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DM/QA/GN/KF Ex Prot/CT/Int/19TFC. PGCE . #YNWA. Proud Dad. Quinquagenarian.

[Inspector Gadget @InspGadgetBlogs]

I find it unfathomable that after 30 years of telling us we are institutionally racist, they are now saying we are biased towards ethnic minorities.

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@JamesCleverly Police Officers are not public servants. They are Crown Servants. #NotsoCleverly #Notnitpicking

[Lee Broadbent @leembroad]

The death of Henry Nowak is a tragedy in every sense, and the public reaction to the body‑worn video is completely understandable. It is painful to watch. It is painful for officers to watch. And it is painful for Henry’s family to know that his final moments were chaotic, confused and shaped by a lie told by the man who killed him.

But if we are going to talk about this case, and especially where/if politicians make highly charged statements, I believe it’s important to stay anchored to what was actually established in court.

The judge was clear that the responsibility for Henry’s death lies solely with the man who stabbed him. The fatal wound to his chest was described as “catastrophic” and “unsurvivable”, and the pathologist confirmed that no medical intervention, immediate or otherwise, could have saved Henry. That does not erase the distressing nature of the footage, it does not mitigate the seemingly dispassionate response of the officers in attendance, but it does matter when we are trying to understand what happened and what could or could not have changed the outcome.

It is also a matter of record that the officers were responding to a 999 call in which the offender falsely claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack and insisted no weapon had been used. That deception shaped the first few minutes on scene.

The IOPC has been involved from the outset, and the officers have remained as witnesses throughout. This is an important distinction, as those familiar with post incident procedures can tell you. If there was a shred of doubt or suspicion that the officers actions at the time, when balanced against the information known at the time and their reasonable held beliefs, amounted to potential misconduct, the IOPC must at the earliest opportunity review their status. The IOPC have confirmed that the officers status remains unchanged. That indicates that the officers initial decisions/actions have already been assessed against the information known at the time and is unlikely to now change and amount to misconduct.

None of this means the initial assessment was correct. It wasn’t. The officers misread the situation, and the body‑worn video shows that plainly. But policing is full of moments where decisions are made in seconds, under pressure, with incomplete or misleading information. Sometimes those decisions are right. Sometimes they are not. And sometimes…as in this case…the consequences are unbearably tragic even when the mistake does not change the final outcome.

What we cannot/should not do is turn this into a proxy battle in a wider culture war. Henry’s family have asked that his death is not used to fuel division, hate or to propagate political agendas.

It is possible to hold two truths at once:
that the initial response was flawed, sloppy even…and the investigation needs to establish how policy, procedure and relied information impacted those decisions and events; and that despite the officers clear mistakes and compassion fatigue, they did not cause Henry’s death, nor could they have prevented it.

Policing is at its worst when it becomes defensive, but it is also at its worst when it becomes a canvas onto which people project their own political battles and/or bitterness. This case, if it is to be a turning point, deserves better than that.

We can demand accountability without abandoning fairness. We can acknowledge mistakes without inventing motives. And we can talk honestly about the pressures and imperfections of frontline policing without turning every tragedy into a referendum on the entire profession.

That balance is difficult. But, to my mind, it is the only way we avoid repeating the same cycles of outrage, distortion, division and defensiveness that have done so much damage to public trust… and to the people who still turn up, every day, to do a job that is getting harder by the day.

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@obbsie I do feel the Govt is reaching a new Edmund-Davies moment. 30% might save the situation. #Cutshaveconsequences #Notcryingwolf

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@CPhilpOfficial Who broke it dipshit? Under which Govt were training schools scrapped? Hundreds of stations closed? 40k officers and staff lost? Were you warned? #Notcryingwolf #cutshaveconsequences #Toryignominy

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@JohnRentoul Fantacist.

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@KEdge23 Hilarious. From the party that eviscerated every component of the criminal justice system for 14 years. Have you no shame? #notcryingwolf #cutshqveconsequences #Toryignominy

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@ToryVote_ @Conservatives From the party that eviscerated every component of the CJ system. Your irony defines why you will never be trusted again. You were booted into the long grass for the very reasons you complain about. #cutshaveconsequences #notcryingwolf #toryignominy

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@CPhilpOfficial @BriW74 This case only failed because jury members are so stupid.
Is Mastermind Lammy right to abolish juries?

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@BiotechTV If you are not talking to Avacta #AVCT you are tone deaf. They are on the verge of tearing the ADC market to shreds with their #Precision technology.

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@JamesCleverly Wasnt it.6 a day under.your lot? #NotsoCleverly

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@RealDonKeith Good drills.

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@pritipatel Utter tosh.

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@CopMoustache Sue the Govt cunts to the end of the earth #breachofcontract

[CynicalBobby @cynicalbobby]

Make no mistake, in response the federation will:-
Make some noise.
Post on social media.
Enter a prolonged period of inactivity.
Accept there’s nothing that they can do and move on.

[Mike Pannett, Author,TV Drama/Doc Development 🇬🇧 @MikePannett]

@MikeTappTweets Dear Mike, your government has just shafted every police officer about to retire. They’ll receive thousands of pounds less as of today. “More police officers on the front-line” Yet more smoke & mirrors. Thousands of good men & women are leaving the service. I don’t blame them.

[Police Federation of England and Wales @PFEW_HQ]

1/ Police officers who gave decades of service to this country have just had their retirement plans ripped up overnight.

The Government has quietly cut the lump sums available to retiring officers in the 1987 Police Pension Scheme - with immediate effect. 🧵

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@ShabanaMahmood Crossings season only just getting underway!

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@DavidLammy Was it talent that secured your appointment Mastermind Champ?

[NPC @nigelpc83]

@CPhilpOfficial If only there were more cops eh, Philp? Remind us who eviscerated polocing for 14 years? #Toryignominy #Cutshaveconsequences #Notcryingwolf