2 Sgt's !!!!!!.
Ok lets look at a divisional station during a week day (8am to 4pm).
1x Ch Superintendent, 2x Superintendents (or super Nintendo's), 8x Ch Inspectors, 5x acting Ch Insp, 10x Inspectors, 5x acting Inspectors, 3x Secretaries. (senior Management Team).
SMT will have meetings all day long (in between many tea breaks), example agenda:-
1. Who will complete a community impact assessment for replacing the gay pride flag outside the front of the building with the Union flag next week for the Royal visit and who will be offended.
2. Who in SMT will lead an investigation into identifying the lone WPC seen by an off-duty inspector Saturday night who was being assaulted by four thugs, in order to serve a disciplinary notice on her for not wearing her head dress.
3. Why wasn't last nights 999 call complaining about a dog barking in a racist manner attended to in 20 minutes in accordance with force policy and who will be suspended.
and so on......
The lower ranking SMT will then go away and have meetings about those meetings then home time before it starts getting really busy out on the streets and hence avoid making any awkward and difficult decisions.
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