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On Friday I had MCEO's at my house to collect unpaid finds for motoring offences. It ended up with the police being called. 3 cars and 6-7 police later I was confronted by one particularly aggressive officer who came right upto my face, smelt my breath and said he could smell alcohol and asked if I'd been drinking (at 8am!).When I told him I didn't drink he didn't seem very happy. He then told me with screwed up face that"if I didn't open the door he was going to go to his car get his big red key and smash my door in". The MCEO appeared to have an electronic warrant and plastic laminated a5 sheet that allowed the MCEO to use reasonable force ie a locksmith to gain entry to my house. Infact he had called the locksmith before the police arrived and the officer was aware of this. I asked the officer to check that this particular warrant allowed him to assist the MCEO in any other way than to prevent a breach of the peace. He said he knew the law and repeated his red key threat. When I suggested one last time that he checks with his sergeant he told me"to shut up your boring. I'll cuff you and put you in the back of the car and then smash your door in". In the end feeling very intimidated and pressured by this police man I made a very embarrassing call to my landlord who paid the fine to stop her door getting damaged. I told the policeman I was going to complain and his reply was" I've had thousands of complaints and none have ever stuck.
So I suppose my question is. Do you think the policeman was wrong in what he said he was going to do?
So I suppose my question is. Do you think the policeman was wrong in what he said he was going to do?
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