Saturday, 26 July 2014

”Bad dogs, bad dogs, whatcha gonna do, what ya gonna do when they come for you…”

Senior officers at Cleveland Police said they “deeply regret” the incident, on Penrith Road, which led to the woman being taken to Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital.
I’m sure that will help her bite wounds heal so much quicker…
Next-door neighbour Jack Williams, 20, saw the drama unfold: “There was a lot of police cars and loads of people running around. The police came through our back as well, and were looking over the wall into next door’s garden. It was bedlam.

“We saw the police dog in her front garden. We told police that she was very ill and told them to go careful.”
Maybe you should have told the dog as well?
Assistant Chief Constable of Cleveland Police, Sean White, said he was “deeply sorry” for what had happened. He said: “Our main concern at present is for the welfare of the lady and her family, we deeply regret what has happened and we wish her a full recovery from her injuries.

“The dog has been removed from operational duties whilst an investigation takes place and the matter has been referred to the IPCC, which is mandatory in these circumstances.”

ACC White said that the “victim has the full support of Cleveland Police” and called the incident “unusual and unprecedented - the first such incident I have had to deal with in almost 30 years of service”.
Well, there’s plenty of colleagues who’ll give you advice, having been in that same ‘rare and unprecedented’ situation…

Update: The lady has since died. Will anyone be charged with manslaughter or criminal negligence?
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8 comments:

  1. ivan26 July 2014 at 11:38

    It would appear that standards of dog handling have gone downhill in the police 'service' from what they used to be when they were the police force.

    For a start, what was the dog doing off lead on what appears to have been a search operation? The only time the dog should be off lead is in the event of apprehending a criminal - then all bets are off. In this case it appears that the police were using the dog to do the looking rather than doing it themselves. Were they afraid the crim might jump out at them as shout BOO?

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  2. Furor Teutonicus26 July 2014 at 11:46

    If every police dog that bit the "wrong one" was removed from duty, they would have no dogs left.

    And that is just the ones in uniform they manage to bite.

    But then "bite" is a missnomer. They HOLD, obviously using their teeth, but a bite, as in a Rothweiler taking the arm of wee Jimmy Mc Chav, it is not.

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  3. MTG26 July 2014 at 15:30

    @ Adolphus Germanicus

    I will not challenge a reasonable view that morons accept plod propaganda without question. For the rest of us, the dogplod 'hold' is a deliberate obfuscation and indefensible misuse of a euphemism. The term is used improperly to influence reporting, judicial procedures and outcomes.

    Witnesses and neighbours describe the attack upon the late Mrs Collins, as a protracted mauling which left the elderly victim covered in blood. The 'HOLDS' were so serious as to puncture and break one arm and then rip the other. The dog proceeded to bite off her calf muscle after it had been restrained.

    Apparently neighbours warned the many attending police beforehand, that Mrs Collins was in a frail condition and to avoid causing her any unnecessary stress.

    Worry ye not. Assistant chief constable Sean White of Cleveland Police was gracious enough to issue his condolences to the family. It is not yet clear if he has also issued instructions for spying and smearing.



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  4. Anonymous27 July 2014 at 11:15

    Only a twat like you Melvin would be gleeful about the death of an old lady if it means you can have yet another dig at the police. Congratulations, you have sunk to new depths that even I thought were beyond you.
    Jaded

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  5. MTG27 July 2014 at 14:19

    @ WC Jaded.

    Yet another unnecessary 'plod operation death', which was res ipsa incompetence, arouses the emotions of anger and disgust. That the victim was already frail as a result of age and chemotherapy, cannot possibly delight sane civilians.

    Your translation is as much ill-conceived as it is foul-mouthed.

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  6. Anonymous27 July 2014 at 16:26

    Sane? Written without irony.
    Jaded

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  7. JuliaM3 August 2014 at 06:25

    "It would appear that standards of dog handling have gone downhill in the police 'service'..."

    I suppose it was inevitable, since so has everything else...

    "But then "bite" is a missnomer. They HOLD, obviously using their teeth.."

    Which, if you are a frail old lady, might just as well be a bite.

    "It is not yet clear if he has also issued instructions for spying and smearing."

    I'd like to think he wouldn't dare.


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  8. Furor Teutonicus3 August 2014 at 10:21

    XX Which, if you are a frail old lady, might just as well be a bite.XX

    Oh well. Next time the dog should ask to see a birth certificate before doing its job.

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