Policewoman Sues Man Who Called 999

you've gotta wonder how future 999 calls will go if this police officer is successful

caller "hello operator, I think there are burglers downstairs in my house - 123 random road, london"

operator "Ok, the police are on their way"

caller "can you pass on the following details about potential hazards to the officers and confirm back before they enter the premises - there is a door step inside the porch make sure they don't trip on it, there is also a rug in the hallway, I think little jimmy has left some of his lego in the lounge...."

I mean I guess in future we'll have to do a health an safety assessment prior to calling. Perhaps the residents of Norfolk should all detail potential hazards on their property and mail the individual lists to their local force and request that the list be passed on should any police officer need to visit the property in future.
 
bitslice said:
Hurt feelings,
Policewomen are people too!!!


This is just someone ringing up and offering her a way of getting some money, and she took it.
Exactly the same as the whiplash people. Doesn't look good for a public servant though.
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i got £3k for whiplash about 10 years ago. since then i have spent almost all of that on chiropractors and fixing my back.

some silly bint drove right into the back of me whilst i was waiting to turn right (i had been stationary for a good 30-40 seconds). my back still isnt right and im in a fair bit of pain when i do standing up stuff like the dishes or ironing, and most importantly, when playing with my son.

i dont think £3k for 10 years worth of pain is that much to be honest. especially when most of that has been ploughed back into treatment.

this woman is a disgrace and tarnishing the police even more than usual. no wonder the average joe wouldnt trust a copper any more than a politician. how the hell does she think she deserves £50k?
 
realBabelfish said:
i got £3k for whiplash about 10 years ago. since then i have spent almost all of that on chiropractors and fixing my back.

some silly bint drove right into the back of me whilst i was waiting to turn right (i had been stationary for a good 30-40 seconds). my back still isnt right and im in a fair bit of pain when i do standing up stuff like the dishes or ironing, and most importantly, when playing with my son.

i dont think £3k for 10 years worth of pain is that much to be honest. especially when most of that has been ploughed back into treatment.
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Sorry to say this but by seeing a chiropractor you've probably wasted that 3k IMO.
 
As someone who has tripped over a kerb , fallen over steel chains draped across driveways and punctured his hand with barbed wire climbing over walls to investigate break in etc., I certainly don't think her case has any merit. It is all part of the job.

That said a few things need clearing up.

Firstly does anyone actually know this Officer? Has anyone actually followed her in the course of her duty to see exactly how good or indeed bad she may be? No I thought not. The name calling isn't appropriate, calling her stupid, fat, a bint etc. is rather pathetic - young angry alpha males anyone? I think some people need to look inward at themselves before throwing stones at others.

Now as I said I think the case is without merit, she needs to take a step backwards (hopefully she will not trip over this time) and think about her actions. The question she needs to ask herself is "could this have happened to me if I had been walking along normally?" The answer is yes, she could have tripped over a kerbstone at the side of the road. I doubt if the garage owner could be classed as negligent in any way.

Next thing I want to cover is the belief by a few within this thread that the taxpayer is paying for all this stupidity. No they're not.

Each Officer who wishes to can be a member of the Police Federation of England and Wales. If they are then a subscription of £21.58 is paid each month. Think of it as a little bit like a Union subscription. The money pays for the Federation Officers in Leatherhead, Publications issued by the Police Federation etc.

One of the things it pays for is a fund to take up legal cases of behalf of Officers. She will be aware of this and has submitted a case to the Federation. The Federation Officers have no option but to refer the claim to the Solicitors employed to represent them. It doesn't matter if they case has merit or not, they have to forward it by the terms of the Federation rules. This is where it gets into the hands of Solicitors and they're the ones who should be advising her if the case has merit or not.

Someone else also mentioned about Employers Insurance covering it. Well the Police Force will cover its employees whilst in their buildings or land or to cover Officers whilst legally carrying out their powers, but did you know that each Police Officer has to pay their own group Insurance to cover things like Personal injury sustained to themselves / life cover etc? Thought not, mines currently £25 a month.

I actually feel quite sorry for the Garage owner, since in the face of it he has done nothing negligent, however to suggest that Police Officers cannot sue isn't right - they have the same rights as anyone else if someone has done something negligent. I just think that this case is typical of our sue everyone culture that has grown over the last 30 years. A sad indictment of society as a whole.
 
realBabelfish said:
possibly but it certainly helped. im nowhere near as bad as i was before i started going. NHS physios etc did nothing to help me so i had to do something.
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sorry but you don't know that it certainly did anything - you might well have improved over time irrespective of the spine wizard's manipulation - there is very little evidence that it can be used to treat anything though some perhaps for lower back pain (albeit no better than say a physio etc..)

I can certainly believe that a placebo effect also came into play
 
Andy90 said:
As someone who has tripped over a kerb , fallen over steel chains draped across driveways and punctured his hand with barbed wire climbing over walls to investigate break in etc., I certainly don't think her case has any merit. It is all part of the job.

That said a few things need clearing up.

Firstly does anyone actually know this Officer? Has anyone actually followed her in the course of her duty to see exactly how good or indeed bad she may be? No I thought not. The name calling isn't appropriate, calling her stupid, fat, a bint etc. is rather pathetic - young angry alpha males anyone? I think some people need to look inward at themselves before throwing stones at others.

