Heres Part Of Whats Wrong In Britian..

[bazwillrun]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3441404/Volunteer-PC-treated-criminal-trying-protect-colleague-Special-constable-convicted-dangerous-driving-using-patrol-car-stop-thug-bikers.html

Letrs see the liberal do-gooders try and justify the decision...

The CPS and those that instigated the charges are s not fit for purpose if they think this was in the public interest...a complete bunch of *** and thats being kind

[douglas9401]

Cretinous mouth breathing yob doesn't have the brains to turn bike around when police car blocks road.
He should be paraded through the streets, pointed at and ridiculed.

Office bound types seem to have forgotten what the police are for.

[viv41]

I'm with you baz and I don't think you are being 'dramatic' at all. This was a good chap by all accounts and he was trying to help. I feel deeply sorry for him and the CPS should hang it's bloody head in shame ! The thugs win AGAIN !!!

[Togo]

What was his name baz?

[Baldric]

\\\Where does it say that another colleague was at risk of being killed?\\\

///I was worried that someone I was responsible for was going to get run over and killed.///

Seems like a reasonable concern and a viable reason to obstruct the road.
I could understand the outcry if he had driven at the bikers and rammed them, but he didn't, he partially blocked the road, and due to inexperience one of the idiots lost control of his most likely untaxed and uninsured bike, tough!

[EDDIE51]

Suppose the 'criminals' car had swerved to avoid the police car and killed some pedestrians walking past! Would your answer still be the same?
The police have very strict rules about how a car chase has to be handled to ensure it is as safe as possible, this officer did not follow them.
Good job UK police are not armed or you would be telling us they should just have shot them!

[jackthehat]

///The police have very strict rules about how a car chase has to be handled to ensure it is as safe as possible, this officer did not follow them.///

That's as may be, but to translate a transgression of procedure into a criminal prosecution seems exceedingly heavy handed.

[Baldric]

\\\Suppose the 'criminals' car had swerved///

Er, what car would that be then Eddie, did you read the link?

[Baldric]

///how a car chase has to be handled///

There was no chase have you read the link?

[youngmafbog]

Usual load of right-on policiing from our Uni Cops.

If I was a Police officer or a squaddie I'd seriously consider getting out.

We can see from some posters on here that they would love to prosecute you above the real criminal who they would probably love to shower in compensation etc.

What a country we live in.

[bazwillrun]

well EDDIE51 looks like youve made a bit of a chump of yourself on this one...never mind...

[AliceTickband]

this chappie is a hero not a villain and I think he has been treated abomnobally (sp ?)

[EDDIE51]

OK ,sorry, it was a motor bike. Would still have been capable of killing or seriously injuring a few pedestrians if the rider had swerved into them to avoid the police car.
Only police officers who are trained as advanced drivers can chase other vehicles, the correct procedure would have been for this 'special' to follow the bike at a safe distance and call for back up to do the actual 'stop'.

[bazwillrun]

there was no chase..how many times do you need to be told ?

as was said before about you on another post Can read....unfortunately cant process !

[bazwillrun]

"Would still have been capable of killing or seriously injuring a few pedestrians if the rider had swerved into them to avoid the police car. "

all sounds a bit dramatic...oh hold on

[EDDIE51]

The point is he broke police rules ( as it says in the link)by using the patrol car as a barrier, that was a dangerous action that could have caused injury to anyone passing by. I have a lot of sympathy with him but you can't allow police to break their own rules and get away with it. Just stop for a moment and think what would happen if police were allowed to break their rules at will!

[TWR]

Is riding on the Pavement allowed Eddie? that's what these clowns done, what if there were children on that part of the Pavement?

[Jackdaw33]

Police dramas on TV must have it wrong, then, as I often see patrol cars used as barriers.

[RATTER15]

Jackdaw, there is a difference between pursuit trained Police Officers and a special constable that has had no such training at all.

[EDDIE51]

^^ That's what I was intending to mean. I also think there may be a 'history' to this officer. It does seem a bit harsh to sack him for one rule break, I am wondering if he was on a warning for previous problems.
It is the 'Daily Wail' which is hardly noted for it's objective unbiased reporting!