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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:37 pm Bit like Clockwork Oranage isn't it?
“Our pockets were full of deng, so there was no real need from the point of view of crasting any more pretty polly to tolchock some old veck in an alley and viddy him swim in his blood while we counted the takings and divided by four, nor to do the ultra-violent on some shivering starry grey-haired ptitsa in a shop and go smecking off with the till’s guts.” :winker:
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f*** 'em
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Did you get another speeding ticket??? :D
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SammyLeeWasOffside wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:18 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63736573

What could possibly go wrong
A friend has ready had a bogus call
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S-H wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:32 am**** 'em
Football duty aside, I think they do a phenomenally difficult job very well.
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btajim - mcfc wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:42 pm Football duty aside, I think they do a phenomenally difficult job very well.
:-)

Yeah they do an awesome job!

Apart from the fact hardly any of them seem to have a grasp of the laws they are supposed to be enforcing, leading to them breaking said laws.

I am sure there are some who aren't c****. I just haven't met any.

I remember walking home one evening at about 11pm to be stopped by a patrol car . I never give them my details but when I refused to do so, I suddenly and miraculously "fitted the description of a violent offender who'd just made off quite near to where I was walking".

Very very convenient.

They are an utter shambles and the regard with which a lot of people hold them now is all their own fault. f*** them.
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White Goodman wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:27 pm I remember walking home one evening at about 11pm to be stopped by a patrol car . I never give them my details but when I refused to do so, I suddenly and miraculously "fitted the description of a violent offender who'd just made off quite near to where I was walking".

Very very convenient.
Don't think carrying a bag with 'swag' printed across it and wearing a balaclava at 11pm is acting natural. :winker:
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White Goodman wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:27 pm
Apart from the fact hardly any of them seem to have a grasp of the laws they are supposed to be enforcing, leading to them breaking said laws.

I am sure there are some who aren't *****. I just haven't met any.
I've mentioned this before, however pertinent to this thread:

A week before Christmas 2019 I was arrested with no evidence other than a lie made by a fellow human being. I was banged up for the full 24 hours. If the police did any part of their job (you know, like investigating anything) the case would not have gone to the CPS to make a charging decision. Incredibly, the equally incompetent CPS decided to charge. I've no previous and it was clearly bull****. All it was a a lying **** of a person wanting to ruin my life because I put them through a disciplinary process at work (yup, they do exist - I didn't think they did, but they do).

Then followed nearly two years of waiting around in covid for a trial. The jury of course came back with a unanimous verdict in double-quick time. The judge condemned the police and the CPS for wasting tax payers money and everyones time. She then apologised to me that for the stress of waiting around (facing a four stretch if found guilty) and the fact that I will not be able to claim back my legal expenses (pretty much my life savings) - it's called Innocence Tax - delivered by those lovely Tories and the incredible Chris Gayling.

I nearly lost my wife and my kids during this period. I'm still not back to fully functional as the impact this had to my finances and career was significant. Words travel faster than evidence after all.

I don't blame the **** - they will live with what they did deep inside them and it will slowly and gradually grind them down.

However, the ****ing Police, who we are supposed to trust to be impartial, balanced and investigate fully claims to determine if a crime has been committed, can go and f*** themselves. They put me through hell, and as I stand here on the other side, I know that I will never trust them with anything ever again.
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:crossed:

In the interests of fairness, once it was all sorted out, they gave me a lift home because it was raining.

I had to sit on the copper's Gray and Nicholls bag in the back (and no that is not a euphemism for his co.ck before anyone says it)

I thanked them for the lift and then reported them in the morning for failing to observe their own procedures. Only right
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PF. wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:55 pm I've mentioned this before, however pertinent to this thread:...
Was horrible what you had to endure mate but if I'd back anyone on here to have bounced back, it would be you.

If you can bear it, have a look at the Youtube channel Crimebodge.

Time and time again, they get it wrong and face no consequences whatsoever.
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ACAB -- never met a helpful or decent copper. The old "Dixon of Dock Green" type are long dead and gone.

I've suffered a buglary, an attempted mugging, an attempted assault with a deadly weapon, racial abuse crimes and more and never once have they been helpful. Didn't investigate the crimes, just took some notes and Foxtrot oscared.

Also had the police attempt to set me up for football/political crimes.

The only thing they really investigate are murders and assaults where the victims are seriousy hurt. or kids in stolen cars who might harm someone.

You never see a copper on the beat. Hardly ever see a police car patrol but at fooball... tons of them on OT coz it's east to get nicks.
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:30 pm Don't think carrying a bag with 'swag' printed across it and wearing a balaclava at 11pm is acting natural. :winker:
Wearing a balaclava during the day can mean the death penalty in America

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o ... McClain%20(February%2025,by%20paramedics%20to%20sedate%20him.
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No idea what the coppers are like round here, you never see one(even when you call them). The only reason I know there are any is the bit at the bottom of the council tax bill which says how much they're costing me.
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PF. wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:55 pm I've mentioned this before, however pertinent to this thread:..
Surely you could have sued the police and the CPS? That's a classic case for solicitorss who specialise in that kind of thing. You'd be looking at a hefty amount, plus your legal fes too.
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Horrific story PF.

A few years ago I witnessed a fatal road accident. You couldn't have created a more accidental scenario if you tried, with absolutely no fault lying with the driver (harsh as it is to say if anybody was at fault it was the chap who died).

But somehow the police and the CPS saw fit to charge the driver and put him through hell, was only a young chap. Of course the case got thrown out within a couple of days of starting and defence witnesses such as myself didn't even end up needing to be called.

Really opened my eyes to how useless the police and the CPS are. And also what scum some people are, with the prosecution witnesses being prepared to spout complete lies that could badly affect a young person's life just so they could fill the day with some courtroom drama.
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Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:55 pm Surely you could have sued the police and the CPS? That's a classic case for solicitorss who specialise in that kind of thing. You'd be looking at a hefty amount, plus your legal fes too.
I neither have the cash or enthusiasm to drag myself and family through another prolonged legal battle if I’m honest, mate. I was advised of the cost and the timelines (multiple years) and then weighed up the time I’ve got left on this earth (A day? A year? Decades?) to decide how I want to spend it.

Having “he beat the police but died due to the stress of the battle” on my headstone isn’t something that I found appealing enough to run at.
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PF. wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:49 am I neither have the cash or enthusiasm to drag myself and family through another prolonged legal battle if I’m honest, mate. I was advised of the cost and the timelines (multiple years) and then weighed up the time I’ve got left on this earth (A day? A year? Decades?) to decide how I want to spend it.

Having “he beat the police but died due to the stress of the battle” on my headstone isn’t something that I found appealing enough to run at.
I hear you mate and respect your decision mate. I would have gone down the route of at least making a complaint and threaten them with legal action, they usually hate that and settle out of court to avoid publicity but yes, ultimately you have to weigh up the stress and toll it would take on you and your family.

I do think the police should be held accountable, even just reporting it to the IOPC could at least maybe educate some policemen into actually KNOWING the laws they uphold and that hearsay is no reason to arrest, let alone charge someone. I do think a lot of the blame lies with the higher echelons of the police, coupled with the fact that the standards to actually become a police officer have dropped considerably. It never fails to amaze me just how stupid some (not all) cops really are and far more worrying, how little knowledge of the law they have.
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Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:05 pm It never fails to amaze me just how stupid some (not all) cops really are and far more worrying, how little knowledge of the law they have.
Policy officers, nothing more nothing less.
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As with politicians - anyone who wants to join the police force probably shouldn’t be allowed to.
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I wonder what happened to Officer Dibble on here. Always enlightening.
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