On an anonymous corner of Reddit, rank-and-file police officers have been lifting the lid on life behind the thin blue line. In post after post on the Police UK forum, the picture that emerges in one of exhaustion, anxiety and collapsing morale. Ms Mahmood intends to cut the current 43 constabularies to 12 'mega forces' more focused on serious and organised crime. One former officer tells how he resigned after being subjected to a misconduct investigation in which he was ultimately told he had 'no case to answer'. Police officers also use the forum to discuss colleagues - and superiors - hauled up for alleged wrongdoing.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2026 13:15 UTC