They Look After Their Own...
An OJC spokesman said: ‘After receiving a number of complaints about comments reportedly made by Ms Beatrice Bolton, a Circuit Judge, following her conviction under the Dangerous Dogs Act, the Office for Judicial Complaints investigated the matter in accordance with the Judicial Discipline Regulations 2006.
‘The judge has, however, retired on medical grounds before the disciplinary process was formally concluded.
‘As a result, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice have decided no further disciplinary action is required. Ms Bolton’s retirement took effect from 1 January 2012.’
How
cozy...
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The police have a similar cosy discipline process. Come to think about it all in the public sector have this cover up and protection system. Only a few high profile cases ever actually result in any discipline action and quite often it is scapegoating to cover up a more senior figure's incompetence. Then more often than not the discipline procedure is so badly handled that instead of been disciplined the perpetrator ends up with compensation instead.
Dangerous dog next door?
No problem.
Poison Steak.
Job done.
A hundred years from now we'll all be dead and maybe we'll feel better about such things then.
The maximum penalty available under the Judicial Disciplinary Code is dismissal (or, more correctly, a formal recommendation to the Queen or the Lord Chief Justice, depending on grade, that the miscreant should be dismissed), and the others are training, various warnings and "restriction of practice". There is no falsely convicted person whose conviction might be quashed or sentence reduced if she is indeed found to have spoken inappropriately.
So, although reasonably described as 'cozy', the fact that somebody has already boinged out on their own means that not jumped down the neck of the process isn't as evil as it might appear.
Amongst the wig wearing, behaving badly and asbestos underwear crowd, Bea Potty is nothing unusual.
Looking at that vinegar-faced old trout .. my sympathies lie with the poor dog ..
Imagine having to see that before you eat every meal .. stomach churning ..
It's been a wonderful series of blog pieces on irresponsible dog ownership - I thought it was just me!! I'm a dog lover, however, I've all but abandoned the local parks in my area because of poorly-trained canines. You're right about this issue transcending class: it's not just the cheap, synthetic-material-tracksuit-wearing brigade, but also an alarming number of yummy-mummy types.
"...isn't as evil as it might appear."
Not 'evil' maybe, but not right either.
"I thought it was just me!!"
No, it's not just you!
Oh dear my cynical gene is kicking in again. So she was allowed to "retire(d) on medical grounds" was she? As opposed to facing dismissal - and the possible loss of pension and bonuses?
What a surprise! Looking after their own is all the public sector management ever actually do. My one surprise is that she wasn't given a large 'compensation package', didn't sue for 'stress' and wasn't them promoted - that's the usual result if a public sector bod screws up isn't it?
The only problem with having a cynical gene is.. how often it turns out to be unduly optimistic :-(
"Some Look After Themselves..."
A police constable used his force's database to target vulnerable women for sex while on duty, a court was told today.
Pc Jasbir Singh Dhanda, 52, is accused of misusing the database while he was a serving officer with Derbyshire Police over a seven-year period.
The officer allegedly had sex with two women while he was working after tracking them down on the police systems.
@ Anon 09:06
'....over a seven-year period...' you say? A slick response by police standards, then.
@ Julia - I thought you'd spot this story!
@ Michael Fowke - when I'm dead (in 100 years time) I bloody well hope not to be worrying about dangerous dogs......or lots of other current issues, either!
"The police have a similar cosy discipline process..."
It's not just here either. A Highway Trooper in Florida pulled over an off-duty Miami cop speeding at 120mph before arresting him at gun point. The trooper was then disciplined for not backing off as ordered by her line supervisor who; "was ill and working from home that night."
You can read the entire sage here complete with video of the arrest.
Oh dear Melvin,even for you that was a silly comment.
Without knowing anything about this case let's guess what's happened.I imagine that he has been trawling police computers for 7 years finding woman to bonk.Eventually his luck ran out and one complained.They then checked all his previous log-ins and found out what he had been doing.
As a general rule we are trusted on the police databases and not routinely checked.Obviously some can't be trusted.
I will be watching this case as his name suggests an ethnic twist in store.I think the phrase used often on here is "victimhood poker"?
Jaded
"As a general rule we are trusted on the police databases and not routinely checked."
Perhaps they should be?
...data, obtained by the Liberal Democrats, showed 1,063 officers with criminal records, including 59 for assault, 36 for theft and 96 for dishonesty. Other offences include battery, fraud, perverting the course of justice and forgery.
Its a sad fact of life that databases will always be abused... even by the so called guardians. As the data on us grows, so does the value of that data and the risks of it being abused. Thats why the ID Card Scheme was so dangerous. No one should be trusted with this stuff, least of all the police and the various Government agencies.
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