well the cheif constables ought to grow some balls and tell thier troops to do thier job, and ignore the guidelines.... unfortunatly it will not happen as the higher ranks become "yes men" to safeguard thier pension and promotion prospects etc.....

And I can relate to it as I am in the RAF, and we have exactly the same problems , and so do most of the government run agencies

Senior staff need to grow spines and stand up for thier men