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Dumb Cops

Trouble makers are getting younger these days. :)



A pregnant Lincoln woman was shocked when police threatened her unborn child with an Asbo.

Charlotte Childs, 33, was invited to attend a meeting to discuss her naughty son, reports The Mirror.

The letter even addressed her baby by one of the names she and husband Damien, 29, are planning to give him.

Charlotte, who is 36 weeks' pregnant, said: "The letter said there had been an incident of anti-social behaviour and our child was identified.

"I would love to know how a 36-week-old foetus has managed to go to the park and cause trouble without me noticing.

"I find the whole thing hilarious, especially as I'm this close to having my first child."

Damien, 29, added: "There was a request to attend the equivalent of a parenting class with regards to the anti-social behaviour of my unborn son.

"Just two weeks prior to that there had been some anti-social behaviour on the street and we were really pleased with the police response time."

The letter was sent to the couple's home and was addressed for the attention of the boy's guardians.

Embarrassed police and council officials have since apologised. One of the alleged troublemakers has the same surname.
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkie ... _with_Asbo
 
Well, kicking a woman in the stomach is a bit anti-social... :lol:
 
They could ASBO him to come out the right way up and hope that he doesn;t breech it. :lol:
 
Just dopey! As police celebrate £300,000 cannabis bust... thieves steal plants out the back door
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:13 PM on 2nd May 2011

AFTER seizing a bumper crop of cannabis, detectives were making the most of their triumph.
They boasted about the £300,000 capture in a blaze of publicity and posed for photos with some of the 1,000 plants in the haul.
However, while police were relishing the moment at the front of the drugs factory, thieves were busy at the back.
They broke in and started stuffing the cannabis into black bin bags to be loaded into a waiting van.

A neighbour, who was clearly somewhat more vigilant than the officers on the scene, noticed what was happening and raised the alarm.
But, by then, an estimated £15,000 of cannabis plants had been stolen.
An insider at South Wales Police said: ‘There are a few red faces around.
‘Everyone was chuffed with busting the huge factory and there was a blaze of publicity about it.
‘There was such a lot of cannabis inside we had to bring in council experts to dispose of it.
‘While we were waiting for that to happen, the thieves broke in through the back.’

Police uncovered the massive drugs farm by chance in a former nightclub at Merthyr Tydfil.
Officers were carrying out an investigation nearby when they got a whiff of the drugs and followed the scent to the disused building.
They burst in and found more than 1,000 plants under a sophisticated hydroponic lighting and irrigation system.
The plantation was so large that council waste experts were called in to dispose of the lucrative crop. To guard the seizure until they arrived, two Police Community Support Officers were told to keep watch at the front of the building.
But the rear of the old nightclub was left unguarded, leaving the thieves free to break in and grab a van full of the plants.

Yesterday South Wales Police said it had started an internal investigation into the blunder to find out if ‘scene preservation protocols’ were followed.
The insider added: ‘There should have been a team of officers tasked to guard the building’s front and back until the cannabis was cleared out of there.’
Four Vietnamese men, aged 26 to 48, are in custody charged with jointly producing cannabis.

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CPS gave woman's phone number to her alleged stalker
By Nick Beake
BBC London

The case against Diya's alleged stalker collapsed after blunders by the CPS

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CPS apologises after case dropped

A woman from west London is suing the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after a series of blunders, including her phone number being given to a man who was accused of stalking her.

The woman, known only as Diya, is going to the High Court to seek a judicial review of the CPS's actions.

She hopes to stop it happening to others and also wants compensation.

The CPS has apologised for the error and for also mistakenly dropping the case against the man last year.

Her MP, Labour's Stephen Pound, is also referring her case to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Diya has received two apologies from the CPS.

The first came last summer when it admitted it acted unlawfully in failing to make the man stand trial.

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Diya said: "I was absolutely horrified as you could imagine that after all these serious failings to make a criminal walk, that they actually made the error disclosing my new contact details to him.

"When do these errors come to an end?"

