What is the best arrest you've had? Was it the best because it was thrilling, a great detection, a tough one, a job well done, a funny one? Would love to know peoples proudest moments!
The best arrest you've had?
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, May 14 2012 06:28 PM
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#2
Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:32 PM
Probably not what you were after but look at this topic http://www.policespe...age__hl__arrest
There has been some topics on it but having done a search it only goes back to recent ones,
There has been some topics on it but having done a search it only goes back to recent ones,
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:37 PM
several stand out for me - but not for obvious reasons: I've nicked people for murder, and after car and foot chases. I dramatically kicked down a door, baton out and nicked a bloke inside that was holed up after slashing his mrs. But, actually, the ones that matter the most to me are the ones that represent milestones in my career thus far:
1. The first arrest where I was completely alone and dealt with the job all on my own. I was still a probationer and it was for a rubbish criminal damage job - but it was the first time when I really though "I can do this job" and it was a massive relief.
2. Likewise: When I took my first case all the way to crown court. It was a dangerous driving job and the ERO (evidential review officer) said somethine along the lines of "prove that one if you didn't witness it". CID didn't want the job either. So I tracked down several witnesses, got CCTV etc. and took the case all the way to trial (and conviction) at crown court all by myself.
3. My first arrests on my SNT - Caught two lads making off from the scene of a burglary because I was on foot patrol in the local area.
And a funny one:
4. Called to a suspects on and told that the suspects had made their way around the rear of the house. I go to the side-gate in an alley and see the suspects. I try and open the gate but it is closed. I then see in the crack in the gate that they are walking towards me. I turn my radio right down, and they walk straight into me. They turn out to be two well-known burglary nominals from the next-door borough and were both sent to prison for this job.
1. The first arrest where I was completely alone and dealt with the job all on my own. I was still a probationer and it was for a rubbish criminal damage job - but it was the first time when I really though "I can do this job" and it was a massive relief.
2. Likewise: When I took my first case all the way to crown court. It was a dangerous driving job and the ERO (evidential review officer) said somethine along the lines of "prove that one if you didn't witness it". CID didn't want the job either. So I tracked down several witnesses, got CCTV etc. and took the case all the way to trial (and conviction) at crown court all by myself.
3. My first arrests on my SNT - Caught two lads making off from the scene of a burglary because I was on foot patrol in the local area.
And a funny one:
4. Called to a suspects on and told that the suspects had made their way around the rear of the house. I go to the side-gate in an alley and see the suspects. I try and open the gate but it is closed. I then see in the crack in the gate that they are walking towards me. I turn my radio right down, and they walk straight into me. They turn out to be two well-known burglary nominals from the next-door borough and were both sent to prison for this job.
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:21 PM
At around 4am a couple of months ago we had just been to a call where our local Nando's had been burgled for its cash. Me and my colleague decided to go for a drive around the local area when we noticed a car drive past us heading back towards the scene, our 6th sense kicked in, my colleague turned the car around whilst I proceeded to do the necessary checks on the car over my PR. We pulled the car over and I got the driver out of the car asking for his PARS and what he was doing around here at this time of night so far from his North London address, he was a young polish male and he was clearly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. My colleague then conducted a road side breath test (which he passed) whilst I searched the car under Section 23. In the car I found a small quantity of cannabis, £2000 in cash and a crowbar laying in the back seat. I questioned the young male on these items of which he was unable to account for. Something was not right and this male clearly needed to come in for some questioning, so he was arrested for susp. of burglary, going equipped, money laundering and possession of a Cannabis.
Whilst booking the male in to custody it became apparent that he had given us the wrong name and address. Then we hit the jackpot, it turns out he is wanted for an out standing court case in London, his mobile phone was stolen from a high end burglary in Croydon to which his finger prints also came back to as being there! It also turns out that the car he was stopped driving in was recently stolen in a burglary in the local area to which he was also further arrested for. It took me and my colleague 6 hours to complete the case file and conduct two section 18's in the local area.
After a bit more digging from CID he was arrested for a total of 13 different offences!
PS, I hope this made sense, not much of a story teller!
