tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post4605133659823892887..comments2024-03-15T08:05:28.706+00:00Comments on The Sleeping Policeman: A Former Police Officer's Blog: Cyber PoliceLex Ferendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-26851531900587921712011-04-29T16:07:46.413+01:002011-04-29T16:07:46.413+01:00True, but at the same time look how many teenagers...True, but at the same time look how many teenagers have been in the papers this year already having killed themselves over what to an outsider might seem petty insults. I agree that frequently cyber-bullying does not need to be addressed by the police, but there is a line over some kind of action from some authority is necessary to prevent such tragic consequences. Often in such cases though, the child does not tell anyone about their problem, so I'm not saying it's the police' fault!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-87778617565257863502011-02-27T18:55:15.680+00:002011-02-27T18:55:15.680+00:00So, if I'm understanding this...if somebody le...So, if I'm understanding this...if somebody leaves a nasty commment on my blog and they live in the UK, I can call you coppers and have them arrested? <br />We get the same kind of silly calls for service here. Parents want to police to do their jobs.CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-81507093578964306632011-02-27T17:19:33.891+00:002011-02-27T17:19:33.891+00:00And who has signed off the RIPA and authority for ...And who has signed off the RIPA and authority for this teenager to start trawling the web? Anyway you look at it, he/she has become a confidential informant and there are rules (and law) surrounding that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-41671710598369248212011-02-27T09:27:37.846+00:002011-02-27T09:27:37.846+00:00Katabasis, this is another example of the police b...Katabasis, this is another example of the police becoming involved in issues that should never be pointed their way. I also recall a number of cases of idiots who set off the alarms at airports joking that they have a bomb in their pocket. Instead of being taken aside by security and told not to be a pratt they end up in the cells and charged. The police need to grow up too and start telling more people to deal with things themselves.<br />Perhaps of more concern is the case of the Birmingham Councillor, which is also covered in your link. He stupidly suggested that if someone stoned to death a muslim reporter he wouldn't report it. For todays PC police this was honey to a bee. There were possibly racial overtones here so he was thrown in the cells. <br />Shouldn't someone have just taken him aside and told him this was a silly remark and innapropriate for a councillor? We are getting to the stage where freedom of speech is being eroded by the PC brigade.Lex Ferendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-14688693008067656222011-02-27T01:04:22.444+00:002011-02-27T01:04:22.444+00:00I'd be interested to know what you thought of ...I'd be interested to know what you thought of the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/11/twitter-joke-trial-appeal-verdict" rel="nofollow">twitter joke trial</a>.<br /><br />Personally, at the time, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I still can't.Katabasishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059375486530788092noreply@blogger.com