Comments on: Police misconduct claims cost £44 million

By: rbaker

rbaker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:29:55 +0000

my son was arrested when he called the police after he was attacked in a shopping center by 5 boys. he is a child with learning difficultires and did not understand why they were arresting him. he struggled and 9 officers restrained him until he passed out. ambulance called, taken to hospital, when he woke they took him to the police station, he was bailed without charge. 3 witnesses told the police at the time he was the one attacked and that he had learning difficulties but they chose to ignore them, the officers were rude ,my son has injuries from the arrest and will never trust the police again. why do they not get the full picture instead of letting the attackers go? no witnesses questioned at the scene to establish facts just the opinion of half the story…

By: heather

heather — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:03:04 +0000

Hi – I don’t really know anything about police bail. Is it a problem?

By: SIMON

SIMON — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:18:33 +0000

Any latest developement on police bail abuse. Can they just keep bailing you forever??

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:04:26 +0000

That is a lot of money wasted. It’s important for all police forces, both big and small, to have an internal group that prevents such abuses.

By: Hakim

Hakim — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:00:31 +0000

my story is still on i was a victim of a fraud and police arrested me! i am on my 6 bail and i have to return today i presume for another bail….. my solicitor under legal saying that is normal to keep rebailling me but hang on a minute i am on the 6th one! and more to come i really do not know what i to do

By: ggodoy

ggodoy — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:26:29 +0000

Some Police agencies are so large that they often wrap innocent people in tons of paperwork and financial distress, and it becomes the accused persons(often falsely accused)responsibility to untie the knots caused by the uncaring police

By: amalik

amalik — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:27:22 +0000

I can sympathize with JM Paolo. I am in a situation where police pre-charge bail has been repeatedly applied for 4 months and is still continuing. I am now being threatened with the sack from my employer due to my “uncertain situation”. What is most galling is that I was only arrested for knowing through a family member people who were charged with committing an offense and the charges have now been dropped against those people yet I am still in a pre-charge bail condition. Even my solicitor is getting frustrated – he keeps saying he can’t understand the police action. I shall prosecute the police for malicious use of bail if they ever manage to make a decision. I urge everyone else to do the same.

By: Joan M Paolo

Joan M Paolo — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:18:38 +0000

I am not surprised police are continually being sued.I have lost all faith in the British Justice System since our son was arrested in November 2007.He has been on bail fot 2 months already with no charges made. He was bailed again yesterday for a furter 6 weeks but I have been told by his solicitor that this situation could continue for many monthsan it frequently does. Our son has been assaulted and it has been an extremely stressful time for all of us. Perhaps you could advise us of how we
ensure that this bail situation can be stopped. The Police just make excuses surely there should be a time limit for the amount of time they can keep ypu on bail or a limit on the number of times they can re-new bail.I am determined that once they have made a decision I will commence proceedings against the police.

By: Hedley Bennett

Hedley Bennett — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:58:01 +0000

Thank you for this report but, surely, it cannot just be left there. I was shocked to discover that a number of Police Authorities made no response whatsoever whch raises serious question about accountabilty. But then the line between police and criminal is sometimes very fine.

By: Elena

Elena — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:08:49 +0000

Shocking stuff – great read! Thanks Heather!

By: Aron Pilhofer

Aron Pilhofer — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:03:30 +0000

Great stuff, Heather!