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    Firearms officer who drank on duty sacked by Merseyside Police
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    Firearms officer who drank on duty sacked by Merseyside Police

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    1. klepto_entropoid on

      Not unsympathetic but you can’t do that. Its not OK. Ever.

      Right decision.

      Hope they get help.

    2. IgotAseaView on

      I usually have a pint when playing darts and it actually improves my aim so I’d imagine it’s the same thing here. Unbelievable to sack him when he’s just doing his best

    3. EdmundTheInsulter on

      Just as well he didn’t swap offensive messages on a private WhatsApp and get a suspended sentence

    4. vampiresxsuncreen on

      As well as drinking alcohol whilst on shift as a firearms officer (meaning he could have been called into action with his judgement and ability potentially compromised by alcohol), he:

      >held a birthday party during a coronavirus lockdown.

      >stole property from the force’s premises.

      >sent homophobic messages about two senior officers to a colleague, as well as a racist image to a colleague.

      Banning him from ‘becoming a police officer anywhere in the UK’ is the best decision for the public and the police.

    6. RRIronside27 on

      He was observed by a surveillance officer. Would be interesting to know if this was a chance encounter, especially as he was on call rather than in full kit having a pint with a gun on his leg.

    7. EquivalentIsopod7717 on

      The fact that he was drinking on duty appears to have only been the smallest part of it. He was spotted by a surveillance officer – was that person assigned to monitor him because there had been concerns about his behaviour, or was that just a total coincidence?

    8. Specialist-M1X on

      I don’t care what he did, I’m just glad a policeman lost his pension

    9. Royal_Ad2936 on

      why would you do something as careless as drink on the job let alone be an on duty firearms officer.

    10. ParticularAd4371 on

      not very surprising really (although in any normal society it should be). I have a friend from school who used to hang around with this guy i always considered a right knob. They started hanging out at the end of year 11, bunking off school getting drunk. I have this image in my head of coming out of tesco and they suddenly appeared, completely wasted about to get more alcohol .

      A few years ago i started talking to my old friend again. At one point he started telling me how he now thinks the guy he used to hang around with, is now a dangerous twat. The reason being he said is that the guy he used to get drunk with is now a police man, i think he might have said he was an inspector although i’m not sure on that point. What he said made him realise he was dangerous was they were drinking, and his mate (the cop) drove them home while drunk and broke red lights. My mate told him he shouldn’t do that, and his reply was “mate i’m a cop!” disgusting.

    11. limaconnect77 on

      There was a trainer (active SAS at the time) interviewed (in the aftermath of that Brazilian national being shot, mistakenly, in the underground) about dealing with these types through various courses. Bunch of unprofessional, dangerous (not in a good way), jumped-up wannabe ‘hard-men’.

      Who would have thunk it?!

    12. MonsieurGump on

      In France the CRS (Riot Police) almost went on strike when they said they could no longer drink wine with their lunch in the vans.