Suing the police

[UnlikelyAmazonian]

I am thinking about going down this road as they were horrendous. It's part of my never-ceasing trauma. It was an abuse situation and they added to it tenfold. Is there any precedent for this? Suing them? To make them realise and understand how they treated me/another woman in that situation? There must be. I am not working and need counselling. I want some compensation for them cuffing me and taking my baby away for two nights.

Have you tried the Independent Police Complaints Commission? www.ipcc.gov.uk/en/Pages/default.aspx

They can be sued, I've only ever known judicial reviews and cases involving human rights so it's out of my remit. You need to seek legal advice. Have a look at the ippc web site as well. Best of luck.

Thankyou so much. I will begin my enquiries as I think I do have cause. Thanks again.

I've been advised it is a better idea to go to journalist if you want to draw attention to police misconduct. Should you sue them there is a high possibility they will continue to harass you/ make your life even worse. I absolutely understand how you feel, but these guys cannot be stopped. These kept their jobs www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/02/metropolitan-police-smashed-up-car?CMP=twt_gu and that is with video evidence- i suspect what happened in your home will boil down to your word against theirs.

I'm sure you have cause to sue but don't do it to youself.
I am happy to work on article if you want to go that way - as I am doing so myself- bruised wrists hurt-but these guys do much worse in the name of help.

Cuffing you? Well as an ex officer myself I would ask why they felt they needed to? And an investigation if any kind will open all this up again, leaving you to re live it all.

What compensation? And how long ago was it?

see - you only have to look at ilove tiffany's comment to know that all police assume you must have deserved it !!!

I am sure you didn't deserve having this happen- but you cannot fight the police and win. Just be glad you are still standing/alive

I said I would ask why? Read what i wrote... Or were you there 'bobbie'??

New to mumsnet Bobbie??

I don't know your back story, OP, or even if you have shared it on here, but presuming you are not now cuffed and have your baby back,then I'd be thanking my lucky stars that the outcome wasn't worse.

And you only need to look at Bobbie's comment to see that everyone thinks all the police are thugs.

With tiff on this one.

new to mumsnet- irrelevant. I was not there- i was at the time being detained by an officer of the law. I prefer not to post details- suffice to say the outcome of my detention makes clear that his superiors ultimately considered that he behaved in an appalling and reprehensable manner. However just because this man wore a uniform i was forced to explain to many who asked me why he felt he needed to behave in such a way ( i can only assume mental health issues - it felt like misogony) I do not think all police are thugs. However some are and even when proved to be they are not sacked or punished. If you are unlucky enough to be the victim of police crime you effectively have to take it, and are always subject to the suspision that you must have done something to deserve it.
This is bound to make you angry, and mistrustful of police.

I hope unlikely is ok - this stuff is hard

bobbie, sorry, but that is complete bollocks. All complaints against the Police are taken very seriously and are investigated thoroughly. If a Police officer is found to have acted in an inappropriate manner they are dealt with accordingly and this includes being suspended or sacked. Police officers do not randomly go around picking on people and handcuffing them for no reason. Yes, occasionally a mistake may be made but it is very rare

If you want advice on suing the police it's worth speaking to a solicitor who is part of the Police Actions Lawyers Group (PALG) or just google 'actions against the police'. Many of the bigger firms will ask for a quick outline of your case and will advise whether it's worth taking it further. However, there may be time limits on making a complaint.

So are you talking about a separate occasion to the op Bobbie? Cos it's confusing.

And I also agree with MOS

once more linked properly. www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/02/metropolitan-police-smashed-up-car?CMP=twt_gu

I'll accept that your experience may be different, but i am not talking "complete bollocks" and it was offensive of you to respond that way. Police officers do randomly go around picking on people and handcuffing them for no reason- just because you don't believe it doesn't mean its not true.

Where in the training are they told to go randomly and arrest as well as cuff,people who are comitting no crime??

Is that ALL forces then? I don't know anyone who this has ever happened to,anyone else know of it??

Not still half-term is it? A lot of idiots about this week
Tiffany maybe its a new thing they are teaching at Ashford

You need to start off with the force professional standards department if you believe there is professional misconduct. Then you would look at IPCC.