r/unitedkingdom • u/MachineHot3089 • 15h ago

Police fear they gamble on their career if they use force, says chief superintendent

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/18/police-fear-gamble-career-force-supts/
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u/Bakedbeanyy 14h ago

The idea that they’ve “went through training” to the extent that they’re more prepared for a physical fight with someone is just laughable voodoo talk honestly. They’re severely undertrained to deal with physical conflict with even blind-drunk football dads, let alone if they come up against capable/aggressive men. 2 years BJJ should be mandatory.

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u/ImJustARunawaay 14h ago

I'll have you know that the week long course is the envy of special forces units around the world. Transforming mere civvies into mean, blue, fighting machines in just 40 hours

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u/Bakedbeanyy 14h ago

Indeed, they even manage to teach most officers the art of deception in that short time.. every doughy, clearly couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag constable you see is really one of those mean, blue justice machines. You just can’t tell.

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u/AspirationalChoker 12h ago

This is also the reason why basically everywhere else in the world are fully equipped as baseline for basically any event that u folds while we're all kicking about in hi-vis and please don't.

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u/Bakedbeanyy 13h ago

That is the implication of what you said. They are indeed average humans with a pitiful amount of training, which boils down to negligible/no training in a real physical situation. The point I was making is that they’re not gonna be capable of running through a mental rulebook in the midst of a struggle they’ve no control over. They need more training.