Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Most people seem to have a beef with the actions of the police.
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Most people seem to have a beef with the actions of the police.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I've heard from a friend how he was treated by a Policeman at a road accident which was utterly disgusting! Head on crash involving a Canadian woman driving on the wrong side of the road. On the impact my friend was flung from his seat across across to the passenger seat despite wearing a seatbelt. When the police arrived he was told to get out of his car despite not feeling with it and in pain from the collision . When he did finally manage to get out he almost collapsed. The policeman said that it was an adrenaline rush. The police let the Canadian woman leave to catch her plane. An ambulance out on a training drive were told that they were not needed. When my friend asked if the police if they could take him home they said that he would have to find his own way home. He rang his wife who picked him up and took him to hospital. He has been in a neck brace with several cracked vertebrae in his neck for a couple of months.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Indeed, particularly from the good burgers of Staines.
OP
OP
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Everybody thought it was a very COWardly act by the policeman.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I've never herd of such awful behaviour.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I think a Swan was the scariest animal I've ever wrangled. Bloody heavy, like carrying a large dog, but Unkie Drago saved the Swan and restored the traffic flow to the A45.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
I've been mugged by a coot whilst fishing. Fookity-fook it was a vicious bludger - they batter you with their feet fgs!
Oh and dive-bombed by lapwings. I assume both were nest incursions.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Aren't those all things from Harry Potter?
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Did it break your arm ?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I don't think links to reports etc are appearing on CC these days, but if this doesn't show, a farmers union spokesman said the plod were right to ram the calf. No surprises there as this union is solely concerned about its members, not about animal welfare! If I remember rightly this union is pro hunting scumbag material!! 🧐 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...y-right-ram-cow-owner-reveals-doing-well.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...y-right-ram-cow-owner-reveals-doing-well.html
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
It was flapping and flopping everywhere and I was indeed worried it could break my arm. One of the motorists who'd stopped lent me blanket he had in the boot, and the plan was if I could cover it I could manhandle it off the road quickly before it had the chance to hurt me.
With half the County watching I gritted my teeth and went for it, and managed to get the blanket over the Swan and pick it up. Weirdly, the moment I picked it up it went completely placid, like someone flicking an off switch.
I didn't trust it so kept my face out the way so it couldn't eat my eyes or nose and carried it a couple of hundred yards to a nearby lake, to the applause of hundred of motorists. I should have got a CBE for that.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Word was the motorists clubbed together and bought you a cygnet ring.
Time Waster
Veteran
Disgusting. I really had hoped it was years back as I really like to think that stuff like that just doesn't go on anymore.
15 years ago a friend stopped at a junction in neutral with handbrake on got rammed up the back by an interceptor police car who's driver wasn't paying attention. My friend got sent across the whole junction by the force of impact with tyre marks backing up the brakes being on.
My friend got approached by the driver and asked to admit fault so he'd not get another letter on his record I think it was called. That happened two more times where someone in the cop shop called my friend in to give additional information to the statement only to "happen to bump into the driver of the cop car, and left alone with the copper, to get asked again but with a bit of menace. My friend is the most stubborn and difficult person you can meet when needed to be. Stuck to the same story which the inspector investigating the scene backed up. My friend got told by him it was so obvious it was the police drivers fault.
Result was the police took my friends car away after the last attempted corruption and got returned a lot quicker than my friend's insurance would manage. Plus a payout without hassle for loss of work due to injuries. The police must have really wanted it to go away!
That tale was some time ago but I seriously doubt the countrys biggest gang has changed their ways since then. It's a difficult job and breeds trust in colleagues even when that's not warranted. How many police blow their whistles over their colleague's activities?
Slick
Guru
I know of a few country cop stories but all going back to the 80's and maybe very early 90's.
I have probably lived in a bubble since then, but I would have hated to have to deal with corruption no matter how minor the example.
I have family who have devoted their entire working life to the service, its a bit of a slap in the face to them.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I did, twice. I won't go into the why's and wherefores, particularly as one involved a criminal matter and the other domeetic abuse, but I didn't join the dibble to work with nasty villainous tothers and liars.
In my experience most bobbies would, even if only to cover their own arses, but it only takes one or two to turn a blind eye and the effect is disproportionate.
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