Stu Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 bloody copper. Walking home from a friend's birthday who lives a couple of streets away, it's not the warmest night so I've got my hoody wrapped around me while I'm talking to said friend on the phone and listening to my iPod in the other ear. When I hang up the phone, I'm already on my street and I notice that there's a Police car idling slowly alongside me, I take my other headphone out and pull my hood down to address the officer (their window was down). I'm asked an aggressive (i.e. no 'sir', no smiles, no attempt at conveying a sense of duty) "are you lost" - to which I reply "no", so then they fire back "where are you going", which I explain "home", followed by a very curt "where do you live" to which I reply "around here" (i.e. unless it's suddenly become the law to tell strangers where you live, I'm perfectly entitled not to disclose my address in the middle of the street). At which point, PC Plod (actually, PC Lucas of Byker Station OIN 1396) gets all aggressive and demands that I wait by the corner of the road as he pulls the car over. As I'm feeling a bit confused, I go to make a record of the police car registration (last time I was stopped & searched, the officer told me he'd send me a form in the post...it never materialised). Both officers jump out and start repeating the same question, I simply ask what I've done to make them question me, which doesn't go down all that well. Apparently, once the question has been carefully repeated 3 or 4 times, this is an area of high crime and the police want to check upon people being evasive with the police (!) and those wearing a hooded top (!!!!) - I reply that I live on this road and haven't noticed any crime for a few years, at which point PC Lucas demands to take my full details and issue me a Stop/Stop and Search form...takes all of my details, runs a check upon my name (can't resist a few sarcy comments). I ask for his name, he refuses to tell me directly, insisting that it will be on the form. I ask his female colleague if I'm being unreasonable, she tells me her name, I ask him again (without raised voice, without swearing, simply calm & reasonable), he eventually tells me the truth...PC LUCAS..!! Then after giving me a load of spiel about how they're actively preventing crime by stopping people late at night in the area (he forgot to say "wearing a hoody" but the message was obvious), he gives me a piece of paper and gets back into his car. I start to walk home and look at the piece of paper, supposedly a stop/stop & search form, when I realise that none of my details are actually on the form...!! I run down to catch up with the police car and stop the car, asking the officer (politely) if he minds pulling over (yes, he does). He gets out of the car and immediately accuses me of being drunk & disorderly (!) when I question him about the validity of the ticket he's just given me, he asks to see the ticket and then tries to rip it out of my hand (!!!) - for fucks sake man, if you've made a mistake, just admit it! Instead, he conjures up another ticket while his colleague looks up in complete confusion...these people are supposed to be preventing/solving crimes?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Police in Middlesbrough hate me, very rarely go there n its always the same bloody copper questioning me for no reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 If I was him I would have truncheoned your ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 If I was him I would have truncheoned your ass. Aye...surprised the speccy jobsworth didn't fulfill his threat to get lairy with me. Would have rounded off a most pleasant encounter, most necessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Aye, I was walking home from town one night with my MP3 player in after having a couple of drinks with friends. I approached the deans and due to the trouble around that area recently so I crossed the road. As I was crossing a car was flying down the other side of the road so I continued walking down the middle for a couple of seconds until it had passed. I went to cross but noticed a police car had pulled up behind me. The guy pulled down his window and asked me if I was aware I was walking in the middle of the road to which I just answered yes. He asked me why and I explained to him I was crossing the road to in order to bypass the deans. Despite the fact I was near enough stone cold sober the copper then asked if I'd been drinking, so I told him I'd had a bit but not a lot. Still stood in the middle of the road he then asked me for my details to which I refused as I hadn't done anything wrong (unless crossing the road has recently become a crime). He asked me them again but this time I politely asked why he required them. He then spieled off some nonsense about cross-running my details against the police data base. Fully aware I didn't have to disclose anything I politely refused once again. By this time the officer was getting fairly agitated. He asked for my details again, so this time I gave them a name but nothing more. He used his radio to run the name through computer back at the station. When nothing turned up he asked me if I'd like a lift home to which I politely declined. Without another word he drove off looking for some other innocent bystander to pick on. I suppose the positive is it's reassuring to know the police are about at night these days if there is any trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thing is, the police are people, and often not very educated ones at that. There will always be idiots amongst them, sounds like you bumped into one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thing is, the police are people, and often not very educated ones at that. There will always be idiots amongst them, sounds like you bumped into one. i did post on here a while back of similar experiences with the police. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thing is, the police are people, and often not very educated ones at that. There will always be idiots amongst them, sounds like you bumped into one. i did post on here a while back of similar experiences with the police. I don't doubt it, they can be dicks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thing is, the police are people, and often not very educated ones at that. There will always be idiots amongst them, sounds like you bumped into one. i did post on here a while back of similar experiences with the police. I don't doubt it, they can be dicks. i must just be unlucky as it seems the police i run into have a higher chance of being dicks than the rest of society. