Met Police Arrest Pigeon Feeder
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This is so utterly pathetic it needs its own thread.
5 Met Police involved with arresting a middle-aged woman in Harrow for feeding pigeons.
Meanwhile people are nicking tonnes of stuff from shops at will.
Pathetic.
This is so utterly pathetic it needs its own thread.
5 Met Police involved with arresting a middle-aged woman in Harrow for feeding pigeons.
Meanwhile people are nicking tonnes of stuff from shops at will.
Pathetic.
vixen1700 said:
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5 Met Police involved with arresting a middle-aged woman in Harrow for feeding pigeons.
It would appear the only issue here is that it took five officers.5 Met Police involved with arresting a middle-aged woman in Harrow for feeding pigeons.
It seems she was in breach of the order, and refused to engage and stop feeding.
No point in having PSPOs if they aren't enforced. Challenging the order isn't done by ignoring it.
Having seen the physical state of the two female police officers who turned up to ours when we were being burgled a few years back I’d suggest that anything above this level of criminality would probably be too much anyway. They were about 5’3” (and not far off that width) and would’ve been out of breath walking up a flight of stairs. A sad state of affairs.
vixen1700 said:
https://archive.is/20260110114015/https://www.tele...
This is so utterly pathetic it needs its own thread.
5 Met Police involved with arresting a middle-aged woman in Harrow for feeding pigeons.
Meanwhile people are nicking tonnes of stuff from shops at will.
Pathetic.
Perhaps If people didn't behave like entitled tw@ts then the Police would be able to spend more time chasing shoplifters?This is so utterly pathetic it needs its own thread.
5 Met Police involved with arresting a middle-aged woman in Harrow for feeding pigeons.
Meanwhile people are nicking tonnes of stuff from shops at will.
Pathetic.
Countdown said:
Perhaps If people didn't behave like entitled tw@ts then the Police would be able to spend more time chasing shoplifters?
Maybe a sensible word in her shell-like would have sufficed, rather than take up the time of the Police. Something I'm guessing the officer was probably incapable of. She was later 'unarrested' which adds to the lunacy of her 'crime'.
vixen1700 said:
Maybe a sensible word in her shell-like would have sufficed, rather than take up the time of the Police. Something I'm guessing the officer was probably incapable of.
She was later 'unarrested' which adds to the lunacy of her 'crime'.
Apologies if I've missed something - I thought the article said that she WAS asked to stop feeding them and she refused ?She was later 'unarrested' which adds to the lunacy of her 'crime'.
vixen1700 said:
Countdown said:
Perhaps If people didn't behave like entitled tw@ts then the Police would be able to spend more time chasing shoplifters?
Maybe a sensible word in her shell-like would have sufficed, rather than take up the time of the Police. Something I'm guessing the officer was probably incapable of. She was later 'unarrested' which adds to the lunacy of her 'crime'.
repor said:
But the council said that she “refused to provide her details, which is an offence, and also refused to stop feeding pigeons when asked to do so”.
The woman was then arrested by police officers after she “repeatedly refused to provide her personal details”.
It is forbidden to give food to birds under the council’s “public spaces protection order” rules.
She would have been arrested in order to get her to give the details... once she had done so, it would be quite normal to de-arrest her.The woman was then arrested by police officers after she “repeatedly refused to provide her personal details”.
It is forbidden to give food to birds under the council’s “public spaces protection order” rules.
Sport_Turismo_GTS said:
Countdown said:
Perhaps If people didn't behave like entitled tw@ts then the Police would be able to spend more time chasing shoplifters?
Why would you prioritise the former over the latter?Equally if they are tied up with some non-compliant idiot who won't stop feeding pigeons when asked to do so, then they aren't then available to deal with shoplifters.
No ideas for a name said:
I imagine it is a first come, first served issue. If they were dealing with shoplifters, they wouldn't drop that to deal with pigeon feeders.
