Woman inspector 'humiliated' by failing riot test wins up to £30k

Artector42 · 2013-08-24T03:22:53+00:00

Seriously? a 51 year old? Of course she's going to have trouble passing the test. Unless she made efforts to keep in peak physical condition she would have a hard time. The reason to have a standard test like that is so you have officers able to handle actual riot conditions. If you've gotten too old, or too fat to complete the course you probably shouldn't be in the riot line. Screw sexism or age discrimination here, this is just rational discrimination, a way of finding someone best fit for a job.

4man · 2013-08-23T22:49:05+00:00

Financially compensated for being incompetent.

Clauderoughly · 2013-08-23T23:42:25+00:00

"In fact she did pass at the second attempt several months later – after Greater Manchester Police made it easier by raising the time limit to three minutes "

Equality ! /s

giegerwasright · 2013-08-23T23:03:53+00:00

Feminism; The radical notion that women should be rewarded for choosing not to be competent enough to earn those rewards.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2013-08-24T01:06:20+00:00

Jobs apparently exist to placate feelings and not provide a service or good to someone else.

CosmicKeys · 2013-08-23T23:41:20+00:00

Part of this was about age, also part of it was about the fact she had been led previously to believe it was not .

Fucking ridiculous that she would get 30k though. In fact being "humiliated" for being a woman sounds like misogyny if there ever was a thing, it's not men's fault she finds having the body of a woman humiliating.

2013-08-24T09:54:17+00:00

Yeah I also tried to be a rocket engineer but they have this requirement that I have basic knowledge of physics and propulsion, I felt so humiliated, I was discriminated against! Nothing can help me I feel so depressed. But I would take some cash if I can!

2013-08-24T01:40:09+00:00

http://dalrock.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/affirmative-action-brigade-meets-a-real-life-riot/

That’s right! Physical standards humiliated her! Unconfirmed reports have it that her girl power and moxie were both seriously bruised by having to actually do more than dress up and pose in the gear of a riot officer. She was further aggrieved by the officers who would have to ~~make up for her unfitness~~ serve with her should a riot ever occur:

When Insp Bamber applied to retake the shield run, it is alleged that one of her colleagues remarked: ‘She’s got no f****** chance.’

... She could recieve up to £30,000 for her bruised girlpower and the department has now lowered the standard enough that even she was able to pass the newly watered down test. This opened the floodgates for similarly ~~unqualified~~ discriminated against women in the police force:

2013-08-24T01:06:54+00:00

Good news for the taxpayers right?

2013-08-24T01:29:02+00:00

How about next time there's a riot they only send out female officers to respond. /s This kind of bs only puts the public and other competent officers in danger.

Pecanpig · 2013-08-23T22:55:37+00:00

Result: Fewer women being hired because they're a risk.

roadhand · 2013-08-24T15:04:29+00:00

In her ruling, Judge Hilary Slater said Insp Bamber's claims of indirect sex and age discrimination were 'well-founded'.

As a rioter, I approve of this judge. Her insistence on increasing my chances of having to evade or deal with overweight, older officers is a boon compared to being chased and subdued by officers that might ... play on the department's rugby team.

Now lets try for parity in logging/lumberjacking.

Demonspawn · 2013-08-23T22:52:36+00:00

Welcome to "equality"

usemethenthrowmeaway · 2013-08-24T12:41:06+00:00

I applied to join the police and failed on the strength test (which in itself was applied unfairly, everyone else was given a second attempt if they failed it the first time, except they were running late on the day and I only got one).

My strength reading however was FAR above the minimum set for women. Actually the requirement for women is less than half the requirement for men (30 vs 76kg).

I wasn't that far off passing, but obviously the women getting equal pay for that job don't have to perform to anywhere near as strict levels as men. Unless you really do think that an average female police office is less than half as strong as an average male one.

2013-08-24T13:30:58+00:00

What. The Onion is becoming reality...

2013-08-24T20:32:19+00:00

A 51 year old woman? Of course she was going to fucking fail. Sorry, but job of riot cop is too much for most 51 year old men, let alone 51 year old women.

And what the fuck is 'indirect sex and age discrimination'?

Indirect? It's 'indirect discrimination' to choose not to put people in jobs they're physically incapable of performing? The judge wants tax payers paying the wages, benefits and pension of police officers who aren't fit enough to do their jobs?

When Insp Bamber applied to retake the shield run, it is alleged that one of her colleagues remarked: 'She's got no f****** chance.'

I am a 26 year old male and I doubt I would have much chance of running 500 meters in 2 minutes in full riot gear, but you know what? If I failed that run, as I'm sure many, many male police officers have, I would't fucking sue them for discrimination, and I'm sure that if I tried, the court would laugh in my face.

At least, I would hope they laughed in my face.

GenderEqualityKing · 2013-08-24T03:42:39+00:00

Can I ask a serious question?

Why does it seem for some reason that Canada, Australia, and the UK are the "battlegrounds" for this kind of thing and not the United States? Am I missing something here? Are we behind the curve or ahead of the curve or neither?

joedude · 2013-08-24T12:03:09+00:00

Sign this old hag up to be a firewoman too.

nachtliche · 2013-08-24T15:45:46+00:00

Maybe they should recognize having old ladies in riot control positions isn't a good idea, but then that would be "discrimination" and facing facts about age and sex.

2013-08-24T20:36:58+00:00

But remember, women are just as strong as men!!!

madlordofestnoth · 2013-08-25T05:27:42+00:00

The force is required to employ her by law and then they lose money by failing her by set standards and then they have to lower the standards. How is this in any way beneficial for law and order?

pigeon56 · 2013-08-24T18:00:01+00:00

Holy fuck. When will the stupidity stop. I bet it ends in a seriously disasterous state. We will continue this dumb shit until we as a people finally collapse on ourselves.

SkippyMcHugsLots · 2013-08-24T03:23:08+00:00

These are the men and woman that are charged with the task of protecting people and property in times of crisis. They should be the best, and most fit that they can possibly be. In the middle of a riot the rioters are not going to give time to the police to get organized and get in place before they start going ape shit on everything within reach.

On second thought, with the state of government being as it is (The NSA, PRISM, SOPA round II, ect) maybe the governments should employ more people like Diane Bamber. It might speed up the decay of the current system to make way for the next.

yakushi12345 · 2013-08-24T01:06:50+00:00

Anyone have a second source, trying to confirm with the concern about typical daily mail issues being real here.

Title	Woman inspector 'humiliated' by failing riot test wins up to £30k
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Upvotes	107
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Date	August 23, 2013 10:40 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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