Scenario City

Came out of a shop to hear one gent say to another 'The beating you got last week was just a tickle, if you dont pay up by Wednesday evening it will be a fire cracker in your mouth and your gob taped shut'. I have a really good description of the guy. I was not on duty and had the little ones with me. Is this an intel report or should i have called it in? Was not going to act at that point as my kids safety comes 1st before anything else.

This is based on a real situation a few months back. Been patrolling around the local area one evening and went out to some of the woodland reserves to check the car parks (looking for drug users, people out dogging etc). We pulled in to one and came accross a group of 5 lads, aged from about 16-20 fully dressed up in Army combat gear with what appeared to be replica rifles hiding in the bushes. Turns out they were unloaded airsoft guns and the lads were out playing about in the woods. They had done nothing wrong and had no intention of causing any issues, especially with them chosing a location where no one would be out walking at that time. My only concirn was the gun…

Hi all. Time for the scenario room me thinks :new_wave: You are a beat officers in London and recently the public opinion about the force has hit an all time low. This is due to the fact that officers have been accused of assaulting teenagers in the city and the press has been reporting opinions rather than facts. You are on your beat around 11 AM in a neighbourhood when suddenly you hear chanting around the corner. You know that around the corner is near the main road. As you get closer you hear the chanting 'slaughter the pigs, slaughter the pigs'. You turn around the corner and immediately you are surrounded by 5 men between ages 18-35. They stand in a circle around…

One of my trainers reported several acid attacks in one of the Met boroughs recently. So I formed a scenario to see how officers would respond. It is the 10th of October and you are on the beat(on foot,alone) around 5PM in one of the boroughs in London as a safer neighbourhood PC. Suddenly control informs you of a incident that requires immediate response (within 10 minutes) to an address 5 minutes away from you. An IC1 male has been attacked in his front garden by an IC3 male in his late 20s, wearing red hoodie and dark jeans. The method of attack is a form of acid that causes sever burns to what ever it comes in contact with. Paramedics are on their way to attend the v…

You are on the beat with a fellow officer in the car, when control directs you two to a critical incident that has happened 15 minutes ago down the street. A robbery has turned violent with the suspect pulling a knife and stabbing the victim twice, before fleeing the scene. A witness saw the robbery from a park near by, but due to low lighting, she cannot see the state of the victim. She saw the knife but couldn't establish whether the knife wounds have caused major trauma. She is too afraid to go close to the victim to do anything. She only pulled enough courage to call 999 after she was sure the robber has left after 10 minutes of the incident taking place. An ambulance…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XE-l4P_6zE Just saw a vid on youtube. If you are the officers in this video, please don't be offended. I am just learning the ropes and want to learn how to do the job better Just wanted opinion on this video. Please post the timing of the video if you want to refer to something specific in the video. (e.g at 4:03 the man should have stopped etc) A: What would you do in their circumstance to mitigate the risk more? B: What could have been done better? C: What mistakes have they made? D: What offences would the man be charged with? E: If you were the officer who hand handcuffed the man, what would be the proportionate response for se…

Overheard this in a cafe recently and it had me wonderin ghow I'd deal with it if I was on duty. A customer was refusing to pay for his order, his complaint was that his piece of cake was off/out of date which was a matter of opinion because there was no date on the whole cake on display at the counter. This sounds trivial but obviously it could just as easily happen with something more expensive. What is the law regarding dissatisfied customers who feel they have a genuine right not to pay for goods they deem unsatisfactory?

Ok, so a scenario occurred to me where I can't decide between theft and fraud as the relevant offence. An elderly person informally puts their son/daughter in charge of their banking. The son/daughter then, without permission, proceeds to empty the bank to pay debts/live an extravagant lifestyle. Is this theft (the money has been taken dishonestly with an intention not to pay it back) or fraud by abuse of position (the son/daughter is in a position where they are expected to safeguard the financial interests of the parent and intends to gain from the dishonesty)? And if both which is the more appropriate charge? (no need for the disclaimer it's purely a hypothetical…

You S&S a suspicious looking person in the high street, ask them for ID they produce a badge and matching credentials identifying them as a foreign LEO couple of things for you to debate 1st they have no other ID on them apart from the badge & creds 2nd they ask for a bit of professional courtesy

Would there be any offences if security staff stopped someone in a shop, who was going round removing security tags, but they did not have any intention to steal the items just remove the tags and put the product back on the shelf with the tag next to it. No damage is caused to the product while they do this. Secondly, if they had some device to remove the tags, but still had no intent of stealing just messing around removing tags, would it be any different?

Perhaps one for the black rats. I just saw a guy driving past the entrance to a busy London station using his mobile phones - one of them in each hand. It looked like he was texting on them both - maybe copying contacts between them or something? As a result he had neither hand on the wheel and wasn't even looking out of the windscreen. There were many pedestrians around and heavy traffic; his car was moving at a fast walking pace. I'm quite surprised that he didn't go into the back of the car in front. I was wondering what I would do if I saw him doing the same whilst I was on duty. An FPN for using a mobile phone seems too lenient given the circumstances (it's no…

The other night I was leaving a club in Picadilly when I got offered drugs. The guy was a fair bit smaller than me and from what I could tell was not armed. I told him to do one and I did (much to the derision of my mates) call 101 when I got home and let them know. I am not a special yet and was just wandering what attested officers would do in that situation. Do you bring yourself on duty and arrest him or just leave it be. My second question is this: I am reluctant to go into details but the other night a girl was followed and chased by four males while walking home. She managed to get away and I didn't find out about it until today. If officers saw the 4 men who cle…

A male resident walks around the house naked which other housemates find uncomfortable. Is this indecent exposure (I dont think it matters if its not in a public place)? A female resident of a block of flats knocks on residents doors soliciting. Is this an offense as its not a street or public place?

Hi, I like this section of the forum. Another hypothetical scenario.... Bob lives in a shared house with Tommy. Bob has noticed Tommy attempting to covertly take images (photographs and video) of him in shared sections of the house. Question 1. Are there any (privacy) laws been breached? Question 2. If the request for Tommy to covertly film Bob has been made by Wally (Bob and Tommy's landlord) who (if anyone) is in breach of the law? (if the reason for the covert filming and Bob's feelings are important.... Wally has asked Tommy to film Bob smoking an electronic cigarette in the house which is not in breach of house rules or law and therefore in Bobs eyes an illegi…