9 November 2006

Assault in the watch-house

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The AFP have put out a media release informing us that one of their own is to be charged with “assault occasioning actual bodily harm, recklessly inflict actual bodily harm and assault” (nice to see the police inability to use the English language is still alive and well).

It is alleged that a 46 year old officer got a little willing with the capsicum spray in the watch-house on 26 October and was suspended the next day.

The matter is going to a magistrate on Wednesday 15-NOV-06.

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vg
not anything against you but listen to your self .
as soon as you become a cop every other person is breaking the law.
well go to hurtle ave in bonython and start aresting the lebo’s speeding and all the other car
.Thats right we have complained for 2 years with rego’s and still nothing is done .

what lie’s you have no rights
and are told to shut up .
i hope he get whats comming .
and VG just because your a cop doesent mean i hate you it is thing i have seen and experinced.

If Jim’s inference is that Police are somehow above the law, then that is more than effectively countered by the fact the individual in this case is appearing before a Court, ergo not beyond the reaches of the law.

You have plenty of rights when you get ‘locked up’. Unfortunately a lot of people’s stupidity in getting themselves there in the 1st place tends to cloud their judgement when they do.

is it still the fault of the officers involved if no training is supplied in order to deal with situations that are potentially volatile – people self harming themselves etc ?.

I dunno what happened – but lets not jump to conclusions. for all we know this lady may have been boinging her head off the wall at great speed – how do you deal with someone who is manic and not caring for their or anyone elses welfare.

At least if this happened in hospital – the wardsmen would restrain the individual while a very powerful sedative is administered for their own protection.

After a 2 minute translation ‘what the’ ?!? I think Jim wants to say that:

ACT Police are above the law, and have on numerous occasions broken the law (fractured sentence), and get away with whatever they want.

Care to justify that with some facts for us Jim ?

I understand that since basic literacy is beyond you, your ability to find this website again is also questionable.

Thankfully illiteracy is not a crime

ACT COP ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND ARE SO Much law breaker and get away with what ever the wont.

I have been locked up for not paying a fine and i did they made a mistake and when i was in there i seen
the way people get treated and dog in a kenal are treated better.
you have no rights when you are locked you.
I hope the kick the cops ass and lock him up

TrapperKeeper8:55 am 11 Nov 06

A friend and I were OC sprayed in the back of a paddy-wagon, they had locked the door and silly me had kicked the wall and mouthed off at them, so they pulled over a little while down the road and opened the door long enough to give us a decent shower with the stronger of their sprays, then slammed it shut and continued the trip to the Watch-house. They claim we were both kicking the walls of the vehicle and they were worried we would damage it or possibly cause injury to ourselves……..

But there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed.
If we start accepting this behaviour from people in authority its not sending a good message.
Just because a cop is pissed off cos they’ve had a shit night doesn’t give them the right to get rough with people.
Its these police (the ones exploiting their power) that are giving other police a bad name.

But Thumper that kind of Police behaviour is not tolerated anymore because it offends all the civil liberty wankers, the UN, and other bleeding heart low-case “l” liberals!

This is why there seems to be so many teenage wankers running around with forests on their shoulders! 🙂

goon lol

chateau de cardboard

TrapperKeeper12:35 pm 10 Nov 06

i agree the older ones are usually more sensible

Yeah – but cranky old bastard cops might be…

rogue punk cops generally arent 46

TrapperKeeper9:30 am 10 Nov 06

They must have camera evidence on him or otherwise the story would be he was defending himself…..from the woman in the cell.

He He, Crazy Chester getting Capsicum sprayed. I wonder if JB could get the video, or at least pics, of that and put it on the site.

Vic Bitterman10:57 pm 09 Nov 06

Good on him, I say. Give him the 600 gram capsicum spray pack next time, not the 250gm like everyone else has.

was it crazy chester? lol if it is.

vg would say tho “this is my personal opinion – not my professional opinion”

As Vg’s identity is indiscrete (to say the least) and AFP professional standards would be likely to read this, he would be advised to keep his comments to a minimum.

All I would say is that the copper involved is a nice bloke (even if a bit mad) and its a shame to see him hung out to dry by a national media release.

I’ll leave it at that

As a defender of the English language myself, I should point out that when they say stupid stuff like “assault occasioning actual bodily harm, recklessly inflict actual bodily harm and assault” they’re actually naming the charge in law, not describing what happened. If you read it with ‘assault’ as a verb not a noun, you can kind of see what’s going on. This is why you still hear cops talking about people being charged with “drive in a manner dangerous” when no-one else on the planet still talks that way.

Ct article says it was a woman.

I wonder what VG’s comments on this are.

I’m hoping it’s a case of some guy in the drunk tank badmouthing and making a general ruckus getting slammed with a face full of capsicum spray. In this case it is assault, but I think it’s worth it.

This kind of shit is really disappointing, how do you teach young people to respect the Police when rogue punk cops act like this?

The fine majority of the AFP must be super pissed with fellas like this dragging their name through the mud.

That’s of course if the allegations are true and proved in court.

Maybe he was trying to season his shawerma and missed ?

Haywood Jablowme12:08 pm 09 Nov 06

Mmmmmm…..capsicum……

This is a perfect example as to why Mortein ought be banned across the coutnry. I am sure this poor soul was simply trying to knock off a pesky fly that was annoying him, he just picked up the wrong can of chemical.

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