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This Didn't Take Very Long!
It took just two days to go from this:
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Quelle surprise!
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Quelle surprise!
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"Here you are son. This is a new invention which will protect you and the public from wrongdoers with intent to kill or maim you with a lethal weapon" "What does it do Guv?" "It's called a Taser son and perfectly safe to use and you wont have to use a firearm with lethal consequences and face a Coroner's court and be suspended from duty whilst investigated for...
00:45 Wed 05th Dec 2018
Two(-ish) days in the reporting but 'tactical contact' has been authorised and employed as part of the Met's Operation Venice (to counteract moped-enabled crime) for more than a year now and although that first BBC report included that the IOPC is investigating three cases of tactical contact, the first of which dates back to Nov 2017, none of the cases is in regard of Operation Venice.
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This is what I wrote earlier on Baldric's thread.
// Don't get me wrong.Any method that gets these mopeds robbers off the streets gets my vote. However the day comes when a moped rider parts company with the machine and mounts the pavement killing a pedestrian then the lawyers and public will have a field day .
Only two nights ago there were two cases cited on ITV News at 10 whereby relatives of innocent loved ones killed in a bandit chase were asking for police to be brought to book and charged.
This is not one off. I speak from experience as a former Class 1 Traffic
Officer who was trained in Bandit pursuit driving etc.
If, during the course of a police pursuit or answering an Emergency call a traffic collision occurred involving a innocent party then it was classified a 'Vicinity Only Polacc'. This involved the police driver suspended from driving duties pending an investigation.
I have great mistrust of Politicians and senior politicians trumpeting their new initiatives until the first complaint comes in then watch them back peddle and leave the 'specially trained officers' hanging out to dry.//
As a 'specially trained ' officer of 30years experience in the Met I know better than to believe politicians and politically correct motivated senior police officers. They will bring out these wonderful initiatives to cover themselves and mitigate their failures to the public who once trusted them.
As predicted they back pedal and hang out to dry the very officers on the front line who act in good faith and believe they have the backing of those who trumpet their new initiatives. Lions led by donkeys springs to mind. I could not work or operate as a dedicated and loyal police officer under this type of regime.
// Don't get me wrong.Any method that gets these mopeds robbers off the streets gets my vote. However the day comes when a moped rider parts company with the machine and mounts the pavement killing a pedestrian then the lawyers and public will have a field day .
Only two nights ago there were two cases cited on ITV News at 10 whereby relatives of innocent loved ones killed in a bandit chase were asking for police to be brought to book and charged.
This is not one off. I speak from experience as a former Class 1 Traffic
Officer who was trained in Bandit pursuit driving etc.
If, during the course of a police pursuit or answering an Emergency call a traffic collision occurred involving a innocent party then it was classified a 'Vicinity Only Polacc'. This involved the police driver suspended from driving duties pending an investigation.
I have great mistrust of Politicians and senior politicians trumpeting their new initiatives until the first complaint comes in then watch them back peddle and leave the 'specially trained officers' hanging out to dry.//
As a 'specially trained ' officer of 30years experience in the Met I know better than to believe politicians and politically correct motivated senior police officers. They will bring out these wonderful initiatives to cover themselves and mitigate their failures to the public who once trusted them.
As predicted they back pedal and hang out to dry the very officers on the front line who act in good faith and believe they have the backing of those who trumpet their new initiatives. Lions led by donkeys springs to mind. I could not work or operate as a dedicated and loyal police officer under this type of regime.
"Here you are son. This is a new invention which will protect you and the public from wrongdoers with intent to kill or maim you with a lethal weapon"
"What does it do Guv?"
"It's called a Taser son and perfectly safe to use and you wont have to use a firearm with lethal consequences and face a Coroner's court and be suspended from duty whilst investigated for manslaughter or even worse, Murder"
A week later,
"Come in son and close the door. That nutter you tasered last night when he slashed,with a machete,the WPC you were patrolling with has died of heart failure in hospital. You are suspended from duty until proceedings are considered to prosecute you. Hand me your warrant card and then you are dismissed."
"What does it do Guv?"
"It's called a Taser son and perfectly safe to use and you wont have to use a firearm with lethal consequences and face a Coroner's court and be suspended from duty whilst investigated for manslaughter or even worse, Murder"
A week later,
"Come in son and close the door. That nutter you tasered last night when he slashed,with a machete,the WPC you were patrolling with has died of heart failure in hospital. You are suspended from duty until proceedings are considered to prosecute you. Hand me your warrant card and then you are dismissed."
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