Police officer murdered in Croydon Police Station.

[SmoothCriminal]

Wow breaking news.

Police officer shot dead by a 23 year old male being detained in the custody centre in south Croydon.

How did he get a gun in there.

RIP to the officer involved.

Suspect shot the officer then shot himself but is in critical condition in hospital.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54293111

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8771713/G...

Edited by SmoothCriminal on Friday 25th September 09:18

[XCP]

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

[red_slr]

If the perp lives his defence will no doubt be he didnt know it was loaded, only holding it for a mate, didnt intend to pull the trigger, just wanted to scare the police, went off by accident, etc etc. Delete as appropriate.

RIP to the officer.

[FiF]

[V88Dicky]

FiF said:

Just got a little bit thinner

RIP

[Laurel Green]

Terrible news. Heart goes out to family, friends and colleagues .

[Uncle John]

SmoothCriminal said:

How did he get a gun in there.

Edited by SmoothCriminal on Friday 25th September 09:07

Edited by SmoothCriminal on Friday 25th September 09:10

The guy wasn’t cuffed due to Covid, no idea why as with mask & gloves you have Covid protection.

Suspect was in an air lock type thing & sgt does a temp test & the as he walked over to do it the guy shot him then himself.

The guy is known & was stopped with bullets in his pocket.

RIP

[Jazzy Jag]

Sincere condolences to the officer's family.

When I heard this on the radio, this morning, my first thoughts were

How the F%~k does a detained/ arrested person still have a gun on them ?

[anonymous-user]

XCP said:

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

Indeed. Nightmare incident.

I expect the coroner is going to have to something to say about the pre-custody search.

[Peter911]

Uncle John said:

The guy wasn’t cuffed due to Covid, no idea why as with mask & gloves you have Covid protection.

Suspect was in an air lock type thing & sgt does a temp test & the as he walked over to do it the guy shot him then himself.

The guy is known & was stopped with bullets in his pocket.

Absolutely tragic and rediculous if true.

Will this go down as another Covid death (hopefully two)

[XCP]

Someone made a mistake. We all make mistakes. Unfortunately sometimes when the police make mistakes the consequences are terrible.

[turbobloke]

La Liga said:

XCP said:

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

Indeed. Nightmare incident.

I expect the coroner is going to have to something to say about the pre-custody search.

The officer's family and friends likewise.

Presumably the Coroner's comments may lead to criminal proceedings as well as a civil suit if the findings support it.

[XCP]

La Liga said:

XCP said:

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

Indeed. Nightmare incident.

I expect the coroner is going to have to something to say about the pre-custody search.

I doubt he will be the only one. There but for the grace of god and all that. I had a suspect produce a knife at my desk and attempt to stab an officer with it, that was bad enough. Fortunately it struck his radio and no harm was done. I was not impressed though.

[anonymous-user]

turbobloke said:

La Liga said:

XCP said:

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

Indeed. Nightmare incident.

I expect the coroner is going to have to something to say about the pre-custody search.

The officer's family and friends likewise.

Presumably the Coroner's comments may lead to criminal proceedings as well as a civil suit if the findings support it.

Not sure there’ll be anything criminal from a (potential) lack of searching.

I imagine measures around C19 have impacted upon searching.

I do wonder how the bullets (if that’s the case), came to be found.

XCP said:

La Liga said:

XCP said:

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

Indeed. Nightmare incident.

I expect the coroner is going to have to something to say about the pre-custody search.

I doubt he will be the only one. There but for the grace of god and all that. I had a suspect produce a knife at my desk and attempt to stab an officer with it, that was bad enough. Fortunately it struck his radio and no harm was done. I was not impressed though.

Bet that made them think about future searches.

[g3org3y]

Terrible situation.

La Liga said:

XCP said:

Awful thing to happen. In theory it should be impossible but to err is human.

Indeed. Nightmare incident.

I expect the coroner is going to have to something to say about the pre-custody search.

I think whoever was responsible for the search is going to be overwhelmed with guilt. I'm not sure whether they'll be able to get over it.

[cammy33]

Uncle John said:

Ironic, not being cuffed must be a much higher risk than COVID. With COVID having 99% survival rate I’d rather take my chances with COVID over a bullet! World is going mad.

The guy wasn’t cuffed due to Covid, no idea why as with mask & gloves you have Covid protection.

Suspect was in an air lock type thing & sgt does a temp test & the as he walked over to do it the guy shot him then himself.

The guy is known & was stopped with bullets in his pocket.

RIP

[Greendubber]

Uncle John said:

SmoothCriminal said:

How did he get a gun in there.

Edited by SmoothCriminal on Friday 25th September 09:07

Edited by SmoothCriminal on Friday 25th September 09:10

The guy wasn’t cuffed due to Covid, no idea why as with mask & gloves you have Covid protection.

Suspect was in an air lock type thing & sgt does a temp test & the as he walked over to do it the guy shot him then himself.

The guy is known & was stopped with bullets in his pocket.

RIP

I've heard he was cuffed to the front.

Also, not cuffed due to Covid? I wasnt aware people weren't being cuffed?

Its absolutley tragic. RIP

[XCP]

Ironically my worst fear was always having a death in custody. Never crossed my mind that it could be mine.
Nothing I can say really.

[Pieman68]

RIP to the officer and hope that their family is supported in this terrible time

Edited by Pieman68 on Friday 25th September 10:13

Edited by Pieman68 on Friday 25th September 10:14

[Fatball]

RIP