I was amused to read a wee while ago that police officers in Cheshire are going to pose as burglars, in a bid to get householders to properly secure their homes.Operation Golden will see police officers wake people in the middle of the night by trying windows and doors.
Residents who fail the police breaking and entering test will be woken to receive a lecture from officers on what they could have lost.
Oh yes, this will work!
What could possibly go wrong with this "brilliant" scheme???
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I read this.....No wonder Nanny doesn't want the public to tackle burglars in our own homes...They may be a PCSO.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what would happen if a plod entered a home at night and the resident died of a heart attack, due to the shock of finding one of our boys in black in their bedroom?...Unlawful act manslaughter?
At the end of the day, it is up to a person if they leave their home secure or otherwise...I wonder if the state storm troopers would place the fact the house was, in their opinion, left insecure on an insurance industry sponsered database and thus render the insurance invalid in the case of a claim being made?
Not to forget that this will give the police the opportunity to lecture residents not only on what they could lose if their house is burgled, but it will also allow the police to lecture home-owners on their obligations under the Occupiers Liability Act 1984 (covers trespassers).
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do wonder under which right of entry they're going to use in order to actually carry out this stupid waste of money.
Obviously they won't have a warrant, as I would hope that no JP would issue one. They can't argue they're enforcing an arrest warrant, they're not dealing/preventing a breach of the peace, they're not recapturing an offender, nor are they saving life or preventing serious damage to property.
@Tonk: It would most likely be Unlawful act manslaughter, and no doubt the police force would also be charged with corporate manslaughter.
It seems to me as though this is a case of a well intended project, but badly thought out. Not to mention the fact that whilst these officers are breaking and entering, then there will be less officers to respond to actual crimes.
What happens when Mr alarmed citizen bashes one of the plod over the head with a poker? What idiot dreamed up this scheme.
ReplyDeleteBet plod will start nicking people if they find drugs etc on their illegal entry into the house.
Anon;
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"It would most likely be Unlawful act manslaughter, and no doubt the police force would also be charged with corporate manslaughter."
I agree however, I do have a problem with corporation manslaughter against a public body.....One publicly funded organisation,(Plod) being prosecuted by another publicly funded organisation,(CPS) in a publicly funded court system with plod being defended by lawyers that are funded out of public funds....Eventually, a fine issued and paid out of public funds....This is the same as the old USSR's job creation scheme....If they want to pursue corporate manslaughter charges, I would prefer to see them against the person that thought up such a silly scheme and have them prosecuted as an individual. I wonder just how much public money sloshes about in such silly proceedings just to keep Guardian readers in work? :-)
As I understand it, breaking and entering is a crime so, theoretically any rosser participating in this scheme could end up in the dock. But, as you say, Tonk, it is no good having public bodies take proceedings against one another using OUR money: the twat responsible for this hair-brained scheme should be the one in the dock: and if this scheme results in someone having a fatal heart attack or stroke, they should be done for manslaughter. Perhaps I am being naive, or just plain old fashioned, but personally, I would much rather the police focussed on those tossers who are actually carrying out the burglaries!
ReplyDelete"Residents who fail the police breaking and entering test will be woken to receive a lecture from officers on what they could have lost."
I am sure that will please them no end!
"What could possibly go wrong with this "brilliant" scheme???"
Plenty!
Tonk said:"...I wonder if the state storm troopers would place the fact the house was, in their opinion, left insecure on an insurance industry sponsered database and thus render the insurance invalid in the case of a claim being made?"
That would never surprise me!
Number 6 said...
"What happens when Mr alarmed citizen bashes one of the plod over the head with a poker? What idiot dreamed up this scheme."
He or she will no doubt have the book thrown at them for
'assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty.'
To answer your second question, someone with limited intelligence and too much time on his/her hands.
Number 6 said..."Bet plod will start nicking people if they find drugs etc on their illegal entry into the house."
Maybe that is the resoning behind it, to improve their clear up rate without the usual hassle?
Un ... farking . . . real.
ReplyDeleteIs it not a crime that some of these mindless twats receive a weekly paycheck? I don't think Monty Python could have dreamed this one up.
Not Monty Python but ...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/ntnon-constable-savage-p1.php
Seems to have given subsequent governments ideas.
The bastards didn’t believe my excuse that I was only in her bedroom at 4am, without my trousers, in order to show her how vulnerable she would be if anyone tried to rape her.
ReplyDeleteOne law for the police.....One law for others.
Yes, m'lud I did batter him and take his wallet while leaving him for dead in a back alley, but it was all to show him how silly he was to take that short cut away from the main streets on his way home, as we all know that main streets in Britain are super safe due to a high police presence and huge penalties via the courts for anyone who acts in an anti social fashion.
ReplyDeleteNo jury would convict me.
I take a high-tensile ten inch knife and an all-steel hatchet upstairs with me every night.
ReplyDeleteI will use them.
I can already see the potential for things to go wrong. Can you?