[Ammi]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Some lose their lives over one outburst.

..yeah they do and they have and obviously it wasn't acceptable and had to incur punishment..but cases also have to be looked at individually and he didn't draw a weapon or put his hands on the driver..if he did have a previously excellent record, I just think that should be considered as well...maybe not active duty for a while but still being allowed to stay in the force..what we saw was the incident and he undoubtedly acted wrongly but we don't know any other factors that might make this likely to be a one off and completely out of character...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah they do and they have and obviously it wasn't acceptable and had to incur punishment..but cases also have to be looked at individually and he didn't draw a weapon or put his hands on the driver..if he did have a previously excellent record, I just think that should be considered as well...maybe not active duty for a while but still being allowed to stay in the force..what we saw was the incident and he undoubtedly acted wrongly but we don't know any other factors that might make this likely to be a one off and completely out of character...

Yeah, if it was a "normal" citizen who'd had an outburst like this, they would probably be ordered to do some sort of anger management course. Looks like this cop could benefit from it

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, if it was a "normal" citizen who'd had an outburst like this, they would probably be ordered to do some sort of anger management course. Looks like this cop could benefit from it

..I agree, anger management is something he should do and then take it from there to see if he is able to return to normal duties...I do agree with LT in that it's a very stressful job and then there may be personal stresses as well that built up right at that moment ..that isn't an excuse but maybe it's something that would never happen again with him and it was one of those one off things..