EDIT: Few adjustments/Spelling
Whilst booking the male in to custody it became apparent that he had given us the wrong name and address. Then we hit the jackpot, it turns out he is wanted for an out standing court case in London, his mobile phone was stolen from a high end burglary in Croydon to which his finger prints also came back to as being there! It also turns out that the car he was stopped driving in was recently stolen in a burglary in the local area to which he was also further arrested for. It took me and my colleague 6 hours to complete the case file and conduct two section 18's in the local area.
After a bit more digging from CID he was arrested for a total of 13 different offences!
PS, I hope this made sense, not much of a story teller!
EDIT: Few adjustments/Spelling
Edited by oohraa, 14 May 2012 - 07:28 PM.
#5
Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:27 PM
PS, I hope this made sense, not much of a story teller!
made perfect sense and sounds like a great result from police intuition!
#6
Posted 14 May 2012 - 09:17 PM
First arrest will stand out, drunk and disorderly. Still remember the time/date.
First drink driver, was on the look out for him during the shift as he was known for it. Call came in, other units went off, we started making our way to near his home address and saw him as he was pulling onto the drive. First time I got to breath test someone too.
Mine haven't been that exciting really.
First drink driver, was on the look out for him during the shift as he was known for it. Call came in, other units went off, we started making our way to near his home address and saw him as he was pulling onto the drive. First time I got to breath test someone too.
Mine haven't been that exciting really.
#7
Posted 15 May 2012 - 09:51 AM
Nicked a male for burglary artifice whilst in plain clothes having just finished doing a welfare check on a elderly victim of crime. 'Your in the police are you? This nice young lady is also in the police too - do you know each other." Cue mad bolt for the door as I am slapping the cuffs on ....the lemon drizzle cake was also superb.
Makes one remember when dealing with the same old public order offences <<just with different faces>> that just sometimes being a police officer is still one of the most rewarding jobs in the world
Makes one remember when dealing with the same old public order offences <<just with different faces>> that just sometimes being a police officer is still one of the most rewarding jobs in the world
#8
Posted 15 May 2012 - 09:57 AM
I met someone at Birmingham International Airport who just came off a 36 hour Long haul flight from down under.
to be met by me and telling him he was under arrest for drug related offences haha his face was priceless,
to be met by me and telling him he was under arrest for drug related offences haha his face was priceless,
#9
Posted 15 May 2012 - 10:35 AM
Has to be my first arrest (and only to date).
55 minutes before we were due to finish, we were on our way back to the station after being picked up from the high street. A MOP flagged us down and said there are some guys further down the road trying to "flog some dodgy stuff from a suitcase". We drive further down the road to find the three with a suitcase sitting on a flat bed B&Q trolley.
Stop the car, jump out, ask what they are doing with a suitcase on a trolley in the middle of an industrial estate, their reply: "We found it!" S.1 search of the suitcase - opened up to find it FULL to the brim of rolled up lead. My tutor looks at me and says to the boys, you better listen to what this young lady has to say! I papped it, but managed to tell them they were under arrest on suspicion of theft of the lead, even managed to get the caution out with out messing it up!
Crazy really, it was my first shift, I was nervous all day and it was a really quiet day. Supposed to be on a 0700-1700 and ended up finishing at 2000. Was great and one I will never forget! Weird thing was we saw the three guys earlier in the day trying to take the trolley from B&Q but they saw us and put it back.
55 minutes before we were due to finish, we were on our way back to the station after being picked up from the high street. A MOP flagged us down and said there are some guys further down the road trying to "flog some dodgy stuff from a suitcase". We drive further down the road to find the three with a suitcase sitting on a flat bed B&Q trolley.
Stop the car, jump out, ask what they are doing with a suitcase on a trolley in the middle of an industrial estate, their reply: "We found it!" S.1 search of the suitcase - opened up to find it FULL to the brim of rolled up lead. My tutor looks at me and says to the boys, you better listen to what this young lady has to say! I papped it, but managed to tell them they were under arrest on suspicion of theft of the lead, even managed to get the caution out with out messing it up!
