My agency required all employees to attend a TWO DAY “diversity” course 12 - 13 years ago. What a farce. I had more fun ripping up the stupid, politically correct indoctrinated moron “instructor” as did quite a few of my peers. Two thousand employees X 16 hours = 32,000 man hours which equals about 600,000 to 700,000 dollars in wages, and bennies. That’s a conservative estimate. I’m guessing the other 90,000+ state employees also had to attend.
I believe that the firemen should have gotten a verbal or written reprimand for driving their engine where it didn’t need to go. End of story. What a weird country England has turned into.
From the article:
"The men had been returning to Avonmouth Fire Station from Bristol's main Temple Fire Station, where they had been called in to cover for other firefighters answering 999 calls. "
and
The firemen - formerly members of Avon Fire Service's Blue Watch at Avonmouth station in Bristol - stumbled upon the session near Circular Road on the Downs in Bristol.
To have witnessed one or more persons in bushes late at night...who could have been injured crime victims or a person needing help....would have been gross dereliction of duty.