Police are stupid

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Originally Posted by Sam Carvalho

I swear I would of spat at him if he didn't have his stupid friends and a big ass dog.

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You're hard. No you wouldn't have.

they were doing their job, but sure, they could've been a bit nicer after they realized they ****** up.

Like others have said..making off from the scene of an accident is quite a serious offense,you didn't mention if there were any injuries which would have obviously made it more serious.More than likely the reason the Dog Patrol attended the scene to track the scent of the driver.

You must understand that with such a serious offense,seeing someone making off,be it when they have seen a Police Officer,or making off from the area where a scene/crime has been comitted,they need to be stopped regardless.The need for calling for back up was more than likely if you had jumped into a garden,or were too fast for the officer running after you.Vehicles are much faster,obviously :P

The fact that you also matched the description of an offender,adds more suspicion meaning they want to stop you regardless.More amount of man power is a more chance of catching the bad guy = arrest!

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Originally Posted by Nli.

What you've writtern doesn't make sense in how you've put it for example; the finger prints? from what I know they need to be taken at the station, and if you are under 18 - they would need to have contacted your parents aswell. And after he caught up with you he would have detained you, and possibly put you in cuffs and searched you (and your bag) especially if he was looking for someone with your description and commited a hit and run.

Also, if he took your finger print to see if it matches the car they would have put you in custody probably arrested under something like suspicion of hit and run, until the SOC (Scene of Crime) scanned the car for finger prints etc... and then release you later on or the next day unless you were found guilty.

Also the pink forms are normally used for a warning, instead of an arrest to cut down on officers being taken off the streets to do paper work, normally for silly things like urinating in the street, and last up to 6 months and if your seen committing the same crime, or any other you'd be arrested. And if you did spit, you'd be arrested for assault but probably nothing serious would happen, but the dog's wouldn't have done nothing as you didn't try and escape. But they probably weren't 'coming to get you'

I could write stacks more about it, but I don't have the time at the moment.
So, if I'm wrong please correct me? :)

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Finger prints are recorded when you have been arrested for a crime.There are such devices nowadays that allow officers to establish if you are known to the police by your fingerprint,i.e any previous history (arrest) with the police,it is done there and then..probably seen them on tv!

Appropriate adults have to be contacted if you are 17 or under,not 18.

The pink form wasnt a fixed penalty notice (as he didnt say he'd been given a fine!),that is the fine given to persons urinating in the street etc,where an arrest isnt required.very minor public order offenses.The pink form would have been a copy of the stop and search record / account that was filled out when he was stopped.

Perhaps you should change your attitude to the Police,after all,if it was your car/parents car that had been hit,and the driver had made off,you'd be expecting males who are seen making off getting stopped too........

i live not too far from the m6 motorway in birmingham and what makes me laugh is the collector road for the motorway which goes 3 miles along the border of a densley populated town. this carraigeway is 50 MPH and ive clocked them doing at least 3 figures on that stretch. seems its ok to be rude and obnoxious and break the law if your a copper.

but if your rude to them now that an entirely different story

Police are, I repeat are allowed to search you there and then, wherever you are. It's not their fault they do their job.

Who's stupid; the one doing their job or the u****ervant one?

Unlucky @ fingerprints being taken. So long as there's nothing on record it doesn't matter. I like to know that should I need to commit a crime in the future then they won't be any closer to identifying me.

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Originally Posted by Antony

Finger prints are recorded when you have been arrested for a crime.There are such devices nowadays that allow officers to establish if you are known to the police by your fingerprint,i.e any previous history (arrest) with the police,it is done there and then..probably seen them on tv!

Appropriate adults have to be contacted if you are 17 or under,not 18.

The pink form wasnt a fixed penalty notice (as he didnt say he'd been given a fine!),that is the fine given to persons urinating in the street etc,where an arrest isnt required.very minor public order offenses.The pink form would have been a copy of the stop and search record / account that was filled out when he was stopped.

Perhaps you should change your attitude to the Police,after all,if it was your car/parents car that had been hit,and the driver had made off,you'd be expecting males who are seen making off getting stopped too........

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I never actually said that the pink form was a fixed penalty, just a warning. And yes, I admit I got the age wrong but that was just a mistake.

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Originally Posted by Sam Carvalho

The cops in Cambridge in corrupt anyway, I've pulled up at a crossroad at midnight and a cop put his lights on to go through a red light and turned them off when he got across. Wish I had his license.

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Originally Posted by infrequent

To the end bit;
that would've been to warn people that he was going across and then it might've been quiet at the other side and so he could turn them off again to avoid waking people up.

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I'm sure that happens world wide.. It happens here, you just live with it, who cares?