All
members of the British Police Force swear the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown. The
elected Police Commissioner Oath. I....."do solemnly and
sincerely promise that I will serve all the people of Police Force Area
in the office of Police and Crime Commissioner without fear or
favour". Yet these elected people will be in a position where those
in the Police Service, swear allegiance to the British Crown which indicates that
they are part of a British service, yet the elected Police Commissioner has
the right to dismiss a British serving
Police Officer-no matter how high the rank or how many years service he/she has
served, and how many years they has served to get to any high rank, and whose
sworn allegiance is where it should be TO THE BRITSIH CROWN.
In
all the advertisements re elected
Police Commissioners not once was this explained. For in NOT making that clear to the people of this Country before
the recent election of PCC's, the coalition Government really did let the
people down, they betrayed the people they are supposed to serve. Even
our MP’s and Government’s sworn allegiance
is to the British Crown and they alone could not, I suggest, lawfully change
the Oath of Allegiance because THEIR sworn Oath that they make before they
may take up their seats in the House of Commons does not allow it.
They made up a kind of pledge yet it is indeed listed as an “OATH”, yet the term
"Police Commissioner" indicates that they are part of a British
Police Service particularly as they apparently have the right to dismiss a high
ranking serving British Police Officer.
The
Papers today have been reporting about the lack of “DEMOCRACY” for so FEW
people bothering to go and elect from those names that are on ballot
papers.
The
only way anyone could “have a say against these proposals”, could either stay
away-which many did- or like myself, go to vote by placing a great CROSS from
corner to corner of the ballot paper, in biro rather than in the pencil
provided. This was “democracy” at its
best. The people had no other way but to stay away, yet such is that lack of
DEMCRACY our Government and many in the press didn’t even recognise it.
From the Home Office site, Police and Crime
Commissioners to swear an oath of impartiality
The elected Police Commissioner Oath. The full oath: Full Name and Place do solemnly and sincerely promise that
I will serve all the people of Police Force Area in the office of Police and
Crime Commissioner without fear or favour.
I will act with integrity and diligence in my role and, to the best of my ability, will execute the duties of my office to ensure that the police are able to cut crime and protect the public. I will give a voice to the public, especially victims of crime and work with other services to ensure the safety of the community and effective criminal justice. I will take all steps within my power to ensure transparency of my decisions, so that I may be properly held to account by the public. I will not seek to influence or prevent any lawful and reasonable investigation or arrest, nor encourage any police action save that which is lawful and justified within the bounds of this office.
I will act with integrity and diligence in my role and, to the best of my ability, will execute the duties of my office to ensure that the police are able to cut crime and protect the public. I will give a voice to the public, especially victims of crime and work with other services to ensure the safety of the community and effective criminal justice. I will take all steps within my power to ensure transparency of my decisions, so that I may be properly held to account by the public. I will not seek to influence or prevent any lawful and reasonable investigation or arrest, nor encourage any police action save that which is lawful and justified within the bounds of this office.
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The Police Officer’s oath. "I, .. .. of .. .. do solemnly and sincerely
declare and affirm that I will well and truly serve the Queen in the office of
constable, with fairness, integrity, diligence and impartiality, upholding
fundamental human rights and according equal respect to all people; and that I
will, to the best of my power, cause the peace to be kept and preserved and
prevent all offences against people and property; and that while I continue to
hold the said office I will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all
the duties thereof faithfully according to law."
They
deliberately leave out the Oath to our Monarch, the Queen. So ANYONE
from any Country may become an elected Police Commissioner in the United
Kingdom.
Whether the proposed change re the Oath
of Allegiance thought up for elected Police Commissioners is unlawful, for the
true Oath is lodged in various Constitutional Documents one of which is the
Declaration and Bill of Rights 1688/9. The Oath of Allegiance has its
origins in the Magna Carta, signed on 15 June 1215. I leave that to the
Experts or High Courts in the United Kingdom.
Did the Queen give her approval to this casting aside the
Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown for elected Police Commissioners? I simply do not know.
Under oaths of allegiance, in various long standing
constitutional Documents makes very clear that this country CANNOT be ruled by
ANY foreign power “No foreign Prince, person, Prelate, State, or Potentate,
hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Pre eminence, or
Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm.” Yet British Government are implementing EU
orders that all of us here in the United Kingdom have to obey-at least until we
are set free one way or another, from foreign rule. Also added two codicils at the end of the Bill of Rights “Any
amendments to the Bill after the 23 October 1689 shall be void and not lawful,
and this bill is for all time”. This law and its Oath are not subject to
Parliament because they were given to Parliament by the People whose WILL is
supreme over Parliament. This means Parliament may not allow any part of the
aforementioned Oath to be breached side-stepped or ignored. This Bill of
Rights precludes and effectively forbids Parliament from passing any Bill
contrary to our Common law Constitution and questionable also, is the like of
the European Communities Act 1972. The Treaty of Rome or any
other European legislation which gives them any say at all in the governance of
the UK. It also precludes Parliament from passing any laws contrary to the
spirit of this Bill of Rights.
A P JP (Retired).
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