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Or at least why she doesn't deserve some of the reactions I've seen.

trobadora has started an interesting discussion about Sally Donovan here, and this was supposed to be a reply to a comment there but sort of got away from me.

A few things first: I'm going to make some assumptions based on what we've seen of Sally, so do shout up if you think they're unreasonable. I'm not an expert on careers in the police, though I do have a good friend in the Met and an uncle who is retired from the police. As a middle class white man (and admittedly as a really nice friendly one) my friend in the Met very likely had an easier time getting to his current (similar) position than Sally, though she's a bit younger than him so it may not be directly comparable. We can assume she's at least of average intelligence and probably a bit better than that.

( So that said, let's look at Sally Donovan for a minute. )

Stuff I keep meaning to post about and forgetting: Poll here about a meta fest - go and take it, even if you just want to read it rather than participate by writing!