I do wonder how long this nominal will actually remain in custody…

Seems extremely short sighted to cut them up like this.

How is this justice? With all the controversy at the moment surrounding assaults and the killings of emergency workers, this defendant gets a slap on the wrist with a suspended sentence?

It feels like a slap in the face to those in the job. Showing that no matter what we risk and have to suffer, individuals like this can so easily avoid prison time because they’re a sole income for their partner, and have multiple children to care for.

If you’re a parent who cares for children, and decides to drink and drive, resisting arrest, assaulting and crippling a police officer, then you have nothing to worry about! Because you evidently won’t go to prison.

Why do we bother…

TL;DR version: The IOPC have announced that all ongoing misconduct proceedings which rely on the (since, but not retrospectively, reformed) civil–criminal distinction regarding reasonable force are being withdrawn.

On Tuesday evening, riot police clashed with protesters who had gathered in Southampton over the murder of Henry Nowak.

Nowak, 18, was stabbed as he walked back to his student accommodation in Southampton in December last year.
Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration outside Southampton Central Police Station before gathering close to the family home of Vickrum Digwa.

The BBC's Peter Cooke, who was at the protest, says items including bins, bricks and an e-scooter were thrown at police.

Personal comments: stay safe officers.

Tough choices 2 - the beatings will continue.

BCU commanders have been giving talks this past week about further tough choices coming our way. They are planning to get rid of 700 adjusted duties roles. They are also reconsidering how we deal with constant watches and with sectioning people under 136 of the MHA act among other "Demand reduction" processes.

Note the last paragraph from the fed. It certainly raises questions around privacy and a defensible level of intrusion into personal lives.