Comments on: We’re Doomed

By: Southernbobby

Southernbobby — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:05:25 +0000

Keeping a reasonable level of fitness is important in any walk of life. Free gyms = excellent idea. However I would suggest that to keep up with a chav in his/her latest designer chav wear while wearing helmet, body armour utility belt and size10 doc martins would be next to impossible even for the fastest runners amongst us.

By: Plodnomore

Plodnomore — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:16:26 +0000

There was a multigym at my last nick which was used fairly often by a fair few, but not all, of the officers stationed there. One day, I finished nights and thought I’d have the odd 30 minutes to wear off some of the tension. On the door was a large notice that due to Health and Safety requirements, only those who had undergone an ‘introductory training session’ with the Force Fitness Instructor could the multigym be used. There followed the usual official declaration that “XXXXXXXXXXX Force is committed to…., etc, etc”.
Now the FFI worked at HQ, was extremely busy setting up personal training programmes for senior officers at HQ and for playing squash with the Chief during the lunch hour so the chance of him coming out to poxy little divisions for ‘introductory training sessions’ was as likely as Mylene Klass calling me up and telling me she needed to bear my babies. Despite, emails, phione calls and personal visits to the FFI, no sessions took place and for the next 3 months, the door remained locked and then I left. Godness knows what happened to it.

By: Dangerous

Dangerous — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:50:39 +0000

We have a treadmill at work which gets used by a few of the guys. However, it’s now been banned, probably not been passed as “safe for use”. Dangerous thing keeping fit!!

By: Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:13:52 +0000

Gym? What that?

By: Civ_In_The_City

Civ_In_The_City — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:17:18 +0000

But doesn`t Gordo rely on the other parties so he can nick their ideas, twist ‘em around a smidge, and try to spin them to as us a NuLabour wheeze?

By: MetAnon

MetAnon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:04:52 +0000

i dont have any real police experience yet – all i’ve done is roleplays and the like in training, but if officer safety taught me one thing it was that it pays to be fit. If we believe the media, we live in (and police) an increasingly violent world, the hard fact is- the fitter we are the better we can defend ourselves when it starts looking grim, yes people will complain but would they rather be dead

By: TaxPayingFool

TaxPayingFool — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:17:06 +0000

I’d just ignore it – the LibDems come up with all sort of weird ideas and know damn fine they’ll never be in power to implement them. It’s easy to talk the talk, but walking the walk is a little bit trickier.

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:10:11 +0000

It’s not entirely unreasonable. On the plus side as well it can’t hurt personally for coppers to be fit. There does seem to be a few that die of heart attacks every year, whether that’s above average or not though, I don’t know.

By: Tony F

Tony F — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:59:18 +0000

We had to do an annual fitness test. It was the only time I went near the Gym except when on duty dog, and had to lock up. My main role in the military was to fix broken aeroplanes, drink tea, and be shot at. As the enemy always buggered off immediately after shooting, shooting back blind (especially with the old SLR) was never a viable option as the collateral damage may well have been a little unacceptable for British Forces. I suspect if I were in the US military, the odd single aimed magazine would have been acceptable.

By: 200

200 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:09:12 +0000

Andy,
congrats on the retirement, am around about the half year mark now and to be honest, the quicker it passes the better, my debit card is getting seriously itchy…