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Perhaps This Is Why We Have Less Police Officers?

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youngmafbog | 12:33 Wed 09th Aug 2017 | News
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I dont often agree with Mr Farron but what a luducrous waste of public money.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4774660/Officer-bitten-FLEA-work-handed-12-000.html
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Fewer because none want to be bitten by fleas, or because none want a £12,000 handout ?

Find it difficult to picture Farron saying something sensible. Surely some mistake ?
what, you're suggesting that potential recruits are deterred by the flea danger? Well, I would be, of course.
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OK, I see I must spell it out.

If money is going to frivolous claims (plus the courts costs investigation costs etc) then less for bobbies on the beat.

I suspect most brave coppers would like to be bitten by a flea rather than some scumbag.
it's not very clear from the report what's actually going on. Did this case go to trial? I find it rather hard to believe a competent barrister wouldn't have had it laughed out of court. Also, who actually pays the damages? There's a reference to "the taxpayer" rather than the ratepayer; but maybe it's an insurance company?

For what it's worth, £12,000 for a flea bite does sound ridiculous; but some of the other compensated incidents may for all I know have caused serious damage.

I wouldn't mind seeing a proper analysis of all this rather than a Mail rant that omits a lot of facts.
As an aside

I see that the WM force have had a face lift to the HQ building .
The exterior was shockingly dirty .

It doesn't say if the flea bit led onto further medical problems. Maybe allergy or infection - the Daily Mail are experts when it comes to missing out information
In the headline case the flea bite resulted in emergency surgery, I have no idea why of course.

On the broader issue, frivolous claims do no good to any organisation.
During my 23 years service as a police officer I cannot remember one any fellow member being compensated for any injury received in the line of duty.Maybe we a bit tougher in those days.
oh dipped out there ,oh was a custody officer and I caught scabies from him .
read on Fluff's link that someone had been awarded £14,000 for falling off a push-bike.
What next, fitting stabilisers to them?
(the bikes, not the police officers)

lol jim that was exactly what I was thinking of!
was this plod from Liverpool by any chance?

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