Almost got hit by a police car. Grr...
Discussion
First off, my apologies in advance if this thread accomplishes nothing I just feel like venting.
Just for the record I'm not a cop hater, I have a great respect for the boys and girls in blue.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking home with some shopping from the supermarket just passing the local police station. The police station is sited next door to the fire station and they share a common walled car parking yard and entrance/exit. The entrance/exit is about 20m wide or so. Anyway I stopped, looked, listened and crossed when it was safe to do so. When I was about half way across I saw a police car coming out of the yard at about 30mph (which is too fast considering that the yard is walled and the distance from yard to road is about 30m).
At a guess the officer meant to brake but they got the wrong pedal and the car lurched forward and I was forced to make a very hasty move to get out the way
I saw the officer's face when she did finally slam on the breaks and she looked a mixture of shocked and scared. Now, I'm no lip reader but I know exactly what she said...
Now, having almost ran a pedestrian down due to her driving too fast and lack of control of the car, does she stop and apologize? Does she hell.
Oh, and before you ask. No, she wasn't on her way to a 999 call, no lights, no siren and she drove nice and slowly down the high street.
Nice to get that off my chest. Apologies for rambling.
Just for the record I'm not a cop hater, I have a great respect for the boys and girls in blue.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking home with some shopping from the supermarket just passing the local police station. The police station is sited next door to the fire station and they share a common walled car parking yard and entrance/exit. The entrance/exit is about 20m wide or so. Anyway I stopped, looked, listened and crossed when it was safe to do so. When I was about half way across I saw a police car coming out of the yard at about 30mph (which is too fast considering that the yard is walled and the distance from yard to road is about 30m).
At a guess the officer meant to brake but they got the wrong pedal and the car lurched forward and I was forced to make a very hasty move to get out the way
I saw the officer's face when she did finally slam on the breaks and she looked a mixture of shocked and scared. Now, I'm no lip reader but I know exactly what she said...
Now, having almost ran a pedestrian down due to her driving too fast and lack of control of the car, does she stop and apologize? Does she hell.
Oh, and before you ask. No, she wasn't on her way to a 999 call, no lights, no siren and she drove nice and slowly down the high street.
Nice to get that off my chest. Apologies for rambling.
If you do want to get it off your chest as you say, then write a letter of complaint.
The police, like all public sector offices, are riddled with political correctness and they will have to take your complaint seriously, not least because a written complaint must be dealt with and stays on the record.
Not sure with the police, but last time I worked in the PS, three written complaints and you had to fight not to be demoted. You were certainly investigated to the socks, and had to explain yourself in extreme detail and with care.
So in short, written complaints do work. I wasn't there so cannot know the truth, but if you feel she was negligent and rude to boot, get writing. We don't need people like that with a badge.
The police, like all public sector offices, are riddled with political correctness and they will have to take your complaint seriously, not least because a written complaint must be dealt with and stays on the record.
Not sure with the police, but last time I worked in the PS, three written complaints and you had to fight not to be demoted. You were certainly investigated to the socks, and had to explain yourself in extreme detail and with care.
So in short, written complaints do work. I wasn't there so cannot know the truth, but if you feel she was negligent and rude to boot, get writing. We don't need people like that with a badge.
RabD said:
First off, my apologies in advance if this thread accomplishes nothing I just feel like venting.
Just for the record I'm not a cop hater, I have a great respect for the boys and girls in blue.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking home with some shopping from the supermarket just passing the local police station. The police station is sited next door to the fire station and they share a common walled car parking yard and entrance/exit. The entrance/exit is about 20m wide or so. Anyway I stopped, looked, listened and crossed when it was safe to do so. When I was about half way across I saw a police car coming out of the yard at about 30mph (which is too fast considering that the yard is walled and the distance from yard to road is about 30m).
At a guess the officer meant to brake but they got the wrong pedal and the car lurched forward and I was forced to make a very hasty move to get out the way
I saw the officer's face when she did finally slam on the breaks and she looked a mixture of shocked and scared. Now, I'm no lip reader but I know exactly what she said...
Now, having almost ran a pedestrian down due to her driving too fast and lack of control of the car, does she stop and apologize? Does she hell.
Oh, and before you ask. No, she wasn't on her way to a 999 call, no lights, no siren and she drove nice and slowly down the high street.
Nice to get that off my chest. Apologies for rambling.
now maybe, she was on her way to an emergency but being near her "office" in fact on the works car park she felt that being noisy and flashy was pointless, after all police car park is likely to have cars scream out, then having royally shat herself up when a dopy MOP walked accross the exit and dithered in her way causing her to emergency brake she decided to pass the job to someone else untill she had had chance to get herself composed again.Just for the record I'm not a cop hater, I have a great respect for the boys and girls in blue.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking home with some shopping from the supermarket just passing the local police station. The police station is sited next door to the fire station and they share a common walled car parking yard and entrance/exit. The entrance/exit is about 20m wide or so. Anyway I stopped, looked, listened and crossed when it was safe to do so. When I was about half way across I saw a police car coming out of the yard at about 30mph (which is too fast considering that the yard is walled and the distance from yard to road is about 30m).
At a guess the officer meant to brake but they got the wrong pedal and the car lurched forward and I was forced to make a very hasty move to get out the way
I saw the officer's face when she did finally slam on the breaks and she looked a mixture of shocked and scared. Now, I'm no lip reader but I know exactly what she said...
Now, having almost ran a pedestrian down due to her driving too fast and lack of control of the car, does she stop and apologize? Does she hell.
Oh, and before you ask. No, she wasn't on her way to a 999 call, no lights, no siren and she drove nice and slowly down the high street.
Nice to get that off my chest. Apologies for rambling.
I know personlly after a scarry manouver that gets the blood pumping i am likely to continue the journey well below the speedlimit till i calm down.
[AJ] said:
I love it how all the coppers on here club together to defend one another! When a police officer makes a mistake it's a "nothing but a simple mistake". When a civ makes a mistake it's "driving without due care, 3 points and £60 please!".
Interestingly a 'momentary lapse of concentration' has been held NOT in itself to be driving without due care.I would have thought all the cops on here know that.
If they don't they should do!
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