Derby Policeman caught speeding @ 38mph in 30mph zone - said it was someone else (who was French) - got caught charged with Perverting the course of Justice - 9 months sentence + his 30 year Pension is at stake!
Honesty + 3 points and a £60 fine would have been a lot better.
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Are not policemen supposed to tell the truth?
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Are not policemen supposed to tell the truth?
Keep this to yourself MW; but all of us SHOULD tell the truth!
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Apparently he hastily retired to try and protect his pension before he went to court IIRC.
What a shining example of modern policing. Bet his erstwhile colleagues are delighted.
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Did you see the size of him - I thought there wasn't much space in prisons?
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His pension is safe under new HO rules a few months ago.
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I get the feeling his colleagues were after him. Nicked in his home town, driving a minibus, it smells a bit.
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He wouldn't be allowed to "retire" of his own accord if there was an impending internal inquiry. If he retired before he reached the 30 year mark his pension would be frozen unil he was 60 or something like that. They wanted shot of him. Not a nce place, prison, especially for a cop especially a bent one. (I mean bent in the old fashioned sense - sort of Sweeny.)
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what a clown.......deserves everything he got
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I thought the prisons were supposed to be overflowing?
What on earth is the point of jailing this prat? Could some more constructive punishment not be devised for him? A year of his retirement spent operating mobile speed cameras springs instantly to mind...
If the prisons were not full of people like this, they would not have to let so many murderers, rapists & child molestors out early.
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"deserves everything he got"
Who did he kill?
Nine months in prison for what really boils down to telling a porky? You've got to be joking.
I'm sorry, but this is what prisons are built for:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=49...7
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the point is, its a pig that told the porky,
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I've never believed they should be treated differently, nor should anyone who shot Mister Plod be treated more severely than anyone who shot Noddy
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Perhaps so BBD, but you wd expect a fellow officer to take a severe view of a notably dumb attempt at said perversion, surely?
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Ah, but "position of trust" and that, I have always advocated harsher punishments for those in those positions...they include any professional in public service.
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I'm doubtful that he will actaully spend 9 months in jail. Three months perhaps?
Makes you wonder what he's been up to in the past, doesn't it?
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part of the pay structure for a police officer.......(apart from the risk factor and shift work) is the position of trust , as mentioned by PU.
If you spend your whole career 'guiding' others as to the rights and wrongs, you should expect a hefty sentence if you transgress yourself..... because you 100% know better and should have some morals and standards, that is what the public pays for and expects
Furthermore one persons transgression affects badly 1000's of the rest of us... as the public 'presume' we're all the same. The damage can be immense.
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"they include any professional in public service."
....and bent solicitors
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"they include any professional in public service." ....and bent solicitors
Better start building more prisons PDQ..
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>> "they include any professional in public service." >> >> ....and bent solicitors >> Better start building more prisons PDQ..
Is the UK big enough?
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Personally I don't think that prisons are the complete "one size fits all" solution - far from it. Whilst not wishing to disciuss the specific case in this thead, community sentences have a place and I include tagging (properly regulated) and weekend prisons.
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community sentences have a place and I include tagging (properly regulated) and weekend prisons.
Put 'em to work in a call centre...LOL!
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I hadn't though of that - hope that the Dear Leader doesn't read this site.
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"If you spend your whole career 'guiding' others as to the rights and wrongs, you should expect a hefty sentence if you transgress yourself..."
Sounds wrong to me. If you spend your whole career serving the community you might expect a little leniency in your moment of madness. See It's a Wonderful Life.
However this leniency is reserved for those who spend their entire life being a bad egg, driving into pedestrians and confining them to wheelchairs.
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"If you spend your whole career 'guiding' others as to the rights and wrongs, you should expect a hefty sentence if you transgress yourself..." Sounds wrong to me. If you spend your whole career serving the community you might expect a little leniency in your moment of madness. See It's a Wonderful Life. However this leniency is reserved for those who spend their entire life being a bad egg, driving into pedestrians and confining them to wheelchairs.
I can see your point... maybe if the real 'bad uns' got dealt with properly we'd be in total agreement
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"maybe if the real 'bad uns' got dealt with properly we'd be in total agreement"
That'll ding dang do for me.
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"said it was someone else (who was French)"
Fair enough I say
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>If you spend your whole career serving the community you might expect a little leniency in your moment of madness.
He was employed in the office of Constable, on a wage that he found acceptable (he did it for a long time). An exemplary sentence seems reasonable given the oath he took at the outset .
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"said it was someone else (who was French)" Fair enough I say
they had it coming to them.
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Having seen the gentleman in question last night, on the TV news, prison will thin him down a bit. At least I now know who ate all the pies - perhaps they were porky pies! Or portly pies? I'd better go!
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Didn't the speed enforcers have him on video, from the front? Surely it's a bit tricky saying it's someone else when they've got you from the front, and you're kind of 'distinctive'?
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I note that this unfortunate Simpsons character is being condemned out of hand for obesity.
Has it not occurred to anyone that he may have a health problem?
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"If you spend your whole career 'guiding' others as to the rights and wrongs, you should expect a hefty sentence if you transgress yourself..... because you 100% know better and should have some morals and standards, that is what the public pays for and expects"
I agree. He must have known the punishment to expect before he told the lie, and he knew that honesty is at the core of the police service. But I don't see why he should lose his pension. Going to prison and losing your job is more than enough punishment.
For a similar reason crimes against coppers should attract higher punishment than otherwise.
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"For a similar reason crimes against coppers should attract higher punishment than otherwise"
That is such nonsense. So there's a bungled armed robbery, a copper and your wife are both shot dead. The villain who shoots the plod will never go free but the scoundrel who shot your wife in exactly the same circumstances serves seven years. How do you feel?
You can't grade the importance of human life.
Except students who come somewhere under fish food.
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Dave, the theory is that killing plod must be dissuaded with vigour as plod represents authority which must be defended at all costs, but, given that most murders are committed in the heat of the moment with no thought for the consequences, the theory might not be very good.
Grading of human life happens all the time. Fortunately, I am very important.
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Its not grading human life. Officers are expected to go into harm's way....
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">Officers are expected to go into harm's way....<"
That certainly used to be the case, and Constable Plod 2007 will still risk life and limb, unless a senior officer had undertaken a risk assessment of course.
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Quite right so no need to remind BRs of the tragic events in Leeds a few months ago when an unarmed Officer paid the ultimate price for doing her job - a job for which many of us would run away from.
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Yes, he's fat.
Oh and excessively stupid.
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And now back to motoring.
DD.
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