Gunner: My Life in Cricket

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To compound matters, Emily subsequently heard from the Officers’ supervisor by telephone and found him too to be dismissive of what had happened, trying to dissuade her from pursuing a ‘pointless’ complaint and flippantly commenting “If it makes any difference, I was on my way round with a box of maltesers”.

But all they were actually doing was compounding the Chief Constable’s liability to Dean in damages. It will be noted that all of this was in the context of the Police having chosen to ‘skip’ the proper booking in procedure for Jervon, thereby denying him the protections for detained persons which are laid down by PACE (the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) and which are supposed to include a thorough risk assessment before a person is placed alone in a cell. Simon had also developed an anxiety about security guards and was now hyper-vigilant of any security guard who was similar in appearance to the man who had assaulted him. One afternoon in April 2019 Jervon made a routine visit to his local Building Society and was minding his own business in the queue, listening to music through his headphones, when he was startled by someone tapping him on the shoulder.Taking the above into account, I consider that whilst the officer has breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour, his conduct is not deemed so serious that it would meet the threshold for misconduct (conduct so serious that at least a written warning would be justified). Furthermore, by framing his message in the way that he did, PC Roose clearly ‘chilled’ both Mr Clasp and Adam’s friend with fear about the supposed seriousness of an “offending history” which would cause senior officers to allegedly react in this way. The evidence of the expert psychologist whom I appointed confirmed that Simon had suffered sleep disturbance and loss of appetite which caused him to feel vulnerable and exhausted.

By this point several members of the public had gathered and began recording the incident on their mobile phones. Ian James Gould (born 19 August 1957) is an English former first-class cricketer and a former member of the ICC Elite Panel of cricket umpires. I would here observe that Professional Standards Department investigators commonly behave in this manner, as if they are the advocates of the Officers complained about and opponents of the complainants). Many of my cases have been reported by the BBC and ITV, various national, regional, and local papers and other media organisations.The man ‘guarding’ Emily shouted at her “ Don’t move your hands” and then “ Who else is in the property?

The officers declined and instead asserted that unless Ehab’s brother attended within the next 5 minutes, he would be in trouble. Jervon’s mental health issues were now causing him distress, in light of the woman’s unwanted physical contact with him, but at no point was Jervon himself aggressive or threatening to anyone present in the Building Society, and nor did anyone allege otherwise. However, PC Roose learnt that Adam was moving into the house, and later the same day, whilst on duty, PC Roose accessed information about Adam on the Police National Computer (PNC) at 21:42. The brief circumstances are that the officer has attended reports of a male acting oddly, sniffing gas, drinking and causing concern to passengers. To Emily, the officers appeared to have no understanding or empathy as to what they had done and the harm caused.During that period, Adam was subject to assaults and thefts by other residents but was eventually provided with a council house. Jervon turned and saw that a woman had made physical contact with him; she apologised, stating that she thought Jervon was someone else.