TIME FOR A REMINDER!!
It’s been a while since this was first posted on a blog and thought is was time for a second helping of how we must be vigilant with our prisoners at all times.
Please watch each others back out there, all the time!!
The government only think we are worth 1.9% so don’t expect them to give a shit about us!!
Stay safe!!!
February 10, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I think it goes to show that nothing in our day to day stuff with our jobs can be called ‘routine’.
Anything can happen. Shame we didn’t get more footage like this shown on telly. Perhaps get some of those numpties off our backs who think our job isn’t that dangerous.
February 13, 2008 at 10:49 am
if that guy had the freedom of movement that the suspect would have had in our custody suite, then that officer would have been in a world of hurt. I thought it was way too confined in there when I started watching it but it certainly appears to have worked in their favour.
February 13, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Eff in hell, I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing. In the middle of a police station the chav stain tries to knife a copper. What kind of mentality does that take, ffs! Absolute no respect, no fear, nothing.
I agree there is nothing can be considered routine about a coppers job and I would hate to do it, damned if you do, damned if you dont but luckily the copper had plenty of back up but was obviously still fortunate. I would hate to think what happens when that scrote is out and about and comes across someone on there own with no back up. This country I think is well and truly f*cked!
A great philosopher once said:
ROUND ‘Em UP, PUT ‘EM IN A FIELD AND BOMB THE BASTARDS!!!!
Kenny Everet RIP
February 13, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The guys clearly got some MH issues. Good video, certainly makes you think..
February 13, 2008 at 9:30 pm
What a tosser (the offender that is) this is a good training clip, all of our Bobbies have seen it and need to see it again.
BTW leave me a comment? I’m on my million hits and it doesn’t seem right without your name on the comment list!
February 13, 2008 at 11:24 pm
The officer arrests someone in circumstances that dictates he (the offender) be handcuffed. It now appears that the officer did not search him thoproughly enough at the scene. The fact that the offender produced the knife at the Police station raises the excuses that he ‘found’ it lodged behind the rear seat of the Police car and was just handing it in. A very dangerous situation which could have resulted in serious injuries to the officer. On the other hand, a failure of basic search techniques by the officer in question. What do they teach them in Training School these days?
Plodnomore
February 15, 2008 at 9:35 am
Plodnomore raises an interesting question. Why was the chav not searched properly in the first place whilst cuffed?
February 16, 2008 at 1:23 pm
It’s just so scary to see how much contempt the scroat has for the police in general I really must climb out of my bubble…these things still amaze and shock me…xx
February 17, 2008 at 1:35 am
It cannot always be done but it is always best to handcuff the prisoner behind his back and put him in the rear cage of a van (having checked there are no knives, guns or drugs in there before he goes in). A prisoner cannot do much while handcuffed behind his back and once in custody the search will be on video. The problem in this case seems to be that he was taken out of handcuffs and then searched rather than the other way around, but, if a handcuffed prisoner appears to be compliant, the cuffs are taken off. I could not see where the knife came from, it looked as if it was tucked down the front of his trousers. I had a shoplifter once, cuffed behind his back until he got to custody and he had a knife tucked inside his boot. I also arrested a woman for card fraud, she wasn’t handcuffed but she would not come quietly. When I grabbed her arm to pull into the van something felt odd. She had a dozen stolen credit cards in the lining of her coat sleeve. We live and learn. The important message is always expect the worst.
We have all seen the video and what happened is well documented. Recently there has been much talk of plea bargaining and weak sentencing. Does anyone know what happened to this defendant at Court?
February 18, 2008 at 9:12 am
blueknight:
The problem in this case seems to be that he was taken out of handcuffs and then searched rather than the other way around, but, if a handcuffed prisoner appears to be compliant, the cuffs are taken off’
That seems a stupid policy to me, and if that copper had not been as lucky i’d guess he would as well. Inspector gadget reckons this is a good training video for his bobbies, yes indeed, dont trust anyone with a white baseball cap on!
February 19, 2008 at 3:54 pm
[You have reposted the clip that "Sergeant Says" originally posted in November last year, so I'll repost my remarks.]
Let’s hope the arresting officer has now learnt a lesson about checking arrested people for articles that may be used to cause injury.
He also seems to need more practical experience in removing handcuffs.
But the restraint (I nearly wrote “gentleness”) shown by all the officers involved was remarkable, especially the restraint shown by the officer at most risk. It was a full ten seconds before the aggressor was properly subdued. The presence of CCTV in the custody suite should not be allowed to suppress an officer’s right to legitimate self defence.
And, the design of that particular custody reception area is not very conducive to officer safety.
Jeffrey P
February 20, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Should have took that scrote down to the lost property office Gene Hunt style and shown that lad why trying to stab a copper in a police station is not a very good idea!
February 21, 2008 at 2:50 am
Hmm, a quick response after the sloppy procedure, entertaining clip though.
March 14, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Bobby I agree with your comment that more of this should be shown on the telly but it wont. And it wont be reported in the general media anyway. That is because:
1. An officer didnt get killed.
2. The officer is under threat and not the other way around (ie ‘police brutality’).
You should know that the media are not interested in what the police go through on a day to day basis. I have learnt this as I am a Special of 2 years (after 28 years in the Navy) and get really frustated that the media love to report police cock ups etc but rarely report the daily crap you have to go through.
January 25, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Is it too much to hope for that he “fell down the stairs” after they took him away?