Woman prosecuted for making more than 200 fake calls to 999 – The Independent
‘A woman has been fined for making 200 hoax 999 calls between Christmas and New Year.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: emergency services
Man who bit police officer is first person to be jailed under new law to protect emergency workers – Daily Telegraph
‘A landscape gardener who bit a police officer has become the first person to be jailed under new laws to protect emergency workers.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jail time to double for assaulting an emergency worker – Ministry of Justice
‘New law protecting emergency workers from assault to receive Royal Assent today (Thursday 13 September 2018).’
Ministry of Justice, 13th September 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
999 calls: When do assurances of help give rise to a duty of care? – UK Police Law Blog
‘The working assumption of most police lawyers is that a common law duty of care will not arise where call handlers tell 999 callers that the police will attend and assist. The judgment in Sherratt v Chief Constable of GMP [2018] EWHC 1746 (QB) demonstrates that a more careful analysis is required. In this case, some fairly common and non-specific assurances were sufficient to give rise to a duty of care.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th July 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Emergency services liable where responsibility is assumed and detrimental reliance has taken place – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Sherratt v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [2018] EWHC 1746 (QB) (16 July 2018). This was an appeal on a preliminary issue from the decision of David Berkeley QC, sitting as the Recorder below. The question was whether the defendant chief constable owed a duty of care to the claimant’s partner, who had committed suicide.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th July 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Woman fined £120 after admitting leaving abusive note on ambulance – The Independent
‘A woman who admitted to leaving a foul-mouthed note on an ambulance has been fined £120.’
The Independent, 20th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law Pod UK Ep.23: Lawsuits against the police for arrest operations – 1 COR
‘The Supreme Court’s ruling on police tactics may have implications for other emergency services, as Isabel McArdle explains to Rosalind English.’
Law Pod UK, 14th February 2018
Source: audioboom.com
Police to be probed over ‘frozen patient’ death – BBC News
‘A police force has referred itself to the watchdog over its handling of a case involving a man thought to have frozen to death.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Serial mountain rescue faker who took a selfie while being winched to safety is jailed for 16 months – Daily Telegraph
‘As a means of attracting attention, staging accidents on various mountain ranges is not overly common. But that is likely to be of little consolation to the crews who have raced to the aid of Michael Cuminskey, a serial mountain rescue faker with a penchant for taking a selfie as he is winched to safety.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Nottingham woman jailed for 1,800 ‘abusive’ 999 calls – BBC News
‘An abusive caller who rang 999 more than 1,800 times has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fears over move by Samaritans to pass on details of ‘vulnerable’ cases – Daily Telegraph
‘For decades they have provided a confidential listening service for those on the edge of despair or contemplating suicide.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police officers who delayed attending a 999 call to go to McDonald’s ‘likely to keep their jobs’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Two police officers who delayed attending a 999 call about a suicide to get refreshments from McDonald’s are likely to keep their jobs, a disciplinary hearing has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New government guidelines will end the practice of boomerang bosses – Home Office
‘New government guidelines will stop senior fire officers from being re-employed in the same or similar roles after they have retired.’
Home Office, 21st February 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Home Secretary speech to APPC and NPCC Partnership Summit – Home Office
‘Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s speech on police reform.’
Home Office, 16th November 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Silent solution’ for emergency calls should be reviewed after murder victim’s 999 call did not reach police – Daily Telegraph
‘The so-called “silent solution” protocol for calls to the emergency services should be reviewed following the murder of a primary school worker who wrongly believed officers would be dispatched if she called 999 but said nothing, the police watchdog has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Nuisance caller cost the taxpayer £78,000 by making 408 calls to the ambulance service in two years – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who cost the taxpayer £78,000 by phoning ambulance service more than 400 times in two years has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hillsborough: The remaining questions – Daily Telegraph
‘As the dust settles after an historic victory for the 27 year Hillsborough justice campaign, The Telegraph tackles some of the remaining questions.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Common sense’ plea over ambulance speeding fines – BBC News
‘Ambulance trusts spent hundreds of hours having to appeal against speeding fines issued to emergency vehicles by police forces.’
BBC News, 21st July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bradford Lidl ‘slip’ fraudster Waheed Iqbal sentenced – BBC News
‘A man who deliberately “slipped” on a wet bag in a supermarket so he could make a £10,000 insurance claim has been given a suspended jail term.’
BBC News, 5th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Asbo for man who fakes illness – Daily Telegraph
‘A man who drives lifesavers to distraction by feigning illness and lying in the street to get attention has been given an Asbo banning him from wasting the time of the emergency services.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
