Why do the Police turn up en masse to certain arrests?
Discussion
I’ve just seen a YouTube video from Brendan Kavanagh about his arrest for a dispute with the Catholic Church. I also recently saw one from The Times about a chap from Stevenage who fell out with his child’s school governors.
Years ago there was the Cliff Richard fiasco.
I’m not going to spend much time on the rights or wrongs of the actual arrests - Kavanagh seems to deliberately provoke things a bit, like some other YouTubers, and the man from Stevenage may also have gone over the top, but neither eventually had a case pursued against them, so you have to wonder about the Police getting involved in the first place.
What I’m more interested in is the decision making process behind the massive force used. Do the Police really have no idea/intelligence about the people they are going to arrest? The Stevenage chap was on a work Teams call when he noticed SIX officers lurking outside and three Police vehicles. Kavanagh’s video also shows six plus vans and cars.
What is this all about? Both cases should surely have involved a phone call inviting the accused person to report to their local Police Station within a sensible time limit.
Is there something about the “rules of engagement” that needs changing or have Police Sergeants (or whoever makes the decisions on such minor operations) lost their marbles?
Years ago there was the Cliff Richard fiasco.
I’m not going to spend much time on the rights or wrongs of the actual arrests - Kavanagh seems to deliberately provoke things a bit, like some other YouTubers, and the man from Stevenage may also have gone over the top, but neither eventually had a case pursued against them, so you have to wonder about the Police getting involved in the first place.
What I’m more interested in is the decision making process behind the massive force used. Do the Police really have no idea/intelligence about the people they are going to arrest? The Stevenage chap was on a work Teams call when he noticed SIX officers lurking outside and three Police vehicles. Kavanagh’s video also shows six plus vans and cars.
What is this all about? Both cases should surely have involved a phone call inviting the accused person to report to their local Police Station within a sensible time limit.
Is there something about the “rules of engagement” that needs changing or have Police Sergeants (or whoever makes the decisions on such minor operations) lost their marbles?
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