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Post date: 24-Jan-2018 18:21:32
Jonah had a visit from the Deputy Chief Constable today. He wondered what he'd done wrong - as you do when somene more senior than you expect starts taking an interest. I made myself scarce while they had a "chat" together in his room, so I don;t know exactly what he said, but the gist of it is that the DCC thinks Jonah ought to retire in the summer, when he gets to sixty.
Jonah was like a bear with a sore head for the rest of the day. He even snapped at Lucy while she was helping with his physio before tea. I warned Peter not to mention retirement. in Jonah's hearing. I knwo he agrees wiht teh DCC that it's time for Jonah to hang up his truncheon, but now is not the time to suggest it.
The truth of the matter is that the DCC needs to find ways of saving money. They've already announced cuts in the size of the Dog Section, which have gione down like a lead ballon with the troops in the ground. There are rumours that the horses will be the next to go. Basically, Jonah' is being asked to step down voluntarily to leave room for younger officers who haven't got 39 years service under their belts and a full pension to look forward to. I think that's the thing that is really getting to Jonah. He doesn't want to go but he can't justify clinging on to the job if it means that someone else has to lose theirs.
From the DCC's pint ov view, there's also the problem that, if Jonah insists on sticking it out and gets put into any redundancy process that is initiated it will get very messy trying to work out whether they can justify selecting him to go without potentially falling foul of disability and age-discrimination laws. It would make life a lot simlper for him if Jonah wuold simply give notice that he wants to reitire on his 60th birthday.