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thing is, the police are people, and often not very educated ones at that. There will always be idiots amongst them, sounds like you bumped into one. They're also supposed to go through training, but from Stupeedo's account... 1. PC Lucas was incapable of absorbing anything useful from the training. or 2. The training is nowhere near good enough. On a sidenote, I had a copper ring the bell about three weeks ago now wanting to know if it (the street) was Rowan Drive or Twizell Place. He was in a car too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lankybellwipe Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 If I was him I would have truncheoned your ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Dunno. I can see both sides. Tbh, I like to see coppers hassling no-good charva scum--which you're not, of course, but it's not immediately apparent at first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerngimp Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Ask AfroP about his recent experiences with the LAW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. More irritated and frustrated at being made to feel intimidated and under question on my own street by someone who is supposed to 'always treat you fairly with dignity and respect' I understand why they would think about checking out someone in a hoodie in the middle of the night but it was immediately apparent that I wasn't lost, nor was I prowling the streets. I was calm, reasonable and respectful - I would expect the same back. Instead I had a load of BS by two aggressive officers who didn't like the idea of someone not complying to their every whim immediately. From my experience its definitely 'guilty until proven innocent' with most coppers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerngimp Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. More irritated and frustrated at being made to feel intimidated and under question on my own street by someone who is supposed to 'always treat you fairly with dignity and respect' I understand why they would think about checking out someone in a hoodie in the middle of the night but it was immediately apparent that I wasn't lost, nor was I prowling the streets. I was calm, reasonable and respectful - I would expect the same back. Instead I had a load of BS by two aggressive officers who didn't like the idea of someone not complying to their every whim immediately. From my experience its definitely 'guilty until proven innocent' with most coppers. Stop acting like a dick on the street and they wont lift you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. More irritated and frustrated at being made to feel intimidated and under question on my own street by someone who is supposed to 'always treat you fairly with dignity and respect' I understand why they would think about checking out someone in a hoodie in the middle of the night but it was immediately apparent that I wasn't lost, nor was I prowling the streets. I was calm, reasonable and respectful - I would expect the same back. Instead I had a load of BS by two aggressive officers who didn't like the idea of someone not complying to their every whim immediately. From my experience its definitely 'guilty until proven innocent' with most coppers. Stop acting like a dick on the street and they wont lift you. Come on Gimp, you can do much better than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Coppers in general are the equivalent of the bullies from school. They're power mad and wants to make people go "oooh, he's got power". Bunch of cunts most cops are. The amount of times they've blatantly attacked me when I've been on the piss is painfully un-amusing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Coppers in general are the equivalent of the bullies from school. They're power mad and wants to make people go "oooh, he's got power". Bunch of cunts most cops are. The amount of times they've blatantly attacked me when I've been on the piss is painfully un-amusing. Most are alright tbh, but like everything else it's the bad ones you hear the stories about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lankybellwipe Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Coppers in general are the equivalent of the bullies from school. They're power mad and wants to make people go "oooh, he's got power". Bunch of cunts most cops are. The amount of times they've blatantly attacked me when I've been on the piss is painfully un-amusing. "You fascist Junta!" http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/189/junta.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerngimp Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. More irritated and frustrated at being made to feel intimidated and under question on my own street by someone who is supposed to 'always treat you fairly with dignity and respect' I understand why they would think about checking out someone in a hoodie in the middle of the night but it was immediately apparent that I wasn't lost, nor was I prowling the streets. I was calm, reasonable and respectful - I would expect the same back. Instead I had a load of BS by two aggressive officers who didn't like the idea of someone not complying to their every whim immediately. From my experience its definitely 'guilty until proven innocent' with most coppers. Stop acting like a dick on the street and they wont lift you. Come on Gimp, you can do much better than that. I'm on a client site and replied in a hurry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. More irritated and frustrated at being made to feel intimidated and under question on my own street by someone who is supposed to 'always treat you fairly with dignity and respect' Own the street now do you? I bet you're in a gang as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 You sound guilty. More irritated and frustrated at being made to feel intimidated and under question on my own street by someone who is supposed to 'always treat you fairly with dignity and respect' Own the street now do you? I bet you're in a gang as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 blud, its my hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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