This is nothing new. We have a points system in the BTP and we don't even deal with traffic matters. We are activley encouraged to use no discretion at all, and just nick everything to hit our benchmarking targets, and on the strength of the amount of various things we deal with, such as arrests, process and searches, we get graded out of ten. Below 5 or 6 and we have to go and explain oursleves to the governors.
As you can see I am in a real hurry to get off my unofficial suspension to rejoin that load of shit. Policing is all about buzzwords and statistics and the powers that be don't give a shit about your problems with yobbos or drunks or peados unless there is mileage to be gained for figures massaging purposes. Meanwhile all the foot soldiers have to deal with the fallout from this system, and the public end up getting a dejected bunch of fed up and burnt out people who are just going through the motions to get their paycheque.
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