In 1997 Gordon Brown pledged to cut 90 minutes of paperwork from every officer's shift to make "better use of police time".
However, the number of forms and red tape has increased since then.
One sick day requires six forms over nine pages to be filled in by the Human Resources department.
A further five page form must be filled in if an officer falls ill while at work.
Watchdogs recently revealed that police spend just one hour in eight investigating crime.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7534038/Police-fill-in-up-to-14-pages-of-forms-to-take-one-sick-day.html


Says it all really.

Good. Stop being sick and do your bloody jobs you power-hungry bastards.

Shouldn't that be work shy bastards?

One sick day requires six forms over nine pages to be filled in by the Human Resources department.
A further five page form must be filled in if an officer falls ill while at work.

I havent read the story so expect a kicking when I get this wrong but doesnt this say the Human Resources department fill the forms in not the coppers?

I do wonder if the completely insane levels of paperwork is what's driving the police mad, and in turn generating the power hungry behaviour in some of them.

You aren't wrong. Also the amount of time it takes to fill out has not been mentioned, so for an experienced HR person this may be a drop in the ocean.

Never met a copper I didn't like.

Cut the paperwork and give the guys a chance to do their job of looking after us lot I say.