Crazy really, it was my first shift, I was nervous all day and it was a really quiet day. Supposed to be on a 0700-1700 and ended up finishing at 2000. Was great and one I will never forget! Weird thing was we saw the three guys earlier in the day trying to take the trolley from B&Q but they saw us and put it back.
#10
Posted 15 May 2012 - 10:49 AM
Theres a few that stand out, first arrest after 4 months for Affray and Section 47 went all the way to Crown, we had 3 in for that job and all got convicted, but seeing as I didn't do any of the actual investigation I was just locking up.
My personal favourite was arresting a prolific BDH and Business Burglar who was seen breaking into a pub near us. A colleague and I made to it on blues but silent approach, CCTV saw the male make off and we started an area search on foot. I found the male under a car with close to £100 in change in his coat pocket and a cash box with £300 in change about 3-4 yards away. As I found him he went to stand up and elbowed me in the chest, I just ended up bundling him until my colleague came round in the car. At the time we had a team of officers specifically targetted at arresting offenders like these, felt good to have pipped them to the post. He was eventually sent down for 4 months, which was the only downside knowing his previous. I had a letter of thanks from the Neighbourhood Inspector for arresting him and a joint letter of thanks from the Response Inspector for the level of co-operation between control room, my colleague and I and the officers who stayed behind to take statements from the bar manager.
These days I get a greater satisfaction taking drink drivers off the road.
My personal favourite was arresting a prolific BDH and Business Burglar who was seen breaking into a pub near us. A colleague and I made to it on blues but silent approach, CCTV saw the male make off and we started an area search on foot. I found the male under a car with close to £100 in change in his coat pocket and a cash box with £300 in change about 3-4 yards away. As I found him he went to stand up and elbowed me in the chest, I just ended up bundling him until my colleague came round in the car. At the time we had a team of officers specifically targetted at arresting offenders like these, felt good to have pipped them to the post. He was eventually sent down for 4 months, which was the only downside knowing his previous. I had a letter of thanks from the Neighbourhood Inspector for arresting him and a joint letter of thanks from the Response Inspector for the level of co-operation between control room, my colleague and I and the officers who stayed behind to take statements from the bar manager.
These days I get a greater satisfaction taking drink drivers off the road.
#11
Posted 15 May 2012 - 02:44 PM
Not necessarily my best, but my luckiest arrest came shortly after taking details of a theft of a handbag from a not entirely co-operative woman late one night in town. "I dunno why I'm talking to you, you ain't never gonna catch 'im!" was all she kept shouting. Nevertheless, I persevered with completing the crime report and told her I'd be in touch as soon as I had any news. "Yeah, right, I ain't never gonna hear nuffin' about it, you're all bloody useless!" she cried, and staggered off home.
As I headed back to the van, a colleague (who was just around the corner on foot patrol) shouted up on the radio that he'd seen a male with a head wound who had run away from him when approached. Treating it simply as a concern for welfare job, I bolted round the corner to see my mate shining his torch down a dark alley - and then I saw a dark figure run away in the opposite direction. Assuming this was the male he was looking for, I jumped out of the van and ran after him, into a small car park. I found the fella hiding under a transit van, and after calling up my colleague, coaxed the chap out from under the vehicle. As my colleague arrived, the male spat in his face, so I grabbed him and nicked him for assault. While I was doing the S32 search, I found a driving licence, but it wasn't his - it belonged to the woman I'd spoken to five minutes before. Continuing the search, I also found her mobile phone, £63 cash (she'd had £70 stolen), her passport, credit cards, and various other items.
Thanks to this numpty running away from my colleague instead of simply talking to him, I was able to catch the fella who'd nicked her handbag (the only item we didn't recover - I assume he'd dumped it in a bin somewhere). She still didn't seem very impressed when I called her house to tell her I'd recovered her stuff though, there's gratitude for you!!
As I headed back to the van, a colleague (who was just around the corner on foot patrol) shouted up on the radio that he'd seen a male with a head wound who had run away from him when approached. Treating it simply as a concern for welfare job, I bolted round the corner to see my mate shining his torch down a dark alley - and then I saw a dark figure run away in the opposite direction. Assuming this was the male he was looking for, I jumped out of the van and ran after him, into a small car park. I found the fella hiding under a transit van, and after calling up my colleague, coaxed the chap out from under the vehicle. As my colleague arrived, the male spat in his face, so I grabbed him and nicked him for assault. While I was doing the S32 search, I found a driving licence, but it wasn't his - it belonged to the woman I'd spoken to five minutes before. Continuing the search, I also found her mobile phone, £63 cash (she'd had £70 stolen), her passport, credit cards, and various other items.