The harassment began last year after Diya ended a short relationship.

She said the man refused to leave her alone and followed her and her five-year-old son as she took him to school.

The man was charged with assault and harassment but when the case came to Ealing Magistrates Court last July, the prosecution presented no evidence because it claimed Diya could not be found.

She said she was not called into the courtroom even though she was in the court building.

The CPS later apologised and launched an inquiry into its handling of the case.

More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13469523
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India: 'Most wanted' errors embarrass government
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13465908
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Hafiz Saeed figures prominently on India's most wanted list

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India is reviewing a list of 50 "most wanted fugitives" it says are hiding in Pakistan, a day after one of them was traced to a prison in Mumbai (Bombay).

Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan, who is accused of involvement in a 2003 train bombing, was arrested last year and is behind bars in the city's Arthur Road jail.

Earlier it turned out that another "fugitive" had already been bailed and was living in Mumbai with his mother.

Opposition parties and Pakistani media have derided the episode as a fiasco.

Correspondents say the mistakes are likely to cost India dear, as well as being hugely embarrassing. They say Islamabad will now be able to raise doubts about other names on the list too.

For years Pakistan has denied harbouring militants India says are guilty of attacks on its soil.

Lapses
The "most wanted" list was removed from the website of the Central Bureau of Investigation after news of the second mistake emerged.

"We have an inmate called Feroze Khan in the Arthur Road jail," the Times of India newspaper quoted the inspector general of prisons, Surendra Kumar, as saying.

Mr Khan's lawyer Farzana Shah told the BBC that he had been arrested on 5 February last year and had been in jail since then.

In a statement, the CBI said "a preliminary inquiry has revealed a lapse regarding inclusion of Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan in the list".

An inspector has been suspended, two officials transferred and an inquiry launched into the lapse, the statement said.

Doubts were raised on Wednesday when it emerged that Wazhul Kamar Khan, who is also accused of involvement in a 2003 Mumbai train bombing, had already been released on bail.

India gave the list to Pakistan at the end of March when the home secretaries of the two countries met for talks.

India blames Pakistan-based militant groups, such as the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), for carrying out many of the attacks in India in recent years.

It also accuses Pakistan of providing sanctuary to former Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Mr Ibrahim and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed are among those named on the most-wanted list.
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Police Shoot At Concrete Alligator

INDEPENDENCE, Mo.—
An alligator caused a lot of commotion for one Independence man Sunday when three Independence police officers shot at his concrete lawn ornament.

Rick Sheridan was working in his garage when he heard gunshots. He went around the back of his house to a pond, where he saw three police officers. The three officers had spotted the gator and were lined up on the bank, shooting at the large reptile.

"The officer fired two rounds, and killed my concrete, ornamental alligator," Sheridan said.

After realizing their bullets were bouncing off the yard art alligator, police left. Sheridan says now he plans to patch up his wounded gator.
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http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-indepen ... 8846.story
 
'Couldn't be bothered' PC Michele Selby jailed

A Strathclyde Police officer who "could not be bothered" to arrest a suspected robber has been jailed for 12 months.
Constable Michele Selby confiscated tools from a man who claimed to be fixing the door of a restaurant in Kirkintilloch at 0530 BST last July.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard she let him go as she had to deliver letters to another police station.

Selby, 38, resigned from the force after being convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
At a hearing last month, the court heard from Strathclyde Police constable Michelle Maley, 23, who was on duty with Selby on the morning of 26 July last year.
PC Maley said she brought her colleague's attention to the man at the door of the Chinese restaurant and they went to speak with him.
The officer said she spotted a red-handled screwdriver, crowbar and wrench and that the man looked as though he was trying to break into the restaurant.

She said Selby, who is from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, took his details and did a background check then spoke to him again.
PC Maley said: "She told him, 'We know you are trying to break in and if we didn't have another call to go to you would be getting the jail'."
The court heard that Selby confiscated the tools before putting them in a bin once she got back to the police station.

