I've had many involvements with the police, from various areas/forces and different departments. I've also been on the right side and wrong side of the law and at this moment in time I'm also having one police officer sacked because of him thinking he is above the law once he gets his uniform. I've mainly gone so hard on him because I will be making an example of him and showing the rest of GMP, at least, that some people will not stand for that type of behaviour from someone who we are meant to trust and expect to be professional. To cut a long story short, I was pulled over in my VXR8 and asked politely to get out n go get in his van, I asked politely if I could move and park somewhere safer for me to get out. He didn't escalate the situation step by step and instead he extended his baton and tried to smash my windows. I opened my door to stop him n he ripped me out of my car, I'd undone my seatbelt but hadn't had the chance to take it off fully but I was dragged out of my car, literally n without any exaggeration, and I told him to stop it and also that I had been blown up in Afghanistan around 18 months prior to this n now only had one leg so to not drag me. His response was that he didn't give a f*ck n was dragging me anyway. I have CCTV n 2 members of the public who have been happy being a witness but they have tried wriggling out of it all the time but I have 2 solicitors in my family n also have most of the national n local papers happy to help so they now know they have to do something about it. Luckily my partners mums boyfriend used to work for the IPCC (independent police complaints commission) n now works for the PM's writing speeches so knows what their procedures n timelines are so I'm pretty lucky with everything like this. The police officer had 2 other officers with him but they were too frightened to stop him I'm guessing as they kept out of it the best they could. It wasn't that long ago (July 2011) when three members of GMP beat up a Royal Marine in Wigan and it was all caught on CCTV n has been passed around all over the Internet and on the news on tv too so this is just another example of them abusing their positions. I have 2 members of my extended family n 3 friends who are in the police force and they agree n have even owned up to themselves n colleagues breaking the law but getting away with it. I wouldn't paint them all with the same brush but know a lot of police officers do the same things that are not acceptable. It's just the same as me doing things that are illegal but we do get in more trouble than the average Joe. We get done by civilian police and then also get charged etc by the military. I've never come across a police officer to get any more of a punishment than the general public. Oh n I've also passed my blue light training for use with bomb disposal which covers the same basic aspects of what u can n can't get away with just by putting the lights or sirens on. If I can find links to show what I'm talking about then I will do later on when I get home :)