Thanks to this numpty running away from my colleague instead of simply talking to him, I was able to catch the fella who'd nicked her handbag (the only item we didn't recover - I assume he'd dumped it in a bin somewhere). She still didn't seem very impressed when I called her house to tell her I'd recovered her stuff though, there's gratitude for you!!
#12
Posted 15 May 2012 - 02:50 PM
My first arrest is straight forward enough. On my first shift we got roped into doing some warrants, I put myself up for it thinking i'd just get the arrest and let someone else book in. As it happened I was told to do it all from start to finish. It was my first shift and I had been nervous for about a week!! i went into the hostel, spoke to the door staff, went up to his room, arrested, cuffed, did a preliminary search and then booked him into custody. The custody Sgt knew this was my first and ordered a strip search... (I don't know if he though he was doing me a favour) 
So I conducted that aswell. It will be straight forward for anyone who has had a few arrests and been in the job a while but for me, it was my first and best, from then on I knew I could actually do it and the all the hard work back in training had payed off.
So I conducted that aswell. It will be straight forward for anyone who has had a few arrests and been in the job a while but for me, it was my first and best, from then on I knew I could actually do it and the all the hard work back in training had payed off.
#13
Posted 15 May 2012 - 06:06 PM
Not my best but one I enjoyed was an absolutley horrible man who we'd arrested for Drunk and Dis. He was arrogant, horrible, unpleasent.. absolutley without redemption and all he would yammer on about was, ''£80 fine is nothing mate, I don't give a ****! I'll pay it right now you load of *****'' So we decieded that a £80 wasn't good enough.
This bloke had no public order previous - Just loads of drink drive and disco drive so we went and took statements from several door staff and even a member of the public and wrote the best set of notes we'd ever written.
In the end he got remanded for 2 days and was fined £300 and was apparently apocalypticly angry - Justice!
This bloke had no public order previous - Just loads of drink drive and disco drive so we went and took statements from several door staff and even a member of the public and wrote the best set of notes we'd ever written.
In the end he got remanded for 2 days and was fined £300 and was apparently apocalypticly angry - Justice!
#14
Posted 15 May 2012 - 06:43 PM
The best arrest I have had was on Saturday......assault ....hang on its my only arrest...but it is my best of course!! 
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 09:10 PM
Not my best but one I enjoyed was an absolutley horrible man who we'd arrested for Drunk and Dis. He was arrogant, horrible, unpleasent.. absolutley without redemption and all he would yammer on about was, ''£80 fine is nothing mate, I don't give a ****! I'll pay it right now you load of *****'' So we decieded that a £80 wasn't good enough.
This bloke had no public order previous - Just loads of drink drive and disco drive so we went and took statements from several door staff and even a member of the public and wrote the best set of notes we'd ever written.
In the end he got remanded for 2 days and was fined £300 and was apparently apocalypticly angry - Justice!
This is my favourite one so far. You really do need to ruin someone's week so they can think twice about ruining someone else's.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 10:29 PM
There have been a few that stand out:
1. Straightforward drink drive - car driving fast down a side road without headlights at 3am - pulled over, the driver seemed sober but failed a breath test and I nicked her (even though she tried to flirt her way out of it with both me and the driver of my car!). Turned out to be 2.5 times the limit and ended up disqualified for 3 years. Nothing complicated but very satisfying to take someone like that off the street (I also did the full case file on that one which was quite a learning experience).
2. Went to what we thought was a stupid flatmate dispute (something about not keeping the kitchen clean) but it turned out that the landlord and one flatmate had assaulted another flatmate (who was a really small, timid student who looked like he couldn't hurt a fly). Then we saw the bleeding and scratches on the victim and (much later) learned that both suspects had previous assault convictions as well. Wound up nicking both and it was a good feeling to help that student feel safe at least for the night (this one was NFA'd unfortunately).