PC Maley said that when they entered the police car after confronting the man, Selby said he "would have got the jail if she could be bothered".
The court heard the young officer then asked Selby what the job was they were going to and was told it was delivering mail. :shock:

PC Maley told the court she did not feel confident enough to challenge Selby's decision to let the man go or to bin the tools, but later flagged it up.

In her evidence, Selby claimed she did not see a crowbar or wrench at the door of the restaurant, only screwdrivers, a hammer and a box of nails.
She told the court: "I didn't believe a crime had been committed."
Questioned by her defence lawyer, she added: "I made a mistake, it wasn't intentional, it wasn't wilful, it wasn't evil.
"I didn't start my shift and say I'm going to defeat the ends of justice today."

The court heard that the suspected robber had six previous convictions, including one for a similar offence.

Jailing Selby, Sheriff Richard Clark told her: "I recognise that the effect of this conviction is catastrophic for you.
"I also recognise that prior to the commission you were held in high regard in society.
"Nevertheless, having regard to the factors I am satisfied that a custodial sentence is the only appropriate disposal in this case."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-14665556
 
Probably not worth having a separate thread for 'Dumb privatised Security Services' at this time:

G4S sacks pair who tagged offender's false leg

Private security firm G4S has sacked two members of staff who tagged a man's false leg allowing him to remove it and break a court-imposed curfew.

The pair were fooled by Christopher Lowcock, 29, who wrapped the prosthetic limb in a bandage when G4S set up the system at his Rochdale home.

He was then able to remove the limb and break a curfew imposed for offences involving drugs, driving and a weapon.

G4S sacked the pair for committing a serious disciplinary offence, it said.

In a statement the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said procedures "were clearly not followed in this case and G4S have taken action against the staff involved".

"Two thousand offenders are tagged every week and incidents like this are very rare," a spokesman added.
'Prosthetic leg'

G4S revealed managers became suspicious last month but when they returned to Lowcock's home he had been returned to custody accused of a driving-related offence.

The company revealed the second employee who went to check on the monitoring equipment at Lowcock's home was also sacked for failing to realise he had fooled them into tagging his false leg.

A spokeswoman for the company said it placed electronic tags on "70,000 subjects a year on behalf of the Ministry of Justice".

"Given the critical nature of this service we have very strict procedures in place which all of our staff must follow.

"In this individual's case two employees failed to adhere to the correct procedures when installing the tag. Had they done so, they would have identified his prosthetic leg."

The two staff involved had committed a serious disciplinary offence by failing to follow procedure and had been dismissed, she said.

The MoJ said contractors were expected to adhere to "the highest standards of professionalism" and strict guidelines had to be followed when tagging offenders.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14705328
 
BlackRiverFalls said:
Probably not worth having a separate thread for 'Dumb privatised Security Services' at this time:
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..which is why I posted it in WTF! ;)
 
Pylon fugitive demands takeaway but then makes getaway
A fugitive cornered by the police at the top of a 40ft pylon promised to come down if they bought him some chips – but then ran off after eating them.
By Richard Alleyne
6:00AM BST 14 Oct 2011

Leigh Grant, 34, a drug dealer on the run from custody, scrambled up the communication tower to escape pursuing officers and threatened to jump if anyone came near.
Eventually, with a large crowd and emergency services looking on, trained negotiators persuaded Grant, who was drinking beer, to come down in exchange for a portion of chips.

But as the police returned with a £1.45 bag, the takeaway turned to a getaway as Grant dashed off to a waiting car and escaped. :shock:
The bungled arrest left police at square one and being taunted by the escapee on Facebook.

One onlooker said: "He was there with his chips and beer – he seemed quite happy.
"I can't believe he got away, apparently he told them to move the cars and he'd come down."

Grant, from Cannock, Staffs, was jailed last year for 32 months for supplying Class A drugs.
He was released on September 13 this year on licence until April, 2013
But Grant became the centre of a manhunt after ripping off his electronic tag – used to monitor his movements – from his leg last month and going on the run.