Equally if they are tied up with some non-compliant idiot who won't stop feeding pigeons when asked to do so, then they aren't then available to deal with shoplifters.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I’d imagine you’d find plenty of people in the local area who have reported crimes recently, but who are still waiting for officers to follow up…Equally if they are tied up with some non-compliant idiot who won't stop feeding pigeons when asked to do so, then they aren't then available to deal with shoplifters.
vixen1700 said:
Reckon I'd refuse to give my details for the crime of feeding pigeons too.
Acceptance of crap like this adds to how pathetic it is.
She should be banged up .We simply cant have scum like this on our streets.Acceptance of crap like this adds to how pathetic it is.
I wonder if the two who arrested her were serial rapists?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9z3qrvr3wo
Sport_Turismo_GTS said:
Maybe I m wrong, but I d imagine you d find plenty of people in the local area who have reported crimes recently, but who are still waiting for officers to follow up
But it doesn't work on a queue system. A request for the police to deal with an 'live' issue is always going to take priority over something that has already happend and needs following up.It doesn't come down to what is more serious - just is someone available to deal with it.
The wasting resource was entirely down to the person who didn't want to comply with the requests.
For clarity - I think it was a waste of time - but what can you do? You can't just decide that the rules don't apply to you and therefore walk away from it.
If she doesn't like the PSPO, she should challenge its validity with the Council/Court.
Lots of people in the Minnesota thread are saying that lady should have complied and sorted it out later. This is of a different magnitude but same principle.
This women had a legal obligation to provide her details for breaking the law to the enforcement officers from the Local Authority. Had she provided her details the matter is done and she can deal with it in the court system if she so wishes.
She refused to and it's only the police who can then can deal with that. It tends to be good for an important relationship if the police support the LA. She obviously refused when the police were there and no doubt informed her she had to.
Does it need five officers? No, but the article suggests they were already together for whatever reason (in a van together, just carried out something that did need 5 etc) and were approached by the enforcement officers.
This women had a legal obligation to provide her details for breaking the law to the enforcement officers from the Local Authority. Had she provided her details the matter is done and she can deal with it in the court system if she so wishes.
She refused to and it's only the police who can then can deal with that. It tends to be good for an important relationship if the police support the LA. She obviously refused when the police were there and no doubt informed her she had to.
Does it need five officers? No, but the article suggests they were already together for whatever reason (in a van together, just carried out something that did need 5 etc) and were approached by the enforcement officers.
No ideas for a name said:
You can't just decide that the rules don't apply to you and therefore walk away from it.
If she doesn't like the PSPO, she should challenge its validity with the Council/Court.
And yet we see police doing this all the time. Ignoring shoplifting etc. If she doesn't like the PSPO, she should challenge its validity with the Council/Court.
I think you have to consider just as a sense of logic and reason, whether police resources should be deployed on this or shoplifting etc..
ukwill said:
vixen1700 said:
Reckon I'd refuse to give my details for the crime of feeding pigeons too.
Acceptance of crap like this adds to how pathetic it is.
She should be banged up .We simply cant have scum like this on our streets.Acceptance of crap like this adds to how pathetic it is.
I wonder if the two who arrested her were serial rapists?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9z3qrvr3wo
ukwill said:
All the woman had to do was comply. But she couldn't do that. It's an early 2026 contender for a Darwin award.
Do you think she should have stopped feeding the pigeons?Jasandjules said:
And yet we see police doing this all the time. Ignoring shoplifting etc.
I think you have to consider just as a sense of logic and reason, whether police resources should be deployed on this or shoplifting etc..
The Met's statement says the officers were approached which I take to mean they were already there / in the area as opposed to a call being made by the LA to the police. I think you have to consider just as a sense of logic and reason, whether police resources should be deployed on this or shoplifting etc..
Met said:
A Met Police spokesman said: At around 14:30hrs on Wednesday Jan 7 officers were approached by local council enforcement officers dealing with an anti-social behaviour incident on Wealdstone High Street, Harrow.
What do you expect them to say? No, we're not helping you. There may be a shoplifting etc somewhere?
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