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Police were forced to record an incident of a man being hit by a biscuit as a “violent crime”, a new report has revealed.
The victim was hit by the flying treat after a minor disagreement with a woman, and was left with “small red mark”.
But due to Home Office rules about how crimes must be logged the incident was recorded as actual bodily harm (ABH), the police and crime commissioner for Norfolk said after carrying out an analysis of local crime data.
Stephen Bett, the commissioner, said: “You could not make this up – it’s jaw-dropping.
“I am sure people will find these examples of what the police are having to record as violent crime hard to believe to say the least.
“I frankly couldn’t believe what I was reading. Is it any wonder we have seen a rise in recorded violent crime in Norfolk if these types of incidents have to be logged?”
In other cases a child who was brushed across the arm with a stinging nettleby another child was also recorded as ABH.
And a mother who disciplined her child with slap on the hand was accused of "assault".
Mr Bett went on: "The last thing I want to do is to trivialise any incident where there is a victim but I am struggling to see how someone being hit by a biscuit or brushed by a stinging nettle fits anyone's idea of a violent crime."
In a bid to counter criticism that crime figures have been “fiddled” by forces in the past, many chief constables have introduced new rules designed to ensure crime is recorded accurately.
The victim was hit by the flying treat after a minor disagreement with a woman, and was left with “small red mark”.
But due to Home Office rules about how crimes must be logged the incident was recorded as actual bodily harm (ABH), the police and crime commissioner for Norfolk said after carrying out an analysis of local crime data.
Stephen Bett, the commissioner, said: “You could not make this up – it’s jaw-dropping.
“I am sure people will find these examples of what the police are having to record as violent crime hard to believe to say the least.
“I frankly couldn’t believe what I was reading. Is it any wonder we have seen a rise in recorded violent crime in Norfolk if these types of incidents have to be logged?”
In other cases a child who was brushed across the arm with a stinging nettleby another child was also recorded as ABH.
And a mother who disciplined her child with slap on the hand was accused of "assault".
Mr Bett went on: "The last thing I want to do is to trivialise any incident where there is a victim but I am struggling to see how someone being hit by a biscuit or brushed by a stinging nettle fits anyone's idea of a violent crime."
In a bid to counter criticism that crime figures have been “fiddled” by forces in the past, many chief constables have introduced new rules designed to ensure crime is recorded accurately.
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To be fair a sharpened gingernut biscuit can be lethal in the wrong hands...
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A Ninja Ginger Nut
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Chris Evans
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It's a bit silly of the commissioner tbh. Perhaps he is angling for a job on the Daily Mail.
Any database of this type will include borderline cases. You can imagine the boss of a car insurance company saying it's absurd they have claims for car park dings and smashed brake lights in the same database used for mullti-car pile-ups on motorways. The people (police in this case) recording the data should record everything and not try to second-guess Parliament's intentions. |
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Not nice
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Two women run the recorded biscuit violent crime unit in Norfolk. It is known as the Kara Mel Log.
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Amazing Peek Freans
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If they get this crap recorded as crime, when it gets taken off the books they will claim that crime figures have gone down and give themselves a pat on the back.
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The satirists will have a field day with this one.
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I want to hear what our old Forum pal Custardcream64 has to say about this. Hitherto I'd never considered him to be a walking weapon.
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