Wednesday 19 September 2012

Death In Duty - Loved By The Community


My heart, my prayers and my sorrows go to the two very brave police officers who were called to what should have been an ordinary routine burglary call out today. What lay in wait for them was the most appalling act of barbaric behavior that the world has known in this, the year 2012. PC Fiona Bone 32 and PC Nicola Hughes 23, were responding to a call from base control of a possible burglary in the Hattersley area. As police do, sirens blaring, they turned up to an address in the hope of catching a culprit and arrest them. The next scene is what can only be described as coming from a film!!! Both police officers were shot at by a man at point-blank range, a total of ten shots echoed around the estate but what came next would make even the most hardened underworld criminals shake in their long overcoats. The man then threw a grenade at the police officers which would have almost instantly killed them.

As you read this now, I could send an email to Australia and get a reply back in less than a minute because this is 2012. So why and most importantly in today’s society is anyone throwing a grenade that is reserved for the battlefields of yesteryear. Are we really living in a society where somebody who knows somebody can actually get there hands on this type of military hardware?

Without getting too political, the two positive aims that will come out of this are, Mr Cameron will now have to beef up police uniforms and hopefully more importantly the police will have the power to conduct more stop and searches. If someone is walking around with grenades on them with the intent to use them to kill or maim, then what of our society, what of are children. Yes, I agree there is far too much violence both in the video games that are played, the films that we watch and also the music we listen to. Its not uncommon to walk past a car with its windows down and music blaring with the lyrics, “put another in the chamber” pouring onto the pavement. Are these the same pavements I used to play hopscotch on or are these the streets of Syria where the first toy a ten year old holds, is an AK47!!!

To all the officers at GMP and across the country, I am behind you, I respect you, I think you do such a wonderful job for the limited pay you get. Once again though, my prayers go to the families, partners and friends we have lost in the force and we will fight to the bitter end to get the justice we deserve.

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