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September 15, 2011, 08:27
London: Some British police officers are "barely literate" because the educational standards required to join the service are so low, it was claimed last night.
Tom Winsor, the lawyer reviewing police conditions, said reading, writing and mathematical skills had fallen "significantly" since the 1930s.
And in an extraordinary aside, he said two senior officers told him that standards were lowered to help black and ethnic minority recruits.
The claim was "astonishing" and an "insult" to anyone from such a background who wanted a career in policing, Winsor added. He suggested the public could be at risk if poor academic skills damaged the effectiveness of potentially vital evidence.

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/uk/some-police-are-barely-literate-lawyer-claims-1.866819

Art imitates life. Life imitates art.

http://www.imfdb.org/w/images/thumb/c/c6/ClockworkOrange-WebleyA.jpg/500px-ClockworkOrange-WebleyA.jpg
Thorack
September 15, 2011, 10:19
Ah yes,

A little of the old ultra violence. The US version is "Brawndo its got stuff people want".

Thorack
Ironhandjohn
September 16, 2011, 11:41
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/morganmuffle/Hot20Fuzz.jpg



I'll bet these guys can read...



:wink: :rofl:
Abominog
September 16, 2011, 14:32
Leon couldn't read, but he enforced things pretty well.
dean06919
September 16, 2011, 21:01
Originally posted by Ironhandjohn
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/morganmuffle/Hot20Fuzz.jpg



I'll bet these guys can read...



:wink: :rofl:

What movie is this from?
shlomo
September 16, 2011, 22:28
"Some police are barely literate, lawyer claims"

In New Mexico, that'd put the cops and lawyers on an equal footing.

I dunno what that means; I just heard it somewheres. ;)
Beckman
September 16, 2011, 23:40
Originally posted by dean06919


What movie is this from? Hot Fuzz, from Britain.

The movie does have some FAL action. As you can guess from the photo, it's mostly a comedy. I thought it was so-so, but others may like it more. As you can also see from the photo, they get into a shootout. They wind up using a fair amount of guns, as you can tell by looking at the imfdb entry for the movie.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Hot_Fuzz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Fuzz