Couzens should've been sacked by CNC. Instead they wrote him up and pushed him onto someone else. Met needed AFO like Couzens because tories created IOPC and culture of fear deliberately, which had and has adverse reaction on recruitment and retention of AFOs.
Vetting is a lottery at the bezt of times. In the era of DEI where everyone is petrified of saying or doing or writing the 'wrong thing' why would anyone make themselves a target by saying anything remotely contentious?
I agree, any formal vetting process will be imperfect, hence the importance of Training School, genuine probation and starting as a constable; put together this was a tough process even though it was not called vetting.
Most qualified people does not necessarily equate to the best caliber candidates. A great piece on why financially driven ‘change’ usually costs the public sector much more in the long run.
Formal qualifications are a factor to consider imo, no more, no less. Thanks for the compliment, I developed some views from a very readable book called Obliquity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obliquity_(book)
Couzens should've been sacked by CNC. Instead they wrote him up and pushed him onto someone else. Met needed AFO like Couzens because tories created IOPC and culture of fear deliberately, which had and has adverse reaction on recruitment and retention of AFOs.
I will get to the IOPC later in this series look out for - 'On police complaints'
Excellent synopsis, Tris.
Vetting is a lottery at the bezt of times. In the era of DEI where everyone is petrified of saying or doing or writing the 'wrong thing' why would anyone make themselves a target by saying anything remotely contentious?
I agree, any formal vetting process will be imperfect, hence the importance of Training School, genuine probation and starting as a constable; put together this was a tough process even though it was not called vetting.
Most qualified people does not necessarily equate to the best caliber candidates. A great piece on why financially driven ‘change’ usually costs the public sector much more in the long run.
Formal qualifications are a factor to consider imo, no more, no less. Thanks for the compliment, I developed some views from a very readable book called Obliquity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obliquity_(book)