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Punishment passed, harassed, liquid sprayed. Police? Not interested.

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  • April 9, 2019 at 8:49 am #29520
    srchar

    Just thought I’d post what is becoming my regular rant at the state of policing in this country.

    Riding through Tottenham yesterday, minding my own business, empty road.  Got punishment passed, but didn’t react (this is Tottenham after all).  When there was no reaction, the driver slowed down so I caught them up, drew alongside and begin swerving at me, then wound the passenger window down, shouted “acid!” and squirted what turned out to be water at me.

    He turned off the road into an estate; I continued, then did a U-turn to see if I could spot the car.  I soon found the car and just saw the back of the driver disappearing into a house.  So, I called the police.  I told them what had happened, gave them the VRN, description of car, description of driver and his current location expecting them to say, “excellent sir, we’ll send a unit out right now.”  Instead, I got “sorry, they won’t send anyone” from the dispatcher, and was then transferred to the “digital reporting unit” who weren’t interested in catching the assialant either.

    However, ride at walking pace through a town centre and some officious prat will slap a hundred quid fine on you.

    Honestly, f*ck the useless c*nts who “run” this country.

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  • April 9, 2019 at 4:43 pm #939441
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    Rick_Rude
    srchar wrote:
    The Met are obsessed with gaining the respect of people who will never, ever respect the police, while ignoring the needs of those who would love to have a police force worthy of respect.

    They are now at the only point they can logically reach with such an approach – the point where nobody respects them.

    This is because you are an easy arrest and it would be no bother to get you. It’s mirrored if you read the local papers. Some ‘unfortunate’ from the bad estates will get a solicitor to tell the magistrates that they really aren’t responsible because ‘society’. You meanwhile, know better. You are educated and have a job, you know crime is wrong, you will be punished!

     

    April 9, 2019 at 2:52 pm #939439
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    srchar

    The Met are obsessed with

    The Met are obsessed with gaining the respect of people who will never, ever respect the police, while ignoring the needs of those who would love to have a police force worthy of respect.

    They are now at the only point they can logically reach with such an approach – the point where nobody respects them.

    April 9, 2019 at 2:39 pm #939437
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    nniff

    Fear not, for this is the Met

    Fear not, for this is the Met Police’s vision:

    “The world’s best organisations succeed because they are inspired by a strong vision. To make the scale of our ambition clear, the Met’s vision is to:

    Make London the safest global city
    Be the best crimefighters, by any measure
    Earn the trust and confidence of every community
    Take pride in the quality of our service
    So that people love, respect and are proud of London’s Met”

     

     

    I’m not quite sure what a global city is.  I thought London (and the Met) had some rather more local geographic boundaries.  Some Russians came all the way to Salisbury just to look at its cathedral.  Does that make Salisbury a global city?

     

    Any measure?  Really?

    Earn the trust and confidence of every community?  Not sure about that one either.

    Pride in the quality?  I think my dog is very proud of a minging old cuddly toy.  He goes and gets it and shows it to me when I come home.

     

    April 9, 2019 at 12:01 pm #939435
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    the little onion

    I was recently assaulted (ABH

    I was recently assaulted (ABH) on a shared use path by some nutter who has it in for cyclists. There was a clear video of the suspect, and the suspect is always seen at the same time and the same place. Whilst this information was reported to the police, they haven’t bothered to actually send someone out to look for this suspect

    April 9, 2019 at 10:59 am #939433
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    srchar

    That’s an excellent point

    That’s an excellent point Munge, but luckily the police in that area are under-resourced and won’t, err, I mean wouldn’t, have time to investigate.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:46 am #939429
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    Mungecrundle

    Very bad move to call the
    Very bad move to call the Police and leave your details. I mean, should matey boy’s car be consumed in flames under suspicious circumstances, then you’ll be first in line to be hauled in for questioning.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:46 am #939431
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    srchar

    Well that escalated quickly.

    Well that escalated quickly. Thanks, Legs, I get it now – Lammy isn’t left wing [i]enough[/i]. I expect that anyone right of Marx is a far right nutter in your book.  I thought we riders of bicycles had learned by now that labels aren’t helpful.

    Thanks for the insight Durandal.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:44 am #939427
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    srchar wrote:
    I’m trying HP, I really am. Do you know what the earnings threshold is for the police to give a shit?  I imagine in my corner of north London it is terrifyingly high.

