Another policeman get banned for drink driving
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What's going on, this is the second GMP policeman to get banned for DD in 6 months, they only seem to get caught when they are involved in accidents, I wonder what the national figures are for.
A. Drivers done for DD after having an accident and.
B. Drivers done for DD without having an accident.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1009...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1032...
A. Drivers done for DD after having an accident and.
B. Drivers done for DD without having an accident.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1009...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1032...
robbo- that is a ridiculous comment, one of those officers was 3 times over the limit. he crashed his car into the central reservation of the M56 and then, according to the paramedics, started walking into on coming traffic.
i started a thread recently in rather an abrupt way and offended some people. i am not prejudice against the police and believe that the majority of them are good people and do genuinely try to make a difference for the better.
when considering sentencing in drink driving offenses, i believe, the bench must not consider the ramifications of the judgment on the persons future. the only thing to be taken into consideration should be the events immediately before the arrest and any mitigating circumstances.
if this person was 3 times over the limit it should be an automatic 3 year ban, he should be classed as a HRO (high risk offender) and made to take a blood test to prove he has not got high levels of alcohol in his blood before he is given his license back. it seems he only got a 2 year ban and made to pay a relatively small fine.
what if a motorist had hit him whilst he was walking into the on coming traffic? that motorist would have had to live with that for the rest of his life!
i started a thread recently in rather an abrupt way and offended some people. i am not prejudice against the police and believe that the majority of them are good people and do genuinely try to make a difference for the better.
when considering sentencing in drink driving offenses, i believe, the bench must not consider the ramifications of the judgment on the persons future. the only thing to be taken into consideration should be the events immediately before the arrest and any mitigating circumstances.
if this person was 3 times over the limit it should be an automatic 3 year ban, he should be classed as a HRO (high risk offender) and made to take a blood test to prove he has not got high levels of alcohol in his blood before he is given his license back. it seems he only got a 2 year ban and made to pay a relatively small fine.
what if a motorist had hit him whilst he was walking into the on coming traffic? that motorist would have had to live with that for the rest of his life!
Yet again Jinked, you just dont understand (or wish to understand) what someone has said on this site.
If you would care to read the OP, then you would see that the CPS requested that it be taken into account the guilty party was a Police Officer, presumably with a view to increasing the sentence.
The Bench though thankfully disagreed & laid down a sentence (quite properly I may add) which as commensurate with what a member of the Public would receive.
Thats not difficult to understand is it ?
As an aside, since PH is a motoring forum, you might wish to attend to your Profile & actually input some information with regards to, dare I say, your vehicles ?
If you would care to read the OP, then you would see that the CPS requested that it be taken into account the guilty party was a Police Officer, presumably with a view to increasing the sentence.
The Bench though thankfully disagreed & laid down a sentence (quite properly I may add) which as commensurate with what a member of the Public would receive.
Thats not difficult to understand is it ?
As an aside, since PH is a motoring forum, you might wish to attend to your Profile & actually input some information with regards to, dare I say, your vehicles ?
The CPS have been doing this for years.
Mind you as a police officer I would expect to get hammered if I were found guilty of an offence.That is fair enough.
What gets me is that in many police cases the CPS charge officers on much lower standards of evidence than they would anyone else. presumably so that they are seen not to be biased towards the police.
I know of at least one case where an officer was charged with an assault that would have been laughed out of the office by a custody officer.
Mind you as a police officer I would expect to get hammered if I were found guilty of an offence.That is fair enough.
What gets me is that in many police cases the CPS charge officers on much lower standards of evidence than they would anyone else. presumably so that they are seen not to be biased towards the police.
I know of at least one case where an officer was charged with an assault that would have been laughed out of the office by a custody officer.
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