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Corruption
within the police
A policeman ate whilst driving and urinated in public but
wasn’t convicted or charged!!!
Do you think this is wrong? Shouldn’t police officers be
treated the same as every other member of the public?
If he was someone outside of the police force it would be a
different story.
If this was a member of the public and wasn’t a police
officer this case would be taken up in a magistrates court due to the
seriousness of the case and the fact that some people don’t even realise that both
of these offences are counted as crimes so crown court wouldn’t be seen as necessary.
In a magistrates court there would be the accused/ criminal,
the magistrates, the chairman, the clerk, the lawyers, the witnesses, the usher
and the court reporter. Magistrates are local people who volunteer their
services to be trained and work in that court. They don’t have to have legal
qualifications to fulfil this role but are given legal advice by qualified
Clerks. Magistrates do not talk within a case they just help make the decision
on what should happen to the accused. The Clerk and the Chairman have been
trained to do a specific role and sit in the middle of the magistrates taking
control of the case, they ensure that the magistrates have all the information
they need to do with the case so that everything proceeds correctly. The usher
would introduce the trial/case and makes sure things run smoothly, they escort
the witnesses to the seats and once the magistrates have arrived they leave the
court. The lawyers work on opposing sides of the case, the prosecution tries to
prove the defendant’s guilt whilst the defence works on proving their
innocence. Finally the court reporter works for the media and does a report on
the trial at hand. They can ask anyone involved apart from the magistrates to
comment on the case as they aren’t allowed to speak.
People don’t seem to realise that if caught by an officer
either eating whilst driving or urinating in public you can be given a trial in
court and punishments can be given for these offences.
Such punishments could be a certain amount of community
service that must be attended, a fine or possibly something such as points on
your licence. These punishments can be all dependent on if this person is known
for committing past offences or how they react to being told what punishment
they have.
People see this as unfair and why shouldn't they! Police are doing things that they would punish us for but they get away with it! Why do we put up with such treatment?
