Police boss bans smoking
Smokers working for North Wales police have been told to stub out their "nasty and dangerous habit" at work. Chief constable Richard Brunstrom told his officers: "Smoking is a nasty and dangerous habit. Smokers generally have a much worse attendance record and are more likely to suffer injuries at work."
Smoking will be banned in all police buildings, car parks and grounds. Richard Eccles, the secretary of the North Wales Police Federation, said: "We will take legal advice on it. It is not how you should be treating members of your staff.''
Brunstrom has also authorised an internal advertisement that specifically bars smokers from becoming traffic officers.
Simon Clark, director of FOREST, told listeners to BBC Radio Wales that it was ironic that "If you commit a crime and get sent to jail as a result you'll still be allowed to smoke, but if you join the police force to uphold the law you won't."
Sources: Daily Telegraph, The Sun (12 November 2005)
posted by Simon Clark @ 14:42
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Richard Brunstrom, the Chief Constable, is a bit of an extremist anyway. You only have to look at the numbers of people with points on their licences for speeding in north Wales. It's probably the most motorist busted region in Britain and he's deeply unpopular on this count too.
Yes, I'd also like to know where all this "evidence" on smokers having worse attendance records than anyone else is to be found too. Let's get hold of it so that it can be properly analysed!
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