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AIBU to think that if you're in police custody you shouldn't be able to get out of the car?

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Chowtime · 12/11/2024 18:30

Thinking of the awful news today about a 17 year old girl being transported who got out of the police car on the M5 and died 😓. Aren't those cars fitted with child locks?

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Scutterbug · 12/11/2024 18:42

I wondered the same. When I’ve been in a police car I’ve not been able to open the doors, they had to let me out.

Simonjt · 12/11/2024 18:41

sel2223 · 12/11/2024 18:37

Was it a marked police car or unmarked?
Was she in handcuffs?
Why had they stopped on the side of the motorway if on the way to custody?

The only thing I was thinking with such limited info is maybe there's been a tussle in the back seat between the girl and the transporting officer in the back next to her so the driver has stopped to help their colleague? When the officer opened the back door, she darted out the vehicle and into the road?

Impossible to say who, if anyone's, to blame without more info but there'll be a reason why the car was randomly stopped and she was able to get out.

Edited

As someone who has been arrested, due to the way you are cuffed you cannot remove the seatbelt yourself, so if the officer can’t cope with a bit of thrashing about and noise they may need to consider their suitability. Door locks are also engaged and controlled per door, not just front/back.

hanali · 12/11/2024 18:41

Yeah it's hard to understand the circumstances with so few details released. Depends if it were perhaps a roadside traffic offence. If it were not and they were travelling to custody then yeah there's lots of questions to answer for the police.

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Chowtime · 12/11/2024 18:41

sel2223 · 12/11/2024 18:37

Was it a marked police car or unmarked?
Was she in handcuffs?
Why had they stopped on the side of the motorway if on the way to custody?

The only thing I was thinking with such limited info is maybe there's been a tussle in the back seat between the girl and the transporting officer in the back next to her so the driver has stopped to help their colleague? When the officer opened the back door, she darted out the vehicle and into the road?

Impossible to say who, if anyone's, to blame without more info but there'll be a reason why the car was randomly stopped and she was able to get out.

Edited

Thats a good point actually.

Yes, a pp was right, the details will come out one day and Yes, it must have been absolutely horrible for the police officers involved.

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AccidentallyWesAnderson · 12/11/2024 18:40

doodleschnoodle · 12/11/2024 18:39

Very sad but absolutely no details as to why she was out of the vehicle. I'm sure that will come in time. But there could be several reasons why the vehicle was opened that I can think of. I imagine the officers involved are pretty traumatised too.

I agree. Far too early to speculate at this stage.

doodleschnoodle · 12/11/2024 18:39

Very sad but absolutely no details as to why she was out of the vehicle. I'm sure that will come in time. But there could be several reasons why the vehicle was opened that I can think of. I imagine the officers involved are pretty traumatised too.

sel2223 · 12/11/2024 18:37

Was it a marked police car or unmarked?
Was she in handcuffs?
Why had they stopped on the side of the motorway if on the way to custody?

The only thing I was thinking with such limited info is maybe there's been a tussle in the back seat between the girl and the transporting officer in the back next to her so the driver has stopped to help their colleague? When the officer opened the back door, she darted out the vehicle and into the road?

Impossible to say who, if anyone's, to blame without more info but there'll be a reason why the car was randomly stopped and she was able to get out.

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