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Posted: 02-06-2013 15:13 Post subject:

I worked in a cinema as a student. I was told that ever someone (IRA most likely in those days) phoned with a bomb threat the advice given was to ask them where the bomb was, when it was due to go off. We were also advised to ask them their name, address and why they planted it.

Posted: 08-08-2013 08:02 Post subject:

Devon police 'sent to wrong town' after burglary call

Officers were sent to the wrong Devon town after being called to a burglary at a shop, it has been claimed.
More than £5,000 worth of cigarettes and alcohol were stolen from Sue's of Combe Martin early on Friday morning.
Owner Sue Sussex claims a burglary was continuing for an hour after a 999 call was made, but officers went to Ilfracombe, five miles away. Shocked

Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed they had received a formal complaint and are investigating.

Ms Sussex, 61, claims CCTV shows a burglary started at 01:00 BST and continued for three-and-a-half hours.
Despite a witness's call to police at 02:30 BST and two further calls at 06:00 and 06:30 BST, police did not arrive at her shop until 07:30 BST.

"The witness was on the phone to the police for more than two minutes," she said.
"He told the police that it was Sue's of Combe Martin, it was on the junction of Borough Road and Cross Street, immediately opposite the garage on the A39, and that there was someone actually in the shop at that time.
"They were actually in my shop for more than an hour after the call was made, emptying my cigarette unit.
"They would have been caught red handed if the police had turned up."

She added: "They (the police) had sent two cars to Ilfracombe, where there hasn't been a spar shop for about 16 years." Rolling Eyes

Ms Sussex, who has run the shop for 42 years, also claims police had the witness's name and phone number but did not contact him.
"I understand that the incident was logged off as being dealt with," she added.
"I was totally devastated. The sheer incompetence, and I just feel totally let down by the whole incident.
"They were given such precise instructions, so it's awful."

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "A formal complaint has been made and it is being investigated by the professional standards department."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23599796

Posted: 12-08-2013 22:56 Post subject:

I think this is the best place for this... Wink

Gwent Police officer 'sex on duty' disciplinary process criticised

Gwent Police has been criticised for the "unacceptable" way it dealt with a complaint about an armed officer who had sex on duty.
PC Shaun Jenkins was carrying a gun when he met the married woman in a Caerphilly house in 2010.
The woman's husband complained when the force decided it was not a dismissible offence.
The IPCC said Gwent acted too hastily and failed to disclose he was on duty in its original report.

Officials say PC Jenkins gave the un-named woman a lift in the force's armed response vehicle before going to a nearby house where they had consensual sex - with his gun apparently "around his ankles" during the act. Shocked

While this was happening, a police colleague waited outside in a patrol vehicle for 40 minutes.

The matter came to light six months later when the woman's husband made a complaint about the officer's conduct having learned of his wife's infidelity.
Gwent Police initially decided their officer's conduct was not a sackable offence.

The IPCC said a report sent to both the husband and the police watchdog "failed to mention" that PC Jenkins and his colleague were on duty and armed at the time.
Neither were told that he was in possession of a firearm which was in a holster in his trousers, following redactions to the force's original report.

PC Jenkins was dismissed from his job after an appeal by the IPCC although he was reinstated following another appeal.

Speaking after publication of a report into the case management, IPCC Commissioner for Wales Tom Davies said: "Any officer having sex on duty is unacceptable behaviour that falls well below what is expected of all police officers.
"Those who carry firearms are rightly subject to the highest standards of training, procedures and discipline.
"The manner in which this complaint was originally handled by Gwent Police is unacceptable and their attempts to 'fast-track' the complaint and deal with it outside the formal regulations are not good enough."

Mr Davies said while accepting the reinstatement of the officer by an independent police appeals panel, he was surprised by some of its findings.
"The finding of the police appeals panel that the gun was never out of PC Jenkins' direct and immediate control because it was in a holster, attached to his trousers, which were attached to him, albeit around his ankles, is surprising. Laughing

"I am also bemused by the panel's conclusion that his conduct did not significantly downgrade the protection to the public because there was nothing to suggest he could not have been back in the police vehicle within a minute or two.
"These findings can only undermine public confidence in the credibility of the police discipline system."

The IPCC said the force breached the rights of the complainant - the husband - by finalising the disciplinary process and giving PC Jenkins a final written warning before the husband could exercise his right of appeal to the IPCC.

A Gwent Police statement said: "Gwent Police notes and fully accepts the findings of the IPCC report which was critical of the force's handling of a complaint against a serving officer.
"Our complaints handling processes have been reviewed and improved as part of our on-going efforts to ensure we provide the best possible service to the public."

The IPCC said the force's head of professional standards was disciplined and removed from his role for the way the case was dealt with.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23666339

Can't resist this:
"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" Cool

Posted: 12-08-2013 23:01 Post subject:

Posted: 12-08-2013 23:08 Post subject:

" . . . there was nothing to suggest he could not have been back in the police vehicle within a minute or two.

Indeed the Latin motto of the force - Ponet. Erue eum. Extergunt super aulaeis!- translates as Whip it in, whip it out, wipe it on the curtains!" Shocked

Posted: 13-08-2013 00:08 Post subject:

Iustus a velox unus