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Legislate to introduce minimum sentences for assaulting police officers.
Sepura posted a topic in General Policing Discussions
Apologies if this has been posted, I had a search and couldn't find it on here. Also its not a questionnaire/or survey so posted it here. A UK Parliament petition has been set up by a retired police officer. Lets hope it gets to 10,000 or 100,000 + signatures Police officers who suffer assaults often receive significant injuries, physical and / or psychological, sometimes having long lasting effects. Recent sentences for such assaults give serious cause for concern that little, if any, regard is taken in determining appropriate sentencing of offenders. More details This petition calls for the judiciaries 'sentencing guidelines' to include a mandatory 'minimum' immediate custodial sentence (suspended sentences not being an available option), set as follows:- 3 months imprisonment – for offences tried summarily for assaults on police officers (but offences charged under Section 20, Offences Against the Person Act 1861 should become an 'Indictable only' offence for assaults on police officers). 1 years imprisonment for offences tried in the Crown Court. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104360- 10 replies
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I'll start by saying I'm not looking for advice, this is my story of how I was forced out of the police over something I eye as rather silly, and something I know people do all the time. Be aware, the federation seem like they aren't always as much help as they should be. Let's go back a few months, I've moved a long way from friends and family to pursue the career of my dreams. I'm 6 months into my probation with a police force. After serving 8 years as a special in my local force I had a fair idea what to expect, however this force at the other end of the world did seem to do a lot differently. Nothing too surprising though. I'd made some friends but as normal in the first 6 months I was getting moved from pillar to post every few weeks on attachments etc. I had met one person there I liked very much romantically however we ended up as just friends. I was living in a one bedroom flat on my own so thought I'd give Internet dating a go. Now... I've seen stories like this http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exclusive-the-dirty-cop-650962 And although I certainly didn't intend to go on a "sleazy swingers website" I remembered what we had been told in training by psd, and made the decision to use a false name and to say my job was a recruitment consultant, at least at first, until I thought I'd got to know someone. I was in my probation so didn't want any hassle or any chance of getting in trouble. An Internet search with my real name makes it quite obvious I was a police officer. I ended up chatting to a few people, exchanged phone numbers with a few to text and looking back what caused the problems was probably swapping my email address with someone. However, I never did find out what the real cause was. Forwards to a Saturday afternoon. As I'm getting in the shower I hear my next door neighbours intercom buzzer going a few times. I'm basically naked with some loud music on (I like some tunes on while I shower!) but I thought nothing of it, had my shower, got out and there's this banging coming from the communal entrance area. Then my intercom buzzer goes. At the time I thought it might have been the landlord of the flats trying to get in and maybe forgot their keys. I throw some clothes on and go down and open the door. This is when my life fell to bits. Stood there is a DI from psd, along with my fed rep, my inspector and 2 strangers in civvies. The DI asks to come in, but days if I don't let him in he'll be staying me and coming in sec 32 anyway. Well, I'm racking my brain at this point as to what I've done wrong! Nothing I thought so keen to cooperate like a good little probationer (and checking with my feed rep first) I let this crowd into my little flat. I'd actually been diagnosed with depression a few weeks before and had already been engaging well with the welfare team and my gp but I could feel myself slipping deeper already. All I ever wanted to do was be a good cop, and miles away from my old colleagues, friends and family I had a strange DI telling me that I wasn't. We got inside and this DI then cautioned me and told me he was investigation an offence of misconduct in public office, and that he wanted my Mobile phone, laptop and any other device that could access the Internet. If I didn't give them to him again he would seize them section 19 pace and if I asked him to leave before he could do that he would arrest me. I looked at my fed rep. The advice was to give him the stuff and keep quiet. He got the stuff, searched my flat for any more stuff then left, leaving me with my feed rep and inspector. I told them the whole story. They couldn't believe it and thought there must be more to it. I'm sure plenty of you reading this think there must be more to it! Sorry to disappoint you! Anyway, the Monday came and I went into the fed office as arranged to be formally suspended from duty. Embarrassing and I thought needless. Horrible experience. I still couldn't work out what I'd done wrong. Chatted with the fed appointed solicitor. He was pretty amazed, he had all the information from psd on my reg notice, again couldn't see any misconduct let alone criminal offences. The decision was to give psd an early interview, cooperate completely and show them I had nothing to hide. Being interviewed under caution formally on tape is horrible. However, I told them everything. Gave them my reasons behind what I did, explained everything, hey I thought, I've done nothing wrong the sooner they see the sooner I can get back to work. Days went by. Weeks went by. They dragged my friends into interviews. They told a female friend I was a "danger to women" and advised her that as I once did some painting work at hers that she should change her locks! I lost friends, they didn't believe there was no more to this. I became more depressed. The fed started out saying things like "we can't see what you've done wrong" but slowly their tune started to change. They wouldn't tell me why but they started getting very concerned about saving my job. I got very depressed, ended up having hallucinations about that day they turned up at my house. Ended up finding myself miles from home with nothing on my feet being taken in a police car to hospital for a mental health assessment. I decided since I was suspended anyway I'd return to my home town and see friends and family. Former colleagues from when I was a special. After a week or so, around 5 weeks after all this started I get a knock on the door very early one morning. Unexpectedly it's my fed rep and my welfare contact. The first thought was they'd come to give me my warrant card back and tell me to be at work tomorrow. Then I saw the look on their faces. I was very tired, very hungover (not great on antidepressants I know but sometimes these things happen) They came in, I put the kettle on. My fed rep told me they couldn't save my job and they had come for my resignation. My fed rep couldn't really tell me why but told me that under no circumstances would I be keeping my job and that I needed to resign, it would look better for my future and they weren't going anywhere without my forms signed. Stupidly I think, on that advice, I resigned. I STILL don't know what I did wrong. I still think somewhere along the line something I don't know anything about has happened. I know a lot of people on this site are young in service in the regulars, like I was with a few years of service (and commendations etc....) as a special. Don't let this happen to you. I still don't know why it happened to me. It's caused me no end of financial trouble, heartache, serious depression, just be careful. I wish you all the best, Dazednconfused
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Just wondering if there are any openly gay specials in the force? How do you feel about being a gay officer? Dose it impact on your work or are you treated differently by colleagues/public? Thanks!
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