police cuts... get a grip

yes the police do a crap job at times, dealing with the low life's, the dreg's... the problems that today's society has created. But, no-one forced them, they chose that career path. so the fact that to save money some of the perks are being cut, or tighter controlled, is no different to any other job - especially if they worked in the private sector. Their pay isn't being cut, despite what the unions are trying to say. Just the extra's that some of them have come to expect, to take for granted, to think that they are their's by rights rather than reward. Overtime, by definition, is an extra payment on a adhoc / as n when needed basis. NOT an expected part of your pay packet. same with other allowances - the give away is in the name! As to the job cuts etc, they are facing a 20% cut, other parts of the civil service are facing up to 40% cuts and do you hear them threatening action or complaining so publicly?

Tazer gun's

What next? A man has died after being shot with tazer / stun gun's by police in Australia. But he had to be shot 28 times! This has caused human rights groups etc to question their safety? But surely if he had to be shot 28 times then he was seriously resisting arrest? Who would really want to have that number of electric shocks for fun? And, consider the alternative. If the police felt the need to tazer him, the other option was to shoot him with a standard hand gun. Maybe it's just me but he would have died with fewer that 28 bullets in him!