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From the video of the assault in Birmingham, there is a group of black men that assault a white man, a police officer that slams the victim as he is getting up then arrests him when he tries to defend himself. On the other side, another officer goes to catch up to the attackers, has a quick chat with them, and they go to enjoy their night out.

My question is, if this was a gang of white men assaulting a black man, would police officers try to split them up by slamming the victim against the wall and then arresting him, and then let the attackers go on their merry way?

I feel like this only ever goes one way, but it might just be my own bias or the videos that the algorithms show me. Can anyone show me a video of this going the other way?

Hey fellow Bobbies North West PC looking to make the jump to the Met quick question on overtime 👮‍♂️💰
Whats up everyone I am a PC with 4 years in a North West force Originally not from the UK no family ties here yet and I used to live in London before heading up north Dont get me wrong the North has been great but my heart and wallet has always been calling me back to the Big Smoke

I am after that classic London buzz the variety the madness and most importantly the overtime My current force is pretty tight on budgets so extra shifts are basically non existent right now I have always wanted to transfer to the Met for the exciting opportunities and the chance to actually stack some decent money

So question for my colleagues currently serving in the Met Hows the overtime looking right now Still plenty of opportunities or has it dried up

And yes I know the Met has its character 😂 I am not after the doom and gloom stories or dont do it warnings Just straight answers on the OT situation from people on the ground Please I need those fat big bucks

I Appreciate you legends

Thanks in advance stay safe out there

Hi all,

I've recently been prescribed medical cannabis for chronic insomnia, and I'm looking for some advice from a policing perspective.

I preface this by saying I would absolutely never drive if I felt even slightly impaired and I only use it before bed. However i'm aware I would likely be over the limit should I be drug wiped the next day.

I'd obviously explain my situation and have the prescription and ID at hand to show an officer, but is there anything else you'd recommend I do or carry to ensure I'm as above board as possible if I were ever stopped while driving? I know I'd have a statutory medical defence under section 5 of the RTA but I obviously want to be as safe and above board as possible. Hence this post.

I'm also curious if you have come across this before as I imagine it could be a bit of a grey area.

Thanks in advance and I appreciate the work you all do.

There may be a simple reason that I’m missing but I can’t see how funding or training would get in the way of every warranted officer being trained and carrying tasers. You’d think that would be something government would support in current crime environment, and you could just tack it onto basic training with assessment at the end on going onto beat. The only thing I can think of is being worried about fresh probies and new cops carrying them - but we give them all the big powers of constable, a baton and PAVA. Obviously taser is significantly more dangerous but imagine if the Golders Green responders didn’t have taser? Genuinely interested in takes or more info that I’m not seeing!

Why does it take so much public outrage for the police to put any effort into going after the attackers instead of the victim?

So hypothetical.

You're on foot patrol and you see a car parked ,

You see the front passenger inhaling a balloon of nox .

The driver has a balloon in his hand .

Car checked . Driver is insured .driver is otherwise sober.

You're told your forces custody can't test for nox intoxication .

The incident is already created .

What do you do ?

UK police, what happened? For my entire life you guys were THE world standard for police to look up to.

Now I'm seeing truly horrific police work from the UK, something worse than the thing before it on an almost daily basis. Migrants having literal sword fights in the street and stabbing random people's cars in anger.

Meanwhile, UK police are working overtime to harass what seem to be law abiding native British over mean tweets and actively oppressing victims like Henry Nowak and now that Manchester kid who was jumped by a group of black guys and then body checked by the female cop before he could even stand up.

You guys can't possibly believe any of this is for maintaining law and order or protecting civilization do you? How far are you guys willing to fall before you've reached the bottom? Because you're rapidly running out of room before you hit it. Hitting the bottom I mean, not some other white kid who was just the victim of a violent crime. That will probably happen before Monday.

Watching this happen is just really making me sad. Way more than it should. I feel terrible that you UK police have fallen to this, and I'm appalled that your native citizens have to deal with it. I honestly advise you all to read up on German police during the Wiemar period, because that is literally what you guys look like right now, and I honestly believe you're perfectly okay with going to the next stage since you all seem so okay with this stuff.

You can also save your investigations and all that, I'm an American, in America, and thank god we have American police and not your guys. So as sad as you're all making me, I do have that bright spot. And lots of guns. I am American after all. That's probably a big part of why you feel so okay being this terrible to your citizens.

i got blackmailed recently and police came to my house to ask me questions about their details and what i know about them and then they talked with my parents and my dad comes up to my room after they leave and asks “why did police just ask me if you have firearms in the house?” and which i was confused as i never post on social media and never really do. If anyone has any idea why please let me know, am i in some watch list?, is this a routine question they ask? If anyone needs more info please ask as this has me wondering

Hey, some of my friends said, “You wanna make some side money?” I said, “Yeah, but how?” Then they said I should create an account for them and send them the link. Is this some kind of scam? Are they trying to get an account with my email and stuff so they can do illegal things in my name, and anything they do on the account would be linked back to me? I’m just trying to figure out if I’m overthinking it or if this is actually something I should avoid.

The brief circumstances are that on 21 June 2025, PC Benjamin Pullen misused his position by providing personal contact details to a member of the public during a traffic stop and deliberately deactivated his body worn video to engage in improper conduct.
PC Pullen subsequently entered into an inappropriate relationship formed through his duties, failed to declare that relationship and his association with a registered sex offender, and provided a dishonest and misleading account to a supervising officer.
On 28 October 2025, during a 111 call, PC Pullen failed to identify himself as a police officer and provided a false name.
In doing so it is alleged that PC Pullen has breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of:
Honesty and Integrity
Discreditable Conduct
Duties and Responsibilities
Orders and Instructions
PC Pullen was in attendance for these proceedings. He was not represented at the hearing however he had been given this opportunity.
The Chair, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Carl Galvin, found that allegations proven on the balance of probabilities (apart from allegation 6B) and that PC Pullen had breached the Standards of Behaviour at the level of Gross Misconduct.
Decision
PC Pullen was dismissed without notice and will be placed on the College of Policing barred list.

https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/misconduct-outcomes/2026/june/pc-benjamin-pullen-outcome-summary/