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And I can believe he was making it up about her riding on a pavement (at the very least, I'll bet he doesn't stop many, if any, cyclists for that alone). I have plenty of experience of policemen lying. Haven't been lied to by a policewoman yet, although I did get some bad advice from one about the right charge for a hit, physically assault and run.
It also pays off when you're looking for shop lifters and uninsured drivers/travelling criminals because nobody in a town of this size is stupid enough to shit on their own door step, those that are get caught 5 minutes later when we visit their house.
There are ways and means of developing the skill, this isn't one of them. A person taking pictures isn't a criminal, as i've said before there are some circumstances where not questioning someone taking photos would be bordering on the criminal, ie if you see them taking photos of a securicor van or the front of a bank. But of some police making an arrest?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Man-Suspected-Of-Being-A-Paedophile-For-Taking-A-Photo-Of-His-Own-Son-While-Out-Shopping/Article/201002415560029?f=rss
I expect the security guard to be a bit thick, but it was the copper which threatened to delete the photo's on his phone.
Once again the Met have to pay out for not respecting press freedom, because rank and file officers (not senior Officers, not the big men at the top, your average plod) don't understand the law, nor do they care to.
It's now a monthly, if not weekly occurrence that some example of this comes out. I've seen violent drunks and groups of youths shown more respect than they show to people involved in civil protest and journalism.
The recent history of British Policing is awash with examples of a clear culture of impunity and willful ignorance within certain sections of the service. Members of the public who then remonstrate with them and demand in a civil way that they uphold the law as they are meant to do, are met with contemptuous responses asking them to 'calm down' and 'stop acting aggressively' - where the later is deployed in a ridiculous fashion at the first hint of body language or moving a hand.
Police officers should be (and are) rewarded for doing a very difficult job, but when they fail in that public service post they should be brought to account. Too many officers have shown themselves to have little or no respect for peaceful protest and journalistic freedom needed to hold them to account.
It makes me laugh that debates around failing public services at the moment completely neglect a significant area of failure, vis a vis Police forces (Kent, Met) who have shown themselves to be prejudiced, deceitful, incompetent and ignorant in the execution of their duty, which is to enforce the law and to uphold the freedoms it guarantees.
@Big Gay - massively late reply but I can't believe I missed this first time round - this is ridiculous, this man clearly isn't clever enough to be allowed to use this legislation and the powers should be taken away from him.
from my home town, strangely i've already sent an email to my (authoritarian anti immigrant, pro death penalty, tory) MP to see what he thinks
It just keeps happening - there is a massive problem in this country with Police incompetence; all those people who like to point out that it's only the 'bad side' that we see (which is rubbish - as soon as a burglary is foiled the Constabulary press office - rightly - inform the local media) should consider that this is in all likelihood the tip of the iceberg.
People in this country going about their lawful business should not need to accomodate the ignorance, guile and egotistical bullying of people who are there to serve the public. Too many Police Officers don't know the law, do not fear sanction and are neglectful of their public duties.
The fact that this person attended hospital over something so stupid, where they were appearing to put up no significant resistance is scary...
People should be able to trust the Police! For gods sake, we expect Doctors to have a knowledge of anatomy and to be able to give honest answers to questions relating to health; should we not have the same of the Police with regard to the law? I wouldn't trust a damn thing a copper says to me...and that is really sad.