Police, who had appealed for the public's help in their hunt, eventually cornered him after he had clambered up a 40ft pylon.
He was drinking and threatening to jump as three fire engines, ambulances, trained negotiators and a large number of police officers arrived at the scene.
He also attracted a large crowd during the four hour stand off- and an audience on the internet.

Eventually a compromise was granted – he would come down if officers bought him a portion of chips.
A volunteer was duly dispatched to the award winning Pye Green Fish Bar and returned with the chips.
But Grant reneged on the agreement – running off after he told the emergency services to move back – and escaping in a car.

Tom Zachariou, 37, assistant manager of the chippy, said: "It was like something from the movies. A large crowd had gathered and police were everywhere. I have never seen anything like it.
"The bloke was about halfway up, swigging beer.
"I don't know the bloke involved, but others in the shops round here do – and they don't like him."

One seasoned negotiator said it was the most difficult situation he had been involved in.

Chief Inspector Carl Ratcliffe said: "I appeal directly to Leigh Grant to think carefully about what is happening and to hand himself in at any police station, where he will be treated fairly and properly. The lives of his friends and family are being disrupted by the police activity around them. It is not fair on them."

One member of the public said: "He demanded that all emergency vehicles be moved back from the scene, scrambled down, did a runner and there was a car waiting."

A senior member of the force explained the dilemma facing 999 services.
"We had to weigh-up the risk posed to human life – effectively, his life and those of the public – with gaining an arrest. It was an extremely difficult situation."

He was eventually arrested on Wednesday afternoon and returned to custody.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... taway.html
 
Police refuse to investigate rooftop lead theft as it was 'too dangerous' to climb ladder to get to crime scene
By Louise Eccles
Last updated at 11:42 AM on 14th October 2011

When thieves stole lead from the roof of the jewellery shop run by Nina Nash, she called police to report the crime.
But she was stunned to be told that the long arm of the law did not extend far enough.
Hampshire Constabulary said officers could not attend the scene of the crime because climbing a ladder 15ft on to the roof ‘breached health and safety rules’.

Mrs Nash, 34, who manages the Ring Studio in Southampton, described the rules as ‘ridiculous’.
She said: ‘The message appeared to be, if you’re going to commit a crime, do it up high.
‘In real terms it seemed to suggest that they are not allowed to use the necessary equipment to get to the scene of the crime.’

Mrs Nash said the thieves had left plenty of evidence, including footprints up the shop wall as they climbed up to the roof and two pieces of lead which could have carried fingerprints.

Yesterday John Apter of the Hampshire branch of the Police Federation, which represents police officers, criticised the force’s response.
He said: ‘If there is a victim of a crime we should find a way to provide a service even if that presents a little bit of danger. After all, policing is a dangerous job.’

Senior officers claim call centre handlers may have been over-zealous and have promised to look into the crime.
Inspector Rachel Stokes of Hampshire Constabulary said: ‘Unfortunately the wrong information may have been inadvertently handed out by the call-taker in this case and we are looking into this.
‘However, in line with all crimes it was reviewed by an officer and it was quickly picked up that there was potential forensic evidence that should be looked at.’

She added: ‘There is no ruling automatically stopping a crime scene investigation officer from climbing.
‘We will be making sure staff at the force inquiry centre are aware of the policy.’

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Not sure if this is dumb, excruciatingly incompetent or just nasty, definitely dumb to think he was going to pull it off:

Metropolitan Police PC sacked for 999 calls failures

An emergency phone operator working for the Metropolitan Police has been sacked for mishandling 999 calls.

The 58-year-old PC, whose name has not been released, left the public in "potentially dangerous situations" by failing to follow up or obstructing requests for help, Scotland Yard said.

The force said he did not provide a police response to 141 cases, including rapes, domestic abuse and assaults.

However, it claimed nobody had been put at risk because of the failings.

All of the cases took place over a 12-week period between May and July 2009, when the PC handled about 3,000 emergency calls.

He was negligent in almost 5% of these, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.

