Gwent Police are Against the Public
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This stinging letter from Andrew Moffatt, has been sent to the Gwent police, with the suggestion some of you may like to write in similar vein!
They really got this one very wrong......and we the public, should tell them so!
Don't say "this doesn't affect me", because it may well be you (or me!) next time!
It's getting very serious, now - on exactly whose side, are the Police? It no longer seems to be that of the law-abiding public! Every day, a new travesty of the law appears in our media!
Maybe the new Commissioners will change things....? As they will take their orders from Brussels, don't hold your breath, on that one!
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Sometimes, one cannot make things up.
In today's copy of the Daily Mail, the headline over an article reads:
"Businessman who tackled burglar in his mother's home is held for 18 HOURS in police custody for 'assaulting' intruder."
The article is followed by numerous comments from incredulous readers.
That article refers to a Mr Vaughan Jones, who did what sensible people do when they or their family are confronted by intruders and burglars in their family home. They seek to protect their property - what one might term a 'no brainer'.
Perhaps Gwent police, who are the paid servants and not the masters of the public, will explain, therefore, why their officers in Bargoed saw fit to arrest and hold in a cell, for 18 hours, a law abiding member of the public whose mother was being burgled.
Perhaps Mr Jones should have asked the burglar if he required assistance and then helped the burglar wrap up and pack the stolen goods. Perhaps he should have shown him through the front door to avoid him the inconvenience of having to exit through the patio doors he smashed. And perhaps he might have offered him a cup of tea and some biscuits.
Do the Gwent Police employ ex criminal elements or criminal sympathisers in their force in Bargoed? If so, it might explain why, evidently, they find it difficult to differentiate between a criminal who breaks and enters and a householder who seeks to protect his elderly, frail mother and her property from that criminal.
Gwent Police are now a laughing stock around the nation. Millions of pounds of damaging publicity have ensued, that it would be almost impossible to make up.
The Daily Mail article states:
"A spokesman said: 'When officers attend a live, ongoing situation they often have to take quick and decisive action based on what they are faced with to defuse the situation, ensure the safety of all involved and to maximise opportunities to gather evidence.
'Further enquiries follow, enabling officers to establish a fuller picture of what has taken place.'"
So, Gwent police officers are, perhaps, handicapped when they must think quickly and take decisive action. Can they not differentiate between a burglar and a victim? Pretty basic, isn't it but clearly very trying, perhaps, for police officers in Gwent with low IQs.
Are your officers in Bargoed stupid or are they on the side of the criminal? The taxpayer should be informed.
Will they be disciplined and sacked? If not, why not?
Will the courageous Mr Jones be issued with a public apology and compensation for his ordeal? If not, why not?
What action will the police in Gwent take to restore their public image? How much will this cost the taxpayer?
The founder of the police, Robert Peel, observed that the 'police are the public and the public are the police'. By their actions in Bargoed, the police are certainly not acting with the consent or the common sense of the public. Nor can the police operate without the consent of the public.
I am a taxpayer and I should like a full explanation and an answer to the points
above.
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