Update on Unpleasant Altercation

I'm glad this has had a positive result. I didn't actually believe he was a real policeman behaving like that so equally I'm glad that he's being reprimanded.

Well done @zerofeelingfor standing up. I’ve had one encounter with the police in my life and it was a terrible one. I now dislike and mistrust the police as a result which is surprising to people who know me if the subject arises.

How awful! Hope you’re ok OP, and I’m glad you got a positive outcome.
Can I just ask - and I hope you don’t mind - but does it unnerve you that he knows where you live?

I wouldn’t open my car door to a maid officer either. Not a chance. Not after Sarah Everard. But even before that I was wary - my father always told me to never get out for a male police officer, instead drive to the next police station and get out there

Fantastic result. I too was appalled at the amount of posters who saw nothing wrong with his behaviour. Just goes to show how many women excuse shit behaviour from men.

Well done for complaining.

Well done OP. That was very brave of you. It must have been a stressful experience.

The thread also demonstrates that so often very vocal posters join threads and utter absolute shite, with an air of knowing what they’re talking about.

I didn’t read the first thread but I am glad that you reported and bad apple has been suspended.

Well done op on 2 counts. Firstly on keeping your cool on the first thread, second on not taking this lying down.

I can’t believe he doubled and trebled down on his original bad behaviour afterwards. What an idiotic arsehole!

Well done for getting the outcome you wanted. I'm glad the police bothered to investigate the behaviour of the 2 off duty officers because that's often the first hurdle so well done for persevering. Plenty of police officers out there that abuse their power but at least there are 2 less now.
I still think that the way you reacted and behaved was wrong. And had someone driven into my car, refused to give their details and driven off, I would have been very angry. Thankfully I'm not a police officer.

Well done OP.
I don't believe the police will ever truly appreciate the damage the terrible Sarah Everard murder by a police officer has done to perceptions of the force.
I would never stop and open a door to one now.

He was known as a wrong 'un by his colleagues and was spoken of as such on WhatsApp messages.
They knew well he was dodgy.

Domestic violence is rife within the police.
I used to be very trusting.
Never again.

Well done OP.
Entitlement and abuse of power appears alive and well in the police when you read of behaviour like that.
It attracts a type whom believe intimidation is their right.

Well done!! That’s brilliant.

Well done for complaining! It’s brave to make a complaint against the police so you should feel proud that you took a stand. Two wrongs don’t make a right

Well done OP, I think you were right to report them - they were intimidating and breached protocol to try and intimidate you further.

I still think your actions around the collision were wrong though and you shouldn't have been so dismissive that you could have caused their car damage. If you'd just handed your details over at the time of the collision then things probably wouldn't have escalated to this point. But considering you argued for 40 pages on your last thread that you probably didn't crash into them (despite hearing a loud crunch and suspecting at the time that you had) then you won't take that on board.

I am really pleased to read your update @zerofeeling but extremely sorry you had to not only go through that but contend with the insufferrable arseholes on your original thread. I hope said arseholes read this thread with your update, feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves and have the guts and common decency to admit they were wrong and apologise especially the one who claimed to be a female police officer.

All the best to you.

I'm so glad you followed the sensible advice on that thread. I read it again and had forgotten what a bunch of absolute tosh people were talking.

Glad they have been reprimanded. Total abuse of power and unacceptable intimidating behaviour. Sorry you have had to go through this op.

I’m glad this has been taken seriously and the officers dealt with.
Im sorry that the posters in the original thread were so horrid.
One point though, personally if I’m out alone and parking up on a dead end I always leave the car facing the exit. Just in case. No we shouldn’t have too and it’s hideous that we have to think like that. But it does enable a faster getaway if I were to need it.

Your original thread was awful OP I'm so Sorry you were met with that.

I am so very glad that the police have taken this seriously.

I was on your original thread @zerofeeling . Thanks for the update. This is a very good outcome. Very well done for pursuing this matter. It can’t have been easy for you.

I did read your original post. I am so pleased this has been taken seriously OP. I really hope you feel vindicated and reassured.

Tbh, I read your original thread and, whilst I did not comment on it, I thought ywbu in just expecting him to agree with your assertion that his car wasn’t damaged, and that you were just going to drive off. I had a situation where someone went into the back of my car, and whilst there was no visual damage at first, I heard dragging as I drove home, and it had damaged the underside of my car. Luckily we’d swapped insurance details anyway. But what happened following your accident wasn’t good. So well done for getting some sort of investigation off the ground.

I’m glad you’re getting justice. I have friends who are police. I was also once harmed by a police officer. I hope you are ok.

Just read your original thread - wow - there are some utterly thick fuckers on that, how you remained so patient blew my mind!

I’m glad you spoke out and reported him - imagine how many women deal with this shit and the officer just gets to go about their business with no repercussions.

I'm curious why you've enabled voting on this. It's just inviting people to come back and say YABU again.