His behaviour amounted to gross misconduct during 19 of the calls he took, it added.

The IPCC said that on seven occasions the PC deliberately altered the final digit of the callers' telephone numbers, and later explained he was trying "to avoid conflict with his supervisors".

A woman who had reported a domestic assault complained after ringing 999 and finding the officer struggled to correctly spell her surname.

She told a friend who also worked at the centre in Bow, and managers were informed.
'Beggars belief'

A subsequent Met investigation reviewed all of the calls dealt with by the officer.

Of the 19 gross misconduct cases, Scotland Yard said nine callers had immediately phoned another operator or subsequently went to a police station.

Six others received assistance from officers or other teams, such as social services, after their cases were reviewed.

The four remaining callers could not be contacted as they did not return messages or their numbers did not work.

But despite all of the failings, the force claimed nobody had been put at risk.

"It beggars belief that a police officer whose job was to help people in distress should have behaved in such an appalling and callous way," said Deborah Glass, the IPCC's commissioner in London.

"It is a matter of luck - and the persistence of those seeking help - that his actions do not appear to have resulted in serious harm to a member of the public.

The commissioner's findings were submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, but it did not find enough evidence to press charges.

Scotland Yard Commander Peter Spindler said he wanted to reassure people that their calls were "taken seriously" and "high professional standards" were employed.

It was "only right that the misconduct panel took the allegations of failing to properly deal with emergency calls so seriously", he added.

He said: "It was a fellow call-handler who reported him, showing how shocked the vast majority of the hard-working and professional call handlers were when they found that this one officer was not treating victims and witnesses with the appropriate concern, seriousness and high standards required."
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999 OPERATOR'S FAILINGS

"Significant" issues with 141 calls in summer 2009, of which 19 were considered gross misconduct
Phone numbers of seven callers were deliberately recorded wrongly at the Met's emergency response centre in Bow
The officer did not provide a police response to rape, a suicide threat, domestic abuse and assaults
He also failed to deal properly with potential armed break-ins and a road crash
Crown Prosecution Service found insufficient evidence to press charges, but the PC was sacked by the Met
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15448419
 
8 November 2011, 13:44

Dummy police officer no fool
Police officer

In an effort to reduce bad driving a dummy police officer holding a camera has been erected at the side of the road.

The fake police officer can be seen standing on the Zhengjiang Section of the Funing Highway between Shanghai and Nanjing in China.

It is hoped that its presence will deter people from driving unsafely.

If it doesn't, while the police officer may be fake the camera isn't and it records all the cars that pass the section of road.
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http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkie ... ce_officer

(well he ain't saying anything... )
 
Stolen garda car found near Newry
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... ing14.html

Joel trial couple told gardai they could not cope, court hears | 04/11/2011
Gardaí and the PSNI are looking for a man who hijacked a garda car at a petrol station in Blake’s Cross near Balbriggan last night and drove it across the Border into Nothern Ireland.

The incident happened at about 9.30pm when the man was stopped on suspicion of drink-driving.

He was placed in the back of a patrol car but managed to get into the front seat and drive away, while gardaí were inspecting his car.

Gardaí pursued him through the toll bridge at Drogheda but he escaped and drove into Northern Ireland.

The PSNI located the car outside Newry.
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Teenagers who found girl, 5, sleeping in abandoned stolen car are arrested THEMSELVES when they call police
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:07 PM on 18th December 2011

Two teenagers who spotted a five-year-old girl sleeping in a stolen car have told how they were arrested for 'doing the right thing' when they called police.

Tyler Thompson and Connor Roderick were held in custody for four hours and had their DNA and fingerprints taken.
Their clothes were also kept by police following the incident in St Helen Auckland, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
Now Tyler,16, and 18-year-old Connor plan to submit a complaint to the authorities about their treatment.

The teenagers were on their way to a shop to buy milk at about 10.15pm nine days ago when they found the abandoned red Skoda Fabia with its engine running.
It had been stolen from outside the Royal Chef Chinese takeaway in nearby Manor Road.
The driver had left his keys in the ignition while he went in to place an order and three youths were spotted driving the car away shortly after 10pm.

