Thursday 30 August 2012

‘Because It’s Different When It’s Us…!’

A pair of dogs savaged two horses being ridden by teenagers and left the animals with gruesome gashes on their legs and bodies.
One horse had to have nine staples inserted by a vet to repair bite wounds to its chest. The second needed four stitches to its legs.
Expensive. And since the owner, when he finally turned up, was abusive and threatening and chavvy, almost certainly unlikely to be recouped via the civil courts.

One for the police, then?
The horses' owner, who does not wish to be identified, fears if the dogs are not found it could be a child that is mauled next.
She said: "One of the most worrying things about this is that I was told by the police that they could not prosecute because it is a dog attacking a horse rather than a dog attacking a person.
But if they don't find the owner and the dogs, my biggest fear is that it will be a child that these two dogs go for next."
It seems that these days, the police only show up – when they actually do show up – in order to tell people what they can’t do, rather than what they can…
A police spokesman said officers were investigating.
He said: "The horses suffered wounds to their chest and local residents helped get the dogs away.
"We are investigating the attack and are trying to trace the owner of the dogs."
Maybe it’s the publicity that changed their tune. Or maybe they suddenly remembered this case in Essex:
A woman has admitted owning a dog which was dangerously out of control in a public place after two police horses were bitten while on patrol in Essex. Bella and Biscuit were attacked by Staffordshire bull terrier Tyson in Chelmsford in January.
Town magistrates heard Pc Frank Pallett and Pc Sarah Fiske were thrown from the horses but were uninjured. Samantha Symonds, 34, of Eaves Crescent, Chelmsford, is due to be sentenced in March.
No problems prosecuting that one, eh? And no problem throwing the book at these people,either...

5 comments:

WPC Jilted said...

wen your upset or just look pore i give sum off my donut what i ave in my pockit and its not fare julia cos i always give a crime number even wen theirs no crime.

jaded said...

Great linkage here Julia.Three dog stories from across the country,all to prove a point that the police only care if they are the victims.

Reading between the lines,let's assume the two stories where the police were present they caught the attackers at the scene.The one where the police weren't present and the owner got away will obviously be more difficult to solve.Oh unless you suggest a doggy line-up,kennel-to-kennel enquiries and a DNA database set up for canines?

Furor Teutonicus said...

Jaded; XX "One of the most worrying things about this is that I was told by the police that they could not prosecute because it is a dog attacking a horse rather than a dog attacking a person. XX

Has nothing to do with IDing the dog. The owners were told they could not presecute, period.

NOT that they COULD prosecute IF they had enough evidence.

JuliaM said...

"Three dog stories from across the country,all to prove a point that the police only care if they are the victims."

Well, it seems they don't. How quickly they forget the lesson they should have learned in Stratford, eh?

Anonymous said...

I will put my hands up. The last 10 years have seen not just major changes in legislation, but also in our IT systems and policies etc.

General Policing Duties now involve stuff that we never dealt with before. I can also be dealing with international fraud, national fraud, robberies, internet crimes etc etc. There are less of us and the bureaucracy is far more.

I can well understand some officer's not being up to date on things. I am in the habit of telling people i will look into something and get back to them on what we can do.

For a dog dangerously out of control, and where we evidence it or a member of the public makes a complaint (and makes a statement saying they are willing to go to court and give evidence)then we do lay information before a court for an order on the dog.

Invariably we get complaints but people do not want to make a statement and go to court, they just want the owner warning.

I'm sure you are aware from Winsor that we are all thick, which is why i go shuttling back to read up on the law for crime i deal with. I held my hands up a few years ago, poor show by me, but i did not know that it was an offence to herd deer off land by use of a mechanical vehicle.

We are inundated with mental health and child protection issues at the moment and i have to read up on all that. The main Public Order and Assault, theft damage etc is ingrained but memory fails for a lot of the other stuff.

Training schools need to tell bobbies to not commit to anything and tell people they will look into the matter and get back to them. Tens of thousands of laws, a lot with definitions and lawful excuses etc. I will be glad when i'm gone so i can get a 'proper job'.

Love to you all...!!!!