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This is the police oath.
I, ... of ... do solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that I will well and truly serve the Queen in the office of constable, with fairness, integrity, diligence and impartiality, upholding fundamental human rights and according equal respect to all people; and that I will, to the best of my power, cause the peace to be kept and preserved and prevent all offences against people and property; and that while I continue to hold the said office I will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law.
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I've quoted numerous others. Generally previous police officers, former MPS officers, others, all critiscising him. His peers. If he can still look himself in the mirror, pin on his medals and he's happy he did the right thing then fine. If not, then whatever anyone else thinks won't compare to what he thinks.
The most I've said of him was either he should have done something or he needs to hand his uniform in. I didn't call for a lynching.
As I've said, I personally wouldn't ask anyone else to do something I wouldn't do myself. Again how can he ask people to face a riot? What if tomorrow there's a guy on the beat who sees someone being knifed? Why should that person do something if others above him won't? How many times have "the Generals" being critiscised for sending others to do what they didn't or wouldn't do?
He could have done something, anything. It was his chance to show some of that leadership. What the hell, if he'd run at the bad guy and was knifed and died, it would at least have been considered brave and inspired others and maybe foolish as well. See how long Colonel H Jones has been remembered. See how long we honour those who did step up.
He was in the middle of a short and savage attack and there's many who think he should have done something irrelevant of the personal danger to himself. Could he have been a casualty? Quite possibly but those actions would have far greater reaching affects than just his ability to subdue the attacker. It would be showing leadership in the most arduous of scenarios and faith in your leadership is a powerful tool.
The radio, TV, social media, whatever all seems split on it and just about every media outlet has run with it today.
Calls for Sir Craig Mackey to resign over terror inaction — but what would you do?
It is certainly an unpalatable thought, particularly for many police officers who put themselves in harm’s way every day to protect the public, that a senior officer would not intervene in an incident.
The scenario serves to emphasise the gulf between those at the top of the police service and the rank and file — one anonymous officer claimed their colleague had been disciplined for failing to intervene when their partner was attacked. Such an approach was something, probably rightly, they could not countenance happening to those in a senior position.
Andy Redhead, a former firearms officer, told LBC that Sir Craig should reconsider his position because doing something was “better than nothing” and the primary function of the police was to preserve life.
"His primary instinct wasn't to put himself in harms way."
These were his words when he was presenting awards for bravery:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/truly-remarkable-lifesaving-police-officers-given-bravery-awards-for-heroics-a3574316.html
Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey, who presented the officers with the awards, said: "These people are truly remarkable and are a real credit to the Met.
“It is with pride and thanks that I can commend them for their actions.
"Their knowledge, skills and determination have been tested to the limits in these challenging situations. Their heroic responses made the difference between life and death.
"They are all fantastic examples of the values we hold dear within the Met and I believe we should all be very grateful to them."
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Author: Sonic67
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26-11-2019 01:46:15