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My son owns a motorbike and we allow him to take it out to ride on private land nearby. Our house is not attached to our garden and we have to cross a small footpath to get on and off our property to a small fenced off concrete section outside our back door. My son has now had three cautions for pushing his motorbike over this small path to get it into our garden to wash it down when we have been out. The police officer in question knows when we go out and when we come back. He sits there and waits for my son to do this and has recently warned him next time he will take the bike from him.
Can this not be classed as police harassment...
I could understand if he was one of those youngsters that ride their motorbikes illegally around the streets, but we act responsibly and take him to a place he can ride safely. He does not ride on public highways or cause a nuisance like many of the kids around here. By the way, this particular police officer just ignores them and focuses his attention on my son. Can this not be classed as police harassment?
I feel he is getting tared with the same brush because his older brother (who no longer lives with us) was arrested several occasions for drunken disorder. This police officer is victimising my youngest son because of the reputation of his older brother which is very unfair. When my son refused to tell him his full name and date of birth on one occasion, he even went as far as saying he probably had a criminal record and that he would get his details of the database anyway. I then pointed out that he was assuming he been in trouble with the police before, to which the officer replied that the family name rang a bell.
Well of course the name would be familiar, this was the same officer who continually arrested my other son! The word "polite" doesn't seem to have any meaning for this guy though and he comes across as a very aggressive individual. He doesn't listen to a word you have to say and as far as he is concerned, he's always right and you are wrong. I feel that the treatment my son has received is very unfair and I wish somehow I could complain about this officer without any repercussion, but somehow I doubt that would be possible.
By: Silvershadow
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They are criminals in uniform . Rotten to the core & with cameras everywhere now they are being put in their place ( James Kidd that pc who dragged & punched that women ?)
I've always said they are a rotten bunch
Whenever she was by a window, the man was always there somewhere in his property looking at her.
One night she came out of the house to put rubbish out and he was in her back garden looking through the kitchen window.
He made some excuse about retrieving a football but none could be found in the dark (or indeed in the daylight next day). What really convinced them he was up to no good, happened several weeks later when they were talking to him over the garden fence and my friend's wife mentioned she didn't eat TV dinners. The copper said, that's not true I've seen the packets in your bin, and then quickly changed the subject.
Needless to say they moved 3 months later, and after that the copper approached me for a forwarding address so he could make contact. I of course played dumb and said we didn't where they have moved to.
I do wonder if setting a thief to catch a thief has deeper meaning and if the line between being a criminal and being a copper is a very fine line easily crossed. After all if your life is crime then could you be influenced to join the other sides when you see our legal system constantly letting criminals go free over technical issues?
Difficult, I guess we all hope we stay clear of criminals, but it appears we need to try and stay away from coppers as well.
For the public that are asking for body cameras their message is simple......"Be careful what you wish for".
Please note...their opinion, not mine. Don't attack me on it.
get them onboard fast!
marmalade
I am sure they are supposed to make us all feel safe and secure in our homes, but do we really need a half-dozen sports saloons and the deploying of a helicopter to catch a youngster on a stolen moped?
I would suggest that the comforting sight of blue serge, and the reassuringly strident blast of a police whistle that are synonymous with the 'bobby on the beat' image, are what most of us hanker after.