We hired a policeman & it's going really great. Meet our #Maker in Residence @TobyRobertsPi.
"I was a #Surveillance Officer for 15 years, so I built stuff to hide covert video & audio gear. I’d disguise it as something else, like a piece of street furniture or a household item.
During all those years of working with Raspberry Pi, I never thought I’d end up working here; as I’ve always been a #RaspberryPi fan, I’m fascinated to see what takes place behind the scenes."
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-raspberry-pis-maker-in-residence-toby-roberts/
@Raspberry_Pi @TobyRobertsPi "We've hired a surveillance cop" Sorry you've done WHAT?
@pikesley @TobyRobertsPi SOMEONE needs to keep an eye on us. The stuff we get up to on Pi Towers, I swear…
@TobyRobertsPi @Raspberry_Pi @pikesley maybe if you werent fuckin around so much it would be possible to get raspberrys pi
@vegetablegremlin Sadly, they don't let social media staff build the actual BOARDS. Soz if that wasn't clear.
Will he also help you read the room, and recognizing that you are alienating large parts of your community by hiring an ex-surveillance person, not to mention the bad attitude you are displaying against people who criticize you?
@Raspberry_Pi
@vegetablegremlin
It's not the "hiring ex-surveillance" that bothers my the most. You play in a lot of different fields, hobbyist, industry, education etc, so not realizing that some people might take issues with it is kind of understandable. What really gets me is the disrespectful and snarky comments to people who point it out.
@cellularmoose @ @vegetablegremlin
Actually it is part of the point. While this hire may have the best of records and never engaged in anything remotely questionable as a surveillance officer a lot of people ** will ** have issues with this for very good and valid reasons.
A complete lack of sensitivity to those concerns with a fillppant and sarcastic attitude is deeply unprofessional and will cause brand damage.
I strongly suggest you reconsider how you wish to engage on this and other topics.
If you feel you can't engage as I've suggested please let us all know so we can discontinue dealing with you and your company in future.
@simonzerafa @cellularmoose @vegetablegremlin @Raspberry_Pi providing a summary or a list of these concerns would go a long way in educating those of us who are at a loss as to why you would want to cancel a charity organization simply because they hired someone who was employed in law enforcement, especially given that the technology he worked on has gone a long way to protect victims of abuse.
@canoehead @simonzerafa @cellularmoose @vegetablegremlin @Raspberry_Pi not sure how it works in your country. But in my country (the USA), the police don't protect people. (Even the highest court, the Supreme Court of the USA states that the police have no duty to protect you). Couple that with the fact that abusers are drawn to becoming cops because they desire having power over people 😬
