Thread: Boycott 'The Petone Gunshop"...

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I got plenty out of that Rushy. Basically he said his lads were too busy writing death reports at the bottom of the cliff. As a result of this he would like to remove everyone's legs to stop anyone getting to the top of the cliff. Unfortunately he completely missed the opportunity to just send a couple of his lads up the hill to turn the few walking to the cliff away.

Basically his lads need to get back to basic policing and stop the rot at a much earlier stage. This needs the backing of the Police hierarchy, courts, parliament and the rest of the good people of this country.

O'Conner is a union official. He has no more say over police operations than the Maritime Union do over the bosses at Ports of Auckland or Tauranga.

Originally Posted by systolic

O'Conner is a union official. He has no more say over police operations than the Maritime Union do over the bosses at Ports of Auckland or Tauranga.

Yes, and the inference is that they are members of the Police force rather than a knitting circle.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Yes, and the inference is that they are members of the Police force rather than a knitting circle.

Surely they would Mike Bush's lads then?

Most union presidents or representatives I've dealt with over the years want their members to do less work, not more.

Why would the police officer's union be any different?

Originally Posted by systolic

Surely they would Mike Bush's lads then?

Most union presidents or representatives I've dealt with over the years want their members to do less work, not more.

Why would the police officer's union be any different?

Quite right there too. But I think the guts of the submission is to improve his members safety which is fair enough.