BiB crashes without insurance!
Discussion
I've just read this story:
www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/131/131268_fury_as_crash_cop_keeps_his_job.html
If this is true, it sends entirely the wrong message to the public. It implies there's one rule for us, and one rule for Plod.
Surely he should be jailed for this sort of behaviour?
www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/131/131268_fury_as_crash_cop_keeps_his_job.html
If this is true, it sends entirely the wrong message to the public. It implies there's one rule for us, and one rule for Plod.
Surely he should be jailed for this sort of behaviour?
Heebee said:
I've just read this story:
www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/131/131268_fury_as_crash_cop_keeps_his_job.html
If this is true, it sends entirely the wrong message to the public. It implies there's one rule for us, and one rule for Plod.
Surely he should be jailed for this sort of behaviour?
It IS one rule for them etc. If you are a police officer you will get treated differently from the rest and there is nothing to stop you using whatever is at your disposal at trying to get off with it.
I am sure traffic wardens get away with their line of work and computer engineers get free computer stuff occasionally (eh-hem
) Its called a perk
I suppose one man's perk is another man's Corrupt Police State...
Seriously, I thought policemen had the book thrown at them in the past if they carried out this level of criminality? Surely it's worse for a policeman to do this sort of thing, than your average numpty? They're in a position of trust, after all.
Seriously, I thought policemen had the book thrown at them in the past if they carried out this level of criminality? Surely it's worse for a policeman to do this sort of thing, than your average numpty? They're in a position of trust, after all.
Well Street if you won't say it I will.
If the facts are as reported then this an absolute disgrace and an insult to serving officers who try and keep the good name of the Police in the public domain.
There can only be one conclusion, Mr Wetblanket, why he has been retained.He should have been drummed out after the Court case.
DVD
If the facts are as reported then this an absolute disgrace and an insult to serving officers who try and keep the good name of the Police in the public domain.
There can only be one conclusion, Mr Wetblanket, why he has been retained.He should have been drummed out after the Court case.
DVD
Yes, I'm very much with DVD and Streetcop on this. If he had simply be caught with no insurance, then maybe he should have kept his job. But what he did was tantamount to Perverting the Course of Justice. It went beyond what was possibly an honest oversight, i.e. the insurance and was very much a deliberate and dishonest act.
The Officer is a disgrace, and I'm disappointed that GMPs Chief Officer did not feel it appropriate to dismiss him.
The Officer is a disgrace, and I'm disappointed that GMPs Chief Officer did not feel it appropriate to dismiss him.
Just another case of plod looking after plod.
I accept that a bit of 'leeway' is bound to happen when a plod is a bit naughty (eg living in the real world of 35mph in a 30), but for high profile cases, then they should be made an example of.
Failure to do that just erodes even more the plods credibility and reputation, making it even harder for the plods who are ok.
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Unless you are a plod.
BTW, no disrespect to the top plods who post on here, and confirm time and time again that they have their feet firmly planted on the floor, and dont have their heads up their arses!
I accept that a bit of 'leeway' is bound to happen when a plod is a bit naughty (eg living in the real world of 35mph in a 30), but for high profile cases, then they should be made an example of.
Failure to do that just erodes even more the plods credibility and reputation, making it even harder for the plods who are ok.
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Unless you are a plod.
BTW, no disrespect to the top plods who post on here, and confirm time and time again that they have their feet firmly planted on the floor, and dont have their heads up their arses!
andygo said:
Just another case of plod looking after plod.
I accept that a bit of 'leeway' is bound to happen when a plod is a bit naughty (eg living in the real world of 35mph in a 30), but for high profile cases, then they should be made an example of.
Failure to do that just erodes even more the plods credibility and reputation, making it even harder for the plods who are ok.
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Unless you are a plod.
BTW, no disrespect to the top plods who post on here, and confirm time and time again that they have their feet firmly planted on the floor, and dont have their heads up their arses!
Andy..while I agree with most of your post and also thank you for your kind words of support....I think you need to look deeper into the case and not simply at the "plod look after plod" theory....but be more 'modern' in your thinking....lots of time and money is spent training police officers nowadays and there are other ways to punish officers without resorting to sacking them.
Street
>> Edited by Streetcop on Thursday 23 September 23:41
Streetcop said:Know what you mean Street, in today's world there must be equal opportunity for all police officers to make a mistake, no point in claiming it's unfair, and it shouldn't colour our view of the force
I don't want to spell it out...but be more 'modern' in your thinking....Street
If this is reported correctly then I cannot believe anyone would support him - especially Bib.
I'm inclined to agree with the race issue being the reason he was kept on though. I mean come on, he has a crash with no insurance - fine keep his job. But to run when it was obviously a fairly serious accident and people were injured, he should be strung up.
A Bib friend of mine got caught drink driving and he lost his job, now I'm not condoning drink driving but he didn't crash or cause anyone else a problem he was just stopped (set-up, it was a police do he was leaving and they pulled him outside) by some other Bib.
I'm inclined to agree with the race issue being the reason he was kept on though. I mean come on, he has a crash with no insurance - fine keep his job. But to run when it was obviously a fairly serious accident and people were injured, he should be strung up.
A Bib friend of mine got caught drink driving and he lost his job, now I'm not condoning drink driving but he didn't crash or cause anyone else a problem he was just stopped (set-up, it was a police do he was leaving and they pulled him outside) by some other Bib.
Sounds to me like this guy has been milking the system for years based on the comment about sick leave for depression. I think the guy is an utter disgrace, least of all to the memory of his mother. Using her as an excuse.
I think the plod were too afraid to sack him. Reading between the lines the psychology experts probably advised he'd top himself if he lost his job.
No point even going there but you can imagine what the system would do to one of us under these conditions. 3 months in the big house?
I think the plod were too afraid to sack him. Reading between the lines the psychology experts probably advised he'd top himself if he lost his job.
No point even going there but you can imagine what the system would do to one of us under these conditions. 3 months in the big house?
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