London: Riot police claiming that insufficient toilet breaks drive them to ””incivility, impoliteness and intolerance””, are demanding to be “relieved” every 45 minutes so they wont have to concentrate on not wetting themselves.
Members of the West Midlands Police Federation complained of a ””lack of comfort breaks”” during pre-planned public order duties in a survey, reports the Daily Mail.
Bryan Higgins, lead on health and safety for the force””s federation, said officers cannot carry out duties effectively when they are desperate to use the toilet.
He told Police Review magazine: “If you have not been able to go to the toilet and you desperately need to go, you are not going to be concentrating on the task in hand.
“You are going to be concentrating on not wetting yourself or not making a mess of yourself. It does cause major problems.
Higgins revealed incivility was the biggest cause of complaints against the force, and warned the situation would be made worse by a lack of officers.
He demanded public order officers should be rotated from the front line after 45 minutes and forces must review ””safe staffing levels”. (ANI)