Now as I said I think the case is without merit, she needs to take a step backwards (hopefully she will not trip over this time) and think about her actions. The question she needs to ask herself is "could this have happened to me if I had been walking along normally?" The answer is yes, she could have tripped over a kerbstone at the side of the road. I doubt if the garage owner could be classed as negligent in any way.

Next thing I want to cover is the belief by a few within this thread that the taxpayer is paying for all this stupidity. No they're not.

Each Officer who wishes to can be a member of the Police Federation of England and Wales. If they are then a subscription of £21.58 is paid each month. Think of it as a little bit like a Union subscription. The money pays for the Federation Officers in Leatherhead, Publications issued by the Police Federation etc.

One of the things it pays for is a fund to take up legal cases of behalf of Officers. She will be aware of this and has submitted a case to the Federation. The Federation Officers have no option but to refer the claim to the Solicitors employed to represent them. It doesn't matter if they case has merit or not, they have to forward it by the terms of the Federation rules. This is where it gets into the hands of Solicitors and they're the ones who should be advising her if the case has merit or not.

Someone else also mentioned about Employers Insurance covering it. Well the Police Force will cover its employees whilst in their buildings or land or to cover Officers whilst legally carrying out their powers, but did you know that each Police Officer has to pay their own group Insurance to cover things like Personal injury sustained to themselves / life cover etc? Thought not, mines currently £25 a month.

I actually feel quite sorry for the Garage owner, since in the face of it he has done nothing negligent, however to suggest that Police Officers cannot sue isn't right - they have the same rights as anyone else if someone has done something negligent. I just think that this case is typical of our sue everyone culture that has grown over the last 30 years. A sad indictment of society as a whole.
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A reasoned and balanced response there Andy90. but surely not appropriate for GD! :D

I do agree with your view but find it sad that it has got this far. Although I agree people should have financial recourse from pure negligence, this case does seems frivilous, hopefully it wont got much further
 
Andy90 said:
Firstly does anyone actually know this Officer? Has anyone actually followed her in the course of her duty to see exactly how good or indeed bad she may be? No I thought not. The name calling isn't appropriate, calling her stupid, fat, a bint etc. is rather pathetic
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Calling her a bint is slightly derogatory... as for calling her stupid - she's done something stupid - its public record.... Ditto to calling her fat (not that its relevant to the thread, and is also a bit rude) but she quite clearly is fat.

I'm more than happy to call her stupid tbh.. and I don't have to know anything else about her outside this incident to do so. Attempting to pursue a small business owner because you tripped over a kerb while on duty is stupid enough in itself.
 
Maybe I should sue the council everytime I trip up a road curb?

Hope she gets bugger all and her capability to 'Police' is questioned.
 
Doesn't this business, regardless of all the facts as what's out now is what's out, possibly hinder her in her duty as a police officer? If she turned up to a call would you want to risk her coming on your property?
 
Losing her job over it would perhaps be a bit too much...

A meeting without coffee with her superiors asking her to exercise better judgement in future and a question mark over her if promotion was due in the near future ought to be sufficient.
 
Big slap on the wrist, sit down with superiors and a bi weekly police bleep test coupled with Weight Watchers should be enough.

RE - losing her job, as several others have said it is rather harsh. Let's not forget she will be a laughing stock for while yet.

Will this bring enough attention on the lawyers though? It's silly things like this can happen so easily.....
 
xibinim said:
Big slap on the wrist, sit down with superiors and a bi weekly police bleep test coupled with Weight Watchers should be enough.

RE - losing her job, as several others have said it is rather harsh. Let's not forget she will be a laughing stock for while yet.

Will this bring enough attention on the lawyers though? It's silly things like this can happen so easily.....
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I have a feeling she may quit due to other officers perhaps not being as friendly as they once were anyway.
 
Andy90 said:
Someone else also mentioned about Employers Insurance covering it. Well the Police Force will cover its employees whilst in their buildings or land or to cover Officers whilst legally carrying out their powers, but did you know that each Police Officer has to pay their own group Insurance to cover things like Personal injury sustained to themselves / life cover etc? Thought not, mines currently £25 a month.
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i have to pay £30 just in case im off sick (i dont get sick pay, just like millions of other workers) and that only covers up to £500 for my mortgage. so i guess this isnt any different to anyone else. i also have to pay the same again for life cover. i would imagine the police get sick pay though. seems odd they do not. do you have to lose holiday like me or just take a pay hit?
 
Burnsy2023 said:
That may be a bit much. She's been stupid, no doubt, but I don't think she should lose her job over it.
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i guess technically she is frivolously trying to sue one of her clients/customers/wage payers and putting the police in bad light.

also, the letter stated a high curb, when it is just normal. so she lied about this and tried to extract money on false pretences (fraud?)

if i was the police i would be well rid of her as she is a ticking time bomb. cant even walk down a ****ing curb without hurting herself, too stupid to use a torch in the dark, she is a liability. im sure she will be extremely useful had she seen a burglar.
 
wait, getting injured is a very real possibility. Say a PC suffers a loss of a limb whilst chasing a burglar (I know, chasing a burglar, unlikely but bear with me). Surely its the Police service or their insurers and NOT the public who are liable?
 
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