Plod walt jailed

**mucus2** · 08-01-2010, 17:44

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...cs/8449143.stm

One rule for them then eh?

**Mag_to_grid** · 08-01-2010, 17:53

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...ection_Officer

Hes going to get a hard time in prison

**Spanny** · 08-01-2010, 18:09

Originally Posted by Mag_to_grid

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Conman-Stuart-Howatson-Hoodwinked-Family-Into-Believing-He-Was-Queens-Protection-Officer/Article/201001215517281?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Te aser_Region_6&lid=ARTICLE_15517281_Conman_Stuart_H owatson_Hoodwinked_Family_Into_Believing_He_Was_Qu eens_Protection_Officer

Hes going to get a hard time in prison

Yeah since the inmates know he's a walt they'll pretend to beat him up

**devilish** · 08-01-2010, 18:12

And he is a nonce.

**PRC-349** · 08-01-2010, 18:27

What gets me is how these people feel the need to come out with the most farfetched stories and think they will get away with it.

**Fugly** · 08-01-2010, 18:29

I notice the police actually chase and prosecute their walts, but the worst an army walt can expect is half a page in the Sun, coppers do fuck all.

Plod.

**mucus2** · 08-01-2010, 18:58

Originally Posted by Fugly

I notice the police actually chase and prosecute their walts, but the worst an army walt can expect is half a page in the Sun, coppers do fuck all.

Plod.

Nail on head.

**Jerrycan2793** · 08-01-2010, 18:59

I reckon he will get Sore Arrse Syndrome by the time he leaves prison, at least he can claim to be a member of the SAS Association

**phaserrifle** · 09-01-2010, 15:35

what is the actuall legality of impersonating a member of the forces?
the few sources I can find only refer to it being an offence if you wear medals that you have not earned, or try to use it to gain entry to restricted areas (bases ect).

**Drivers_log** · 09-01-2010, 15:44

Originally Posted by phaserrifle

what is the actuall legality of impersonating a member of the forces?
the few sources I can find only refer to it being an offence if you wear medals that you have not earned, or try to use it to gain entry to restricted areas (bases ect).

I don't think pretending to be anything is actually illegal until you actually try to use it for your own gain.

So, I think I can pretend to be plod, so long as I don't tell anyone what to do, and I can walt it up as an SAS ninja so long as I don't approach, say, army benevolent as such.

Or am I wrong?

**hogg** · 09-01-2010, 17:02

90.
Impersonation, etc.â€” (1) Any person who with intent to deceive impersonates a member of a police force or special constable, or makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is such a member or constable, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(2) Any person who, not being a constable, wears any article of police uniform in circumstances where it gives him an appearance so nearly resembling that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) Any person who, not being a member of a police force or special constable, has in his possession any article of police uniform shall, unless he proves that he obtained possession of that article lawfully and has possession of it for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(4) In this sectionâ€”
(a)
â€œarticle of police uniformâ€ means any article of uniform or any distinctive badge or mark or document of identification usually issued to members of police forces or special constables, or anything having the appearance of such an article, badge, mark or document,
[F1 (aa)
â€œmember of a police forceâ€ includes a member of the British Transport Police Force,] and
(b)
â€œspecial constableâ€ means a special constable appointed for a police area.

**hogg** · 09-01-2010, 17:07

Originally Posted by Fugly

I notice the police actually chase and prosecute their walts, but the worst an army walt can expect is half a page in the Sun, coppers do fuck all.

Plod.

Hurtful though it may be, there's no offence of impersonating a soldier. Coppers do f*ck all for that reason.

**POGscribbler** · 09-01-2010, 17:07

Originally Posted by hogg

90.
Impersonation, etc.â€” (1) Any person who with intent to deceive impersonates a member of a police force or special constable, or makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is such a member or constable, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(2) Any person who, not being a constable, wears any article of police uniform in circumstances where it gives him an appearance so nearly resembling that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) Any person who, not being a member of a police force or special constable, has in his possession any article of police uniform shall, unless he proves that he obtained possession of that article lawfully and has possession of it for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(4) In this sectionâ€”
(a)
â€œarticle of police uniformâ€ means any article of uniform or any distinctive badge or mark or document of identification usually issued to members of police forces or special constables, or anything having the appearance of such an article, badge, mark or document,
[F1 (aa)
â€œmember of a police forceâ€ includes a member of the British Transport Police Force,] and
(b)
â€œspecial constableâ€ means a special constable appointed for a police area.

Source needed please for credibility

PoGs

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**hogg** · 09-01-2010, 17:19

police act 1996 sec 90. Google it

**Bravo_Zulu** · 09-01-2010, 17:20

Uniforms Act 1894: "It is an offence for any person not serving in HMF to wear without HM's permission the uniform of any of those forces., or any dress having the appearance, or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform."

Using the uniform to gain admission to a restricted area is an offence under S1 Official Secrets Act 1920.

Wearing a uniform in order to bring contempt upon it is an offence under the Uniforms Act 1894.

Wearing an unearned decoration, badge, wound stripe or emblem authorised by the defence council, anything designed to look like the above, or claiming falsely to be entitled to any of the above is an offence under S197 Army and Air Force Acts 1955

Impersonate police is covered by the Police Act 1996.