[Cyclist]

Just a couple today.


Bristol

Officers are reviewing a case in which a 12-year-old was struck by an oar during a dispute in a park in Bristol.

Avon and Somerset Police was called to an altercation in Conham River Park after a woman pushed the boy, called Antwon, and injured him with a paddle.

According to police she said she had acted in self-defence. His family was told no further action would be taken.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61356756

Can you guess what colour the boy's skin is?


Humberside

A former police community support officer (PCSO) who formed sexual relationships with women he met on duty has been jailed.

Simon Smith, 49, used his role with Humberside Police to repeatedly contact and strike up relationships with women over a 10-year period.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-61332564

Nearly every day of the week another copper, Special, or PCSO makes the news for the wrong reasons.

[Cyclist]

Bristol

Officers are reviewing a case in which a 12-year-old was struck by an oar during a dispute in a park in Bristol.

Avon and Somerset Police was called to an altercation in Conham River Park after a woman pushed the boy, called Antwon, and injured him with a paddle.

According to police she said she had acted in self-defence. His family was told no further action would be taken.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61356756

Can you guess what colour the boy's skin is?

Well, this is a surprise!

An attack on a boy in Bristol who was struck with an oar is now being treated as a racially motivated assault.

Police officers were called to Conham River Park on 26 March after a woman pushed Antwon, 12, during a dispute and hit him with the paddle.

According to police she said she acted in self-defence and his family was told no further action would be taken.

But the force said after reviewing the case and meeting Antwon's family, it now wanted to hear from witnesses.

In a statement, Avon and Somerset Police said the initial decision to take no action was "based on evidence gathered at the time".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61393281

What a pity they couldn't be bothered to do their job properly at the time.

[Cyclist]

Metroplitan Police - the gift that keeps on giving

A police community support officer who told a woman involved in a harassment case that he knew where she lived has been jailed.

Met Police PCSO Mohammed Zaman was off duty when he met the woman in a supermarket on 24 March last year.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that when Zaman was arrested, in a police interview he branded the woman "a liar, working class and 'chavvy'".

Zaman, of Hounslow, west London, was given a 20-week jail sentence.

The 28-year-old was convicted of intimidating a witness on 4 March following a trial at Willesden Magistrates' Court.

At Friday's sentencing hearing, prosecutor Anushika Weerasena said when Zaman had met the victim in the shop he accused her son of stealing motorbikes. Magistrates had heard Zaman told the woman that he and his friends knew where she lived...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61435280

A Metropolitan Police officer who failed to investigate domestic abuse allegations made before a woman's murder has been fired.

Denise Keane-Barnett first notified police of domestic abuse by her estranged husband, Damien Simmons, on 26 January 2020.

Simmons poured petrol over her and set her on fire at her home in Harlesden, north London, on 16 April 2020.

PC Sandeep Khunkhun has been fired for "shocking dereliction of her duties".

The disciplinary panel made the decision following an investigation into the officer's handling of the case by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

The watchdog said Ms Keane-Barnett notified police of abuse and, a few days later, officers removed Simmons from her property after he locked her in her room.

Police returned later that day after she found a camera installed into a lightbulb in her bedroom.

Ms Khunkhun was assigned the case and handed an action plan by a superior, which included contacting Ms Keane-Barnett to see if she was willing to support a prosecution.

Three days later she gave a statement saying she fully supported police action and wanted her husband arrested.

On 13 February, Ms Keane-Barnett told police Simmons was harassing her by email and posting false information about her on social media, the IOPC said.

She again told officers she wanted Simmons to be arrested and would be willing to attend court.

The IOPC said Ms Khunkhun failed to complete the action plan or put in place adequate safeguarding procedures.

She also cancelled three interviews with Simmons, and did not arrest him before sending the case to be closed on April 6, the agency added...


...Simmons, 45, was found to have murdered 36-year-old Ms Keane-Barnett, who suffered horrific burns and later died in hospital, in a trial at the Old Bailey.

He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years in October...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61488044

We are expected to trust these people with our lives, and when we do...

[Cyclist]

Why am I not surprised by this?

Police leaders took a high-level policy decision not to place undercover officers in far-right groups at a time when fascists were intimidating and attacking ethnic minority communities in the 1970s, an inquiry has heard.

The undercover police officers that were sent to infiltrate political groups during that time were exclusively targeted at leftwing and progressive groups, including those opposing fascists...

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... s-in-1970s

[Bones McCoy]

Why am I not surprised by this?

Police leaders took a high-level policy decision not to place undercover officers in far-right groups at a time when fascists were intimidating and attacking ethnic minority communities in the 1970s, an inquiry has heard.

The undercover police officers that were sent to infiltrate political groups during that time were exclusively targeted at leftwing and progressive groups, including those opposing fascists...

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... s-in-1970s

There were already coppers in the membership of those far right groups.

[Cyclist]

Just think, if the Met hadn't made it so bleeding obvious that they weren't doing a proper job the IOPC could've been left in peace

The police watchdog has been urged to investigate Scotland Yard’s handling of the partygate investigation after pictures emerged of Boris Johnson apparently drinking wine at a lockdown-busting event for which he was not fined.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper has written to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) calling for them to examine the Met’s Operation Hillman inquiry into events in No 10 and Whitehall...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bori ... 3.html?amp

Convenient

The IOPC is unlikely to agree to her request as most complaints should be directed to the force responsible, with the watchdog usually only considering the most serious cases, such as those involving a death or serious injury following contact with the police

Complain to the Met. Met investigates. "Nothing to see here". Case closed.

