>> WP,
>>
>> We're reading this in different ways.
>>
>> My usual practice when trying to understand any controversy arising from a media report is
>> to find the source document whether a court judgement, Hansard or, as here, an official
>> report. In this case it's the HMIC report which I linked yesterday and that's the
>> only account I've used.
So if the HMIC report is flawed and/or has been written by someone with a fundamental lack of understanding of the situation... then your understanding of the issues would also be flawed.
>> The 16yo we're talking about is a single example over less
>> than a page in a long report which identifies other, more serious, failings in the
>> Notts force's child protection arrangements.
I have only ever been talking about this one case. If there are wider failings that need addressing, then so be it.
>>
>> It may be that it's set the police/ex-police bush telegraph alight and that for that
>> or other reasons you have more to go on.
Nope... it's just annoyed me.
I've been that poor sap the custody officer on many, many occasions... sat there with a burning pain in my groin because I needed a 'p' two hours ago, but haven't managed it, because it's just been too damned busy and/or I don't dare leave the ship temporarily to junior staff.
>>
>> My reading is that the force took its eye off the ball and that in
>> some way/ways the safeguards which should have applied to this young woman failed. I base
>> that particularly on use of the phraseology about 'realising' after 44 hours that she'd not
>> eaten or drunk.
As said above, they would 'realise' each and every time she declined food/drink and it's recorded on her custody record. The custody sergeant is in overall charge and the buck stops with him/her... trouble is they can be so damned busy they cannot think straight.
This was therefore not a 'normal' s136 detention, it was one that
>> went wrong.
I'll ask again. What went wrong?
If you accept she shouldn't have been there, but was.. and it'll happen again... and a police officer cannot force someone to eat or drink... and eventually they'll become unwell and an ambulance will be called... which is what happened... what else?
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