Eleanor Neale

Now, this role isn't quite as special as it sounds, despite the name,

It was a part-time volunteer role and the vetting process was much different to a full-time regular police officer role.

I'm assuming it was much less strict.

And with that, Wayne Cousins had found his way in.

He got his foot in the door.

He was handed a certain amount of police authority.

So from there, his career could continue to build, and along with it, his power over everyone else.

Soon, he tried out for the Kent police once again for a regular full-time role, but he was turned down, again, this time due to concerns with his finances.

See, Wayne was in a lot of debt and I actually wasn't aware of this, even though it makes total sense now I am aware, but they don't let people in major debt become a cop.

The reason being they'd probably be more susceptible to corruption and bribery from criminals to turn a blind eye to what's going on.

if they were being paid there's not much faith that a man in majorly stressful debt wouldn't be swayed by dirty money like that so wayne was turned down from the full-time officer position but for some reason he was still allowed to keep his special constable role

As if the exact same concern wouldn't apply to that as well.

In fact, surely it would be even more worrying since he's literally doing volunteer work.

He's not getting paid for the hours that he is putting in to the special constable role.

If someone's going to be more susceptible to financial bribery, it's going to be when they're working for free, no?

Obviously, I'm not saying they should have given him the full-time role instead.

More like he should have been encouraged to take another career path entirely.

The police force should never have been a place for Wayne Cousins.

for way more reasons than just his finances.

Of course, you will see very soon.