[Cyclist]

Oh dear

The Metropolitan police is facing legal action over the way it handled allegations of the prime minister breaking lockdown rules by attending parties in Downing Street, the Guardian has learned.

The former Met police chief Brian Paddick is part of a group arguing the Met blundered and acted “irrationally” in its investigation.

Johnson was fined for one event but not for others, despite claims he was an active participant in these gatherings – with one photo showing his attendance.

Vomiting and partying until 4am: Sue Gray delivers damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s No 10
In a letter ahead of expected legal action, lawyers for Paddick say they wish to judicially review the “apparent failure of the Metropolitan police service to adequately investigate or investigate at all the prime minister Boris Johnson’s participation in three unlawful gatherings held at 10 Downing Street …”

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... -partygate

Please, oh please...

...The legal action signals a new chapter of pain for the Met over Partygate, which the force would have hoped to put behind it when it completed its investigation last week....


...The Met has so far refused to offer any further explanation, with the credibility of its decision-making rocked when photos emerged on Monday of Johnson at a party...

You might think I'm being petty and vindictive, but Hey! So what?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

George Monbiot has claimed on Twitter that a Scotland Yard source has informed him that the reason why so many junior civil servants were fined compared to senior ones is that the senior ones did not return their questionnaires, so they weren't investigated...

>edit<
Just seen that Nigredo posted the same.

[Bones McCoy]

George Monbiot has claimed on Twitter that a Scotland Yard source has informed him that the reason why so many junior civil servants were fined compared to senior ones is that the senior ones did not return their questionnaires, so they weren't investigated...

>edit<
Just seen that Nigredo posted the same.

Well folks, I think I've got the ingredients of the perfect crime.

[Bones McCoy]

Met Police officer to face trial for 21 counts of rape over 17 year period

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/met-poli ... rticlepage

[Samanfur]

Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection again, I see.

Bas Javid's directorate is involved, so I'm just brimming over with confidence.

[Cyclist]

The police watchdog has confirmed it is investigating the strip-search of another child by the Metropolitan police, which is already under scrutiny over two other cases.

Two teenage girls, known as Child Q and Olivia, were strip-searched by officers while they were menstruating in December 2020. Details of the cases prompted outrage and concerns that they had been treated differently because of their ethnicity (Child Q is black and Olivia, not her real name, is of mixed white and black ethnicity).

Asked at the London assembly police and crime committee last week whether there were any other cases, the Met’s acting commissioner, Sir Stephen House, said there was but he could not discuss it...

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... arch-child

Do Met officers have a thing for naked children?

[davidjay]

This is just so, so sad and avoidable.

Family agree settlement with Humberside Police over cemetery death

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-61634889

[Boiler]

Well, did anyone expect better of the Met?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61659260

[Watchman]

Got a bag on because their 2nd appeal was rejected

[Bones McCoy]

Well, did anyone expect better of the Met?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61659260

I'm sure the 4 accused will be OK; provided they don't complete their questionnaires.

[Cyclist]

God forbid anyone should hold up important motor traffic by legally driving their slow vehicle on a dual carriageway

The driver of a traction engine towing a long load was pulled over after holding up traffic at 5mph (8km/h) on a busy main road.

The engine was towing a vintage caravan, a 4x4 and a trailer on the A47 near Trowse, Norfolk, on Monday.

Police said traffic had been held up as the engine had been travelling so slowly on its 40-mile (65km) journey...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nor ... 716194.amp

I like the way the police "allowed" him to continue his journey, even though no offences had been committed. They're supposed to enforce existing laws - not make up new ones.

[Andy McDandy]

That said, I once was going from Derby to Macclesfield along the A523, which for many stretches is single lane and very twisty and turny, making overtaking not possible or advisable. Coming the other way was a traction engine, chap driving it in his Dibnah hat, happy as Larry.

We clocked the tailback behind him at 2 miles. 2 miles of assorted vehicles, unable to pass him as he clunked on at 5mph. This was on a regular weekday. There's enjoying our fine industrial heritage, and there's taking the fucking piss.

[Boiler]

God forbid anyone should hold up important motor traffic by legally driving their slow vehicle on a dual carriageway

The driver of a traction engine towing a long load was pulled over after holding up traffic at 5mph (8km/h) on a busy main road.

The engine was towing a vintage caravan, a 4x4 and a trailer on the A47 near Trowse, Norfolk, on Monday.

Police said traffic had been held up as the engine had been travelling so slowly on its 40-mile (65km) journey...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nor ... 716194.amp

I like the way the police "allowed" him to continue his journey, even though no offences had been committed. They're supposed to enforce existing laws - not make up new ones.

Rule 169 of The Highway Code sez:

Do not hold up a long queue of traffic, especially if you are driving a large or slow-moving vehicle. Check your mirrors frequently and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass.

In itself, it is not an offence: but my former traffic police colleague would certainly have an interest in "failing to make good progress".

[Cyclist]

No real surprise here

The Metropolitan Police has made a further eight voluntary referrals to the police watchdog involving strip searches of children by officers, in a development labelled “shocking and deeply disturbing” by London’s mayor.

The referrals relate to separate incidents, between December 2019 and March 2022, where children aged 14 to 17 were either strip searched by officers in custody or were subject to more intimate searches in the wider community, Scotland Yard said....

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 4.html?amp