The 14 Words

Monday, 1 November 2010

Erm hang on sir, I can't come to your aid until I've filled this form in... ffs


What kind of idiots would tell police to tick 238 boxes on a safety form before they save a life?
Ticking the boxes: Can one imagine anything
more ridiculous than having to fill in this form
just after a terrorist bomb has gone off?
Health ’n’ safety? It’ll kill you. Or so runs the long-standing joke. What was once thought of as black humour, however, now turns out to be all too horribly true.


  • The 238-hazard checklist police must fill in before they can leave the station



  • A document that ­surfaced yesterday ­illustrated the almost unbelievable extent to which health and safety regulations are preventing our emergency services from saving lives. This was a three-page risk assessment questionnaire, which Metropolitan Police officers have to fill in before they can intervene in an emergency.

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