West Midlands Police officer resigns after using force’s Twitter account to message gay men
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Sound’s a bit heavy-handed to me!
I’ve worked in partnership with the Police and sometimes the only contact I had with the police was through official methods. Like if I wanted to get to know them better or inviting them to an event.
I have found out he was an ‘un-paid’ volunteer who worked 320 hours last
year!
Sounds extremely heavy handed what damage would he have done to the Force because of his behavior?..nothing
take disciplinary action for use of social media,,the world we live in..shhhh!.
#Iwould
Most cops are scum so I suspect the motive for this decision was anything but benign.
as the saying goes it takes one to know one
We really have not been told enough. Was he using an official Police account for quite explicit hook-ups or sharing sexual fantasies, for example? Would a heterosexual officer be similarly disciplined for equivalent behaviour? Defining the reaction as ‘heavy-handed’ surely depends on the answers to these questions.
I agree. We need to know exactly what he posted before forming any views.
As long as he wasn’t harassing people against their will or something, I don’t see why this is big enough of a deal to make him resign over it. At least maybe a suspension or something like that but to make someone resign after a decade of service over something like using a computer for personal use seems silly unless they’re covering something else up.
There are two important issues here.
Would the outcome have been better for him, if he had been using police time and resources to message women? Perhaps, the outcome would have been different but it shouldn’t be. That’s the test for homophobia.
He pre-empted the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings by resigning. I’m not enamoured of the police but this case is not a clear-cut one.
He was thinking with the wrong head
Who cares, I wish he’d messaged me.. haha
Whats all the fuss about…another good guy bites the dust…
damn shame. He’s gorgeous!