The friends recognised the car and while Connor ran to find the owner, Tyler spotted the young girl on the back seat and guarded the vehicle.
Connor then brought the police and the girl's father to the car where officers arrested them. :shock:
'We couldn't believe what was happening,' said Tyler. 'We hadn't done anything wrong. We thought we were doing the right thing but the police just didn't believe us. We were gutted.
'If we had left that car, I never would have been able to forgive myself if something had happened to that girl.'
Both were held until 3am when they were released without charge.

Tyler, who has taken part in police projects as a member of Bishop Auckland Theatre Hooligans drama group, added: 'We were kept in a cell for doing something good. We felt like criminals.'
The best friends, who have never been in trouble with the police, said they would now think twice before doing a good turn for fear of getting into trouble.
'We have had strangers coming up in the street asking us why we did it,' said Connor. 'Everyone in the village has been talking about it. It has been horrible.'

A Durham Police spokesman said: 'Police arrested a man and a youth at the scene as they matched a description given to police. They were later released without charge.
'The suspects were dealt with as quickly as procedures allow while ensuring that the matter was thoroughly investigated.

'Two other youths have been arrested in connection with this incident and bailed pending further inquiries.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1gyVEBaIl

I'd like to know what the car-owner thought of this affair - didn't he speak up?
 
I guess the sexual lubricant was fit for purpose - it has assisted the fucking of his career.

Northampton firearms officer Neil Bull guilty of shoplifting

A firearms officer stole lubricant sex gel from a shop after panicking about his partner's daughter seeing him.

Neil Bull, 37, was found guilty at the town's crown court, of stealing the gel and other items from Boots, on three separate occasions in 2010.

Bull, of London Road, Wollaston, admitted taking the gel, but denied theft as he planned to go back to pay. :lol:

Judge Richard Bray ordered him to pay fines and costs of £2,250 and told him his career was "inevitably over".
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-16429825
 
BlackRiverFalls said:
I guess the sexual lubricant was fit for purpose - it has assisted the fucking of his career.
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Harsh.
 
CCTV police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar
An undercover police officer "chased himself round the streets" for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect.
3:30PM GMT 07 Feb 2012

The junior officer, who has not been named, was monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries in an unnamed market town in the country’s south.
As the probationary officer from Sussex Police searched for suspects, the camera operator radioed that he had seen someone “acting suspiciously” in the area.

But he failed to realise that it was actually the plain-clothed officer he was watching on the screen, according to details leaked to an industry magazine.
The operator directed the officer, who was on foot patrol, as he followed the "suspect" on camera last month, telling his colleague on the ground that he was "hot on his heels".

The officer spent around 20 minutes giving chase before a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognised the “suspect” and laughed hysterically at the mistake. :D

The details of the operation blunder were leaked to Police magazine, which is published by the Police Federation, this week by a senior officer who witnessed the embarrassing incident.
Sussex police were unable to provide further details of the incident, the officers involved or where it occurred.

The anonymous officer, believed to be the PC's sergeant, told the monthly magazine: "An officer who joined a team in Sussex as a new probationary officer was soon very keen to do any plain-clothes operations and be as proactive as possible.
"He would be waiting at the end of his shift hoping to be unleashed for a further couple of hours of plain-clothes duties.
"On one such occasion in a little market town in Sussex which has suffered a spate of town centre shop break-ins, officers were on plain-clothed foot patrol when a report was received of a suspect male in one of the side roads.”

"The CCTV operator soon had the suspect on camera and everywhere he saw the male the keen PC was on his heels – radioing in to say he was in the same street.”
He added: "Every time the man darted in to another side alleyway, the PC was turning immediately into the same alleyway, but every time the CCTV operator asked what he could see there was no trace."

