Aye seen it many times. Like frogs in a bucket climbing over each other to get to the top. Probably never went on the streets to learn anything but did some fancy project which earned him promotion.We were both PC’s together at Wellingborough for a few months. He transferred in from another force as a just off probation PC. It was fairly obvious to anyone that he intended to get as high as he could. I think he was a Chief Inspector before I had time to blink.