Thread: Police Fire..... Bystander Safety?

Originally Posted by systolic

10 seconds searching on Google shows this from a few years ago:

Police may be disciplined for discounted food

The Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has threatened to discipline any staff who accept cheap hamburgers and fast food while they're in uniform.

Police officers should pay full price or walk away if the food outlet insists they accept a discount, he says.

His instruction has come after 3 News revelations that police in uniform have been routinely accepting such perks.

A special button on McDonald's tills gives police cheap burgers and it's been getting a work-out.

Mr Marshall sent a letter to staff laying down the law about accepting discounts.

"It is totally inappropriate for a police officer in uniform to consider receiving discounted food from any outlet. In nearly 41 years of service I have never placed myself in that position, a position that cheapens the standing of New Zealand police," the letter says.

"We should not receive a discount for simply doing our job. Retailers have clear motivation in offering such discounts - simply to attract law enforcement officers to their premises."

The relationship between police and McDonald's is long-standing. Many will remember an advertisement where non-sworn officer Ronald McDonald reminds viewers to "make it click".

That deal ended six years ago, but the discount did not despite police back then vowing to stamp it out.

McDonald's worker Siddhata Vyas says police officers normally come in to the restaurant during weekends and weekend mornings "because we've got quite a few drunk people so they come in and deal with that and then expect the free meal".

Since the revelations were made 3 News has been contacted by a number of fast food workers about police accepting cheap or free food, not only burgers but pizzas, fried chicken, and sandwiches too.
And last night a former police officer wrote in saying she'd found it distasteful and unprofessional when former colleagues accepted what amounted to fast food backhanders. She said the restaurants, mainly McDonald's, were equally to blame dishing out discounts to get free security.

Your like Mike CAHILL on ZB avoiding the question with something else and yes google will show that and as mentioned earlier police no longer receive discounts as it went out years ago so i'll ask the question again.

Do you hold the same view on all the emergency services which include Ambulance & Fire who get discounts or just the Police?