This is unbelievable!!

[Nellywelly]

Read this it's unreal!!

https://www.bloodbikesdevon.org.uk/news/press/not-guilty

[VladTepes]

and meanwhile the officer isn't taken to task? What an arsehole.

[gsxbarmy]

That's a disgrace on so many counts, first that the police officer chose to pull the blood bike initially, second that he chose to chase with minors in the car, third that he then chose to complete the call with no authority and fourth that the Devon & Cornwall police chose to prosecute. A totally hostile prosecution as well.

I used to do bloodcruns some years back (not allowed to now) and you choose to be on call for them. You are obliged at all times to ride within the law and safely, even when travelling under blue lights for real emergencies like this clearly was.

An absolute disgrace that this came to court and (so it seems) the policeman got away with it.

[shanered6]

It goes to show the type of people who are being trained as police.... and i have to say most of them have a real big chip on there shoulders !!

[Hooli]

It goes to show the type of people who are being trained as police.... and i have to say most of them have a real big chip on there shoulders !!

Indeed, I've known a few socially & every single one of them has been a petty arsehole with delusions of self-importance.

[Notty]

and they wonder why no one likes them ...9 out of 10 crimes go undetected so they waste time on things like this - bunch of tossers 

[Speedy1959]

Lol Notty..
You tell em !!
I agree with the comments on this post

[grog]

HUGE chip on his shoulder.

[Mister Fishfinger]

That's a disgrace on so many counts, first that the police officer chose to pull the blood bike initially, second that he chose to chase with minors in the car, third that he then chose to complete the call with no authority and fourth that the Devon & Cornwall police chose to prosecute. A totally hostile prosecution as well.

I used to do bloodcruns some years back (not allowed to now) and you choose to be on call for them. You are obliged at all times to ride within the law and safely, even when travelling under blue lights for real emergencies like this clearly was.

An absolute disgrace that this came to court and (so it seems) the policeman got away with it.

I agree with you on the first three points, but I think the decision to prosecute might have been quite a useful one.

Reading through the reports, a key part of the argument was whether a blood bike qualifies as a type of ambulance (so that it can carry blue lights and sirens). The Construction and Use regulations are quite vague on the legal definition of what an ambulance is, so it was important to establish whether the biker in this case actually had the right to fit and use them.

Now that the case is settled, that has established a precedent for other blood bikes. Which is a good thing.

Of course that doesn't excuse the behaviour of the officer, he clearly had a grudge and I hope they throw the book at him. But the CPS might have done everyone a favour by bringing the case.

[Nellywelly]

As far as I know the blood bikes are ex-police / ambulance bikes. They are either donated or sold to the charity at the end of there service with the police or ambulance.
Yeah I agree give a tosser a badge he thinks he's god!

[Mick_J]

Fu(*ing jobsworth, they really piss me off 
Lets hope he doesn't need blood in a hurry one day.