Wirral Wimps

[Jim Brady]

One PC dismissed without notice.
One given final written warning.
Two to receive words of advice from management.

It would appear they were flagged down by shop manager,front seat passenger wound down window had short conversation with manager (not sure if 9 seconds long) where manager asked for help,window wound up and drove off.Two PC's in back seat didn't hear what was said,no charges and will be advised to listen out in future whilst in back seat.Front seat passenger who spoke to manager dismissed.Driver written warning.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[j.sabourn]

When I saw the name Fagan my mind immediately jumped to Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger, were any of the characters involved called PC Dickens, Dodger or Twist. Years ago when my wife was proceeding towards one of the Channel ports in an old Ambulance which the Monkseaton Morris and Country Dance club used and which was written on the trucks side. They were stopped by a police patrol car, thinking something was wrong they all scrambled out about 20 of them. Expecting a ticket for an unworthy vehicle they were told there was nothing wrong but wanted to know where Monkseaton was. Apparently one was called PC Monk and the other PC Seaton. JS

[j.sabourn]

29 # Gilly says he"ll have a Molotov Cocktail, no ice. As is thinking of the shrinking arctic and antarctic Circle getting less in diameter by the hour. I'll just have a beer as long as someone else is paying. Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Bit tough on the PC but if you do not do your job then too bad. If we cannot rely on the police then we are in real strife.

[Jim Brady]

The sad part about this is the sacked officer had 15 years good service in,now without a job and a mark against his character.The B/std that caused the problem (shoplifter)I think got 7 weeks suspended sentence.Here is the footage where the police stopped,I think it was nine seconds.
Regards.
Jim.B.

Watch: CCTV footage shows the moment police drove off without helping Tesco security guard tackle thief - Liverpool Echo

[gray_marian]

#35, The sad part Jim was the arrogance of this particular Police Officer, and the other three for not questioning his decision. Lucky for him and the security guard the shoplifter did not have a knife. Still he'll have plenty time now to reflect, unless of course an appeal looms.

[John Arton]

Many of todays police are pretty rubbish with unfortunately Scottish police seeming to lead the way.
Two recent incidents in Scotland.
1. Despite being reported by a number of people, police failed to investigate for three days a car crash on the side of a Scottish motorway resulting in the trapped occupants dying due to no one investigating the crashed car (also does not say much for the general public not investigating)
2. An elderly lady suffering from dementia? went missing and despite her been seen and reported on CCTV, police failed to act on this information with the result that the lady was found dead a few days later.
Usual B.S. from the head of the force, budget cuts, must review our reporting system etc. etc.
rgds
JA

[John Pruden]

the top and bottom of all these posts whether Wirral Liverpool or Timbuktu once you become a copper its down to the duty of the public serve and protect and if you cant or think you will get your uniform a bit dirty then you should not be in the job easy?? jp

[gray_marian]

#37, (also does not say much for the general public not investigating) To be fair John, the car was only visible only from a country road running parallel with the embankment of the M9. Between these two roads is a huge field, various trees and shrubbery
and too far from the country road to have any interior view. Only access would have been by tractor. No animals graze there so need need for supervision by a farmer. Most driving past probably thought joy riders had abandoned a car.
Chief Constable Sir Stephen House, Scotland's most senior police officer will stand down from his post within three months, bringing forward his departure by nearly 12 months!!

"Opposition parties are piling pressure on the governing Scottish nationalists to reform Scotland’s two-year-old unified police service, saying the departure of its chief constable will not be enough to restore confidence in the troubled force.
Opponents of the SNP see policing as a weak point in the party’s eight-year record in office that could help to limit the governing nationalists’ expected gains in next year’s Scottish parliamentary elections."

Excerpt from the FT

[John Albert Evans]

Speaking as an ex Police Officer, he deserved to be sacked. When I joined the oath that you took began The protection of Life and Property. In not assisting the store detective he failed the very oath he took.

John Albert Evans