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I am always infuriated by people who complain that "the police aren't doing anything" about some petty crime they have suffered. As a policewoman and blogger, I read a great deal of online comment on this matter, some of which you can find me moaning about at pcbloggs. The biggest gripe seems to be either that we take ages to complete an investigation or that we come to a conclusion they don't like.
As far as the police "not doing anything" goes, this is usually the cry of the victim who expects me to drop everything and become their own personal bobby. They do not bother to check when I am on duty before claiming that I do not return their calls, they feel "betrayed" if I have any time off or am ill, and they are constantly outraged that I have been too busy to take their statement or pick up their CCTV. Yet on the three days out of every twenty that I am actually working during a weekday between 6-8pm (the only time they will agree to be seen), I either make an unexpected arrest or I turn up and they are not in. This means a delay of a further three weeks which is out of my control.
As for coming to a conclusion they don't like, just look at the press furore over Donna Appleyard, the woman who got an £80 ticket for swearing at kids. Had the situation been the other way around, the kid would have sold the story that a woman terrified him in the street and no action was taken. I have been given a tirade of abuse by a father who objected to the fact that my investigation proved that the fight in question was started by his son. I have had complaints made that I have dropped charges against people for criminal damage when the only evidence was, "He must have done it". People expect the police to conjure up foolproof evidence (the fool in question being the Magistrate) in cases where none exists.
On top of all of this, we are expected to walk all day along roads in shiny yellow jackets so the public can see us, for which we have received fifteen weeks' legal training.
Next time you are wondering why I didn't turn up to your burglary in time, I was walking along a road three miles away "Preventing Crime", just like you wanted.
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The officers will face gross misconduct charges but not criminal charges
Mr Ullah, 39, died after police forced him to the ground in High Wycombe
Officers alleged that he had drugs in his mouth before he collapsed
An inquest into his death was abandoned in 2011 after discrepancies emerged in police statements
The IPCC confirms that police officers could be sacked !!!!!
SICK AND TIRED OF THESE PIGS , MORE ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THESE CRIMINALS AND OPEN THE PRISION DOOR TO A CAT !
Punishment would carry same maximum sentence as burglary or importing Class B drugs
It will also apply to police who fail to act because of a friendship or other relationship with a perpetrator
New offence will also be seen as further crackdown on police behaviour in wake of Plebgate affair
LOL IL SEE THAT BIG MOUTH PRI!K IN SPAIN WILL SOON BE BACK IN THE UK !
About time I see them dirty bent coppers in their sports cars ? On their salary ?
Explains the cars & luxury life styles they have soon as they retire !
We never see the images of the police getting wrong ohhhh noo that would not be good tv !
Rotten apples
The reason why ? Because big crimes are bought & paid for !
The police are are corrupt gang of criminals !
John Davidson has run the Smugglers restaurant in the Spanish holiday island of Minorca for 15 years since taking early retirement from the Metropolitan Police.
Like I always say how the fcuk does a bacon bit end up in Spain ? Rotten corrupt bacon rashers !
It's obvious he was on the take --- gimme the loot gimme the loot !
Corrupt to the core & rotten apple who get paid to lie .
What a joke !
These criminals also get paid for their malicious behaviour .
National crook agency ! Just a bigger group of criminals in uniform .
Paganman