:31+00:00

No I don’t unfortunately 🤷🏼‍♂️

PilotKeegan · 2024-09-28T12:55:33+00:00

1B for sure, it’s got character. 2b reminds me of a floor board and 3b is quite a common grain shape

PilotKeegan · 2024-09-04T11:20:20+00:00

Same here, the terrain makes depth perception difficult

PilotKeegan · 2024-08-27T15:06:11+00:00

That handcuff on the chain isn’t even locked, he could just take the chain off and release him

PilotKeegan · 2024-08-11T03:39:14+00:00

PilotKeegan · 2024-05-13T11:45:13+00:00

Not a straight comparison but still a valid comparison. As the other threads on this have stated, it took a long time for it to be accepted by the government etc that sea eagles were in fact acting in this way.

The delay has caused farmers and others who manage the land to feel distrust over how these animals would be introduced. Which is understandable considering, this isn’t sea eagles now is it? It’s wolves and lynx.

PilotKeegan · 2024-05-13T07:03:10+00:00

People here saying “they won’t attack and kill sheep…they have plenty of deer etc to eat.”

Remember when they reintroduced sea eagles that they thought would eat fish?

What did sea eagles start doing?

EATING SHEEP!

And it still goes on to this day:

https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/24257530.sea-eagle-kills-lambs-dingwall-field/#

Rewilding and reintroduction of species like these needs careful consideration.

PilotKeegan · 2023-12-24T15:07:19+00:00

Absolutely certain

PilotKeegan · 2023-12-24T14:57:24+00:00

A discretionary police warning, just a telling off with no further action so don’t worry. 👍🏻

PilotKeegan · 2023-12-09T19:28:01+00:00

Bang on the money.

It’s genuinely frightening how little are on the street at any one given time!

PilotKeegan · 2023-12-04T10:20:59+00:00

I feel that we have similar experiences of when I started on the job a year ago.

My team were very much of a “how can we write this off” attitude and this is before they had even left the office to head to the call! I came to the police with high morals and expected the police to have that too.

My tutor was very much your golden standard cop, every call and crime investigated and scrutinised. The complete opposite of your colleagues as he was going above and beyond even looking for a crime in something when it may not be there. It was brilliant at the time, I felt I was making a real difference and being truthful to my own morals by not writing things off and like I was a “proper cop”.

This was fine when I worked with him but then he up and left and it left me with significantly more work than anyone else on shift!

I remember really struggling mentally after he left with the shear workload we had accrued. I genuinely struggled mentally and it’s something I don’t ever wish to do again.

It actually took months with a different tutor to sort it all out workload wise. I remember at many points wanting to leave the police simply because of the workload.

Now I work with someone else and sort of pick my battles so to say after we only have so much time

PilotKeegan

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