It was at this point that the sergeant entered the control room where he recognised the junior officer.
"With the sergeant's sides aching from laughter he pointed out to the PC that the operator had been watching him unaware that he was a pain-clothes officer – thus the PC had been chasing himself round the streets."
A police source told The Daily Telegraph: "We've had a couple of funnies lately, but all taken in good spirit."

On Tuesday night a spokesman for the force, which has about 3000 officers, could not provide any further details on the operation due to a lack of information.
He added: “Policing is often a serious business, so we all enjoy moments of light relief.
“This story was shared anonymously with the Police Federation magazine, so unfortunately without the date or location, confirming the details and locating the officer is harder for us than it was for the CCTV operator.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... rglar.html
 
Been dealing with the fallout from that one all week!

Most popular story we've dealt with for years.....the people involved have been roundly joshed :lol:
 
rynner2 said:
rynner2 said:
CCTV police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar
An undercover police officer "chased himself round the streets" for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... rglar.html
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Just as well he was stopped in time, or he might have had to arrest himself! :D
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Haha! I've just seen that the story has been picked-up by FailBlog. I'm so proud.
 
I heard a version of that one 15 years ago from a policeman I knew, except it was two officers chasing themselves in an unmarked police car. So it could be a plod's foaf story...
 
Timble2 said:
I heard a version of that one 15 years ago from a policeman I knew, except it was two officers chasing themselves in an unmarked police car. So it could be a plod's foaf story...
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Unfortunately not this time :lol: it happened all right.
 
Could link up the dumb cops with the dumb criminals? Think of the fun they would have together!

Mansfield police officers smash window to save toy dog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-17590000

A passer-by mistook "Little Willy" for a real dog

Police in Nottinghamshire have said they will be discussing compensation for a car window smashed after officers tried to "save" a toy, stuffed dog.

Officers received a call from a concerned passer-by who reported seeing a dog left on the back seat of car parked on Church Lane in Mansfield.

The police officers smashed a window in the Mercedes and discovered it was, in fact, a toy dog.

The toy's owner, Gordon Williams, 80, said police had done the right thing.

"I know Little Willy is quite realistic and if they weren't sure about it, they did a good thing as we don't want any more dogs dying in the heat of a car," said Mr Williams.


Mr Williams said Little Willy would be staying at home from now on
He said it cost £180 to repair the driver's side window and Nottinghamshire Police said they were discussing the costs with Mr Williams.

In a statement Nottinghamshire Police said: "The call [on 26 March] was made in good faith by a passer-by.

"In this case officers believed a dog could be suffering due to the heat of the day and its life was potentially at risk, so felt there was no other option but to enter the vehicle.

"This is a perfect example of why drivers need to think about what they leave on view in their car, both in terms of other people's perception of the objects and in a bid to deter opportunist thieves."

Mr Williams added Little Willy would be staying at home from now on.
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Amazing:

Georgia police handcuff girl over tantrum

Six-year-old charged with assault and damage to property after she allegedly knocked over a shelf that injured headteacher

Police in Georgia handcuffed a six-year-old girl after she threw a tantrum, and the police chief is making no apologies.

The child, who has not been named, is accused of tearing items off the walls and throwing furniture at school in the central Georgia city of Milledgeville, according to WMAZ television channel. The police report says the girl knocked over a shelf that injured the headteacher.

The school called police after the Friday tantrum. The report says when an officer tried to calm the child, she resisted and was handcuffed. The girl was charged with simple assault and damage to property.

Police chief Dray Swicord says the department's policy is to handcuff people in certain situations, and "there is no age discrimination on that rule".

The child has been suspended from school until August.
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I don't think much of a teacher who calls the cops over a six-year-old. Clearly this is a huge behavioral problem, but the parents need to be called first if she's unmanageable in class.
 
I'm also astonished that a *six year old* could be charged with anything, especially given that all that seems to have taken place is an admittedly pretty major tantrum.
 
It sounds like things have got to the point where only a police officer can legally restrain a child.
Most adults, including teachers, can't touch a child without being reported - so it's safer for their reputations for them to call in the police.
 
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