    You just need to seize the means of production.

    My hero.  <3 

    April 9, 2019 at 10:38 am #939425
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    hawkinspeter
    srchar wrote:
    I’m trying HP, I really am. Do you know what the earnings threshold is for the police to give a shit?  I imagine in my corner of north London it is terrifyingly high.

    You just need to seize the means of production.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:36 am #939423
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    hawkinspeter
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    srchar wrote:
    It’s got absolutely fuck all to do with one’s political compass, Legs. It happened in a constituency where David Lammy won the seat with over 80% of the vote at the last election.

    Well, that’s great.  Because a Blairite MP really is the left-wing solution we’ve all been craving.

    Brilliant.  Fabulous.  You should be Politics Editor on the BBC.  

    Have faith comrade – the mighty Corbyn will deliver us from the evil Tory Brexit.

    …wait a minute – he’s working with them now? And he wants Brexit?

    Shit!

    Yeah, because he sees the EU as some ‘neoliberal construct’, FFS. 

    I’m thinking his time is up and Tom Watson should lead us forward to a Marxist utopia.

    At least he supports the 2nd referendum.

    Now that I’ve shoe-horned that into the discussion, I’ll include a link to the clearest analysis of why the referendum was flawed: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/take-it-from-the-swiss-the-brexit-referendum-wasnt-legitimate

    April 9, 2019 at 10:29 am #939421
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    durandal

    Unfortunately it is almost

    Unfortunately it is almost certain that there were no units to deal. The box is empty, especially with the new BCU mergers the met has implemented.

    Because you were no longer at immediate risk the call would have been downgraded instantly. Had you stopped and immediately rang 999 saying “I’ve just been sprayed with something, the driver shouted ‘Acid'” then you’d have got  an ‘i’ graded response. As you’ve rung up to report what is, in essence, a common assault  where the suspect is no longer on scene then diverting  a unit away from whatever weary old shit has more risk attached to it is impossible to justify.

    It’s shit, but it’s got nothing  to do with your mode of transport and everything  to do with the fact that the met is what’s known in the trade as ‘fucked’.

    That doesn’t  mean the job is written off (although it may as well be, to be fair). TDIU will have recorded it and it’ll go into the big pile that  response officers now have to manage along with dealing with an increased call volume over a greater geographical area with less officers. If you’re lucky it’ll go to an officer who’s got  time to deal. If you’re unlucky, it’ll go to one who hasn’t.

    When it inevitably gets screened out, make a complaint. The only way that the SLT will understand that the system isn’t working is when complaints start going through the roof.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:29 am #939419
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    srchar wrote:
    It’s got absolutely fuck all to do with one’s political compass, Legs. It happened in a constituency where David Lammy won the seat with over 80% of the vote at the last election.

    Well, that’s great.  Because a Blairite MP really is the left-wing solution we’ve all been craving.

    Brilliant.  Fabulous.  You should be Politics Editor on the BBC.  

    Have faith comrade – the mighty Corbyn will deliver us from the evil Tory Brexit.

    …wait a minute – he’s working with them now? And he wants Brexit?

    Shit!

    Yeah, because he sees the EU as some ‘neoliberal construct’, FFS. 

    April 9, 2019 at 10:27 am #939417
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    atgni

    That really is a pathetic
    That really is a pathetic police response.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:23 am #939415
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    hawkinspeter
    Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
    srchar wrote:
    It’s got absolutely fuck all to do with one’s political compass, Legs. It happened in a constituency where David Lammy won the seat with over 80% of the vote at the last election.

    Well, that’s great.  Because a Blairite MP really is the left-wing solution we’ve all been craving.

    Brilliant.  Fabulous.  You should be Politics Editor on the BBC.  

    Have faith comrade – the mighty Corbyn will deliver us from the evil Tory Brexit.

    …wait a minute – he’s working with them now? And he wants Brexit?

    Shit!

    April 9, 2019 at 10:18 am #939413
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester
    srchar wrote:
    It’s got absolutely fuck all to do with one’s political compass, Legs. It happened in a constituency where David Lammy won the seat with over 80% of the vote at the last election.

    Well, that’s great.  Because a Blairite MP really is the left-wing solution we’ve all been craving.

    Brilliant.  Fabulous.  You should be Politics Editor on the BBC.  

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