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So resisting arrest is all they have got? [View all]
"If anybody has any doubts about that police officer, they should question the officer on what they're doing and if there are any doubts they should ask to speak to the control room on that officer's radio or call 999... '' The Policing Minister ladies and gentlemen... call 999 to report your own arrest - just in case...
Sarah Everard case: people stopped by lone officer could ‘wave down a bus’, says Met
The force encouraged members of the public to challenge lone plainclothes police officers if they are ever approached, asking where the officer’s colleagues are, where they have come from, why they are there and exactly why they are stopping or talking to them.
It also suggests verifying the police officer’s identity by asking to hear their radio operator or asking to speak to the radio operator themselves.
If a person still does not feel safe, the force said they should consider “shouting out to a passerby, running into a house, knocking on a door, waving a bus down or, if you are in the position to do so, calling 999.”
It also suggests verifying the police officer’s identity by asking to hear their radio operator or asking to speak to the radio operator themselves.
If a person still does not feel safe, the force said they should consider “shouting out to a passerby, running into a house, knocking on a door, waving a bus down or, if you are in the position to do so, calling 999.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/01/police-must-win-back-public-confidence-after-sarah-everard-case-says-minister]
They knew the date that Couzens was going to be sentenced. They knew that as part of the sentencing hearing we would hear how he used his status as a police officer to kidnap rape and murder Sarah Everard and this is all they have got??? Flag down a bloody bus? Seriously? That is the plan to stop this happening again... you could not make it up. Resist arrest everyone, I am sure that will work out well for you!
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