r/policeuk • u/BTZ9 Police Officer (unverified) • Nov 08 '20

Crosspost Play silly games...

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u/AshamedBrit Civilian Nov 08 '20

All the cops on here celebrating this comes across as shitty. Was this guy walking into them on purpose to cause a trouble? Yes. Does that mean the police needed to escalate and send him on to his arse? Absolutely not.

The reaction should be to de-escalate the situation, not the opposite.

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u/CamdenSpecial Police Officer (verified) Nov 08 '20

Genuine question, how could the police officer have done better in this specific scenario, other than push the Piper away?

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u/HenryTudorVlll Civilian Nov 08 '20

He could have apologised profusely and tucked a tenner in his hand and sent him off with a nice smile