3. Possibly the best one (although it was NFA'd too). Went to a report of a stolen car abandoned on a busy street (belonging to a small car rental company). Turned up and met the car rental company rep and about 5 minutes later the woman driving the car walks back looking puzzled (she wasn't the one who had rented the car). She gave us some nonsense story about borrowing the car from her boyfriend (who ALSO wasn't the one who had rented it). While this was going on, purely by chance the rental company guy spotted another of his cars driving past us down the road - one which *hadn't* been reported stolen, but which was suspicious because the company was based at the other end of London and had very few cars anyway so very odd to see two of their cars in our patch. The area car found the second car which turned out to be driven by our woman's brother (who also hadn't rented it!). End result: brother and sister both nicked for fraud and car theft and cars returned to rightful owners..
4. This wasn't my arrest but oh so close - first on scene at a report of a burglary at 2am within about 3 minutes of the call and spotted several local youths doing a runner down an alley. Resulted in my first foot chase and I ran one of them into the arms of another unit that had turned up at the other end of the street. We nicked 3 out of 5 (one managed to give the dog the slip..) but NFA'd because no positive ID..
1. Straightforward drink drive - car driving fast down a side road without headlights at 3am - pulled over, the driver seemed sober but failed a breath test and I nicked her (even though she tried to flirt her way out of it with both me and the driver of my car!). Turned out to be 2.5 times the limit and ended up disqualified for 3 years. Nothing complicated but very satisfying to take someone like that off the street (I also did the full case file on that one which was quite a learning experience).
2. Went to what we thought was a stupid flatmate dispute (something about not keeping the kitchen clean) but it turned out that the landlord and one flatmate had assaulted another flatmate (who was a really small, timid student who looked like he couldn't hurt a fly). Then we saw the bleeding and scratches on the victim and (much later) learned that both suspects had previous assault convictions as well. Wound up nicking both and it was a good feeling to help that student feel safe at least for the night (this one was NFA'd unfortunately).
3. Possibly the best one (although it was NFA'd too). Went to a report of a stolen car abandoned on a busy street (belonging to a small car rental company). Turned up and met the car rental company rep and about 5 minutes later the woman driving the car walks back looking puzzled (she wasn't the one who had rented the car). She gave us some nonsense story about borrowing the car from her boyfriend (who ALSO wasn't the one who had rented it). While this was going on, purely by chance the rental company guy spotted another of his cars driving past us down the road - one which *hadn't* been reported stolen, but which was suspicious because the company was based at the other end of London and had very few cars anyway so very odd to see two of their cars in our patch. The area car found the second car which turned out to be driven by our woman's brother (who also hadn't rented it!). End result: brother and sister both nicked for fraud and car theft and cars returned to rightful owners..
4. This wasn't my arrest but oh so close - first on scene at a report of a burglary at 2am within about 3 minutes of the call and spotted several local youths doing a runner down an alley. Resulted in my first foot chase and I ran one of them into the arms of another unit that had turned up at the other end of the street. We nicked 3 out of 5 (one managed to give the dog the slip..) but NFA'd because no positive ID..
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 07:16 AM
Must be disheartening to have so many NFA's.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 07:31 AM
Must be disheartening to have so many NFA's.
My first (and only) arrest was NFA'd too. We nicked 6 yoots and NFA'd 5 of them as the 6th was a nasty piece of work and there was actual evidence on him. Apparently he liked to kick in his familys front doors and steal their possessions.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:26 AM
Yeah it can be pretty frustrating. Sometimes there's genuinely not enough evidence to do anything but sometimes not charging makes no sense..
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:49 AM
Yeah it can be pretty frustrating. Sometimes there's genuinely not enough evidence to do anything but sometimes not charging makes no sense..
It didn't annoy me. They all count, after all and the proper scumbag got charged.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:57 AM
An extremely large, violent and well known individual outside a football ground in Sheffield for S5 POA in 1988. He resisted and floored my colleague, but I got him in a good restraining lock like lightning and brought him `safely to the floor`. This was before the advent of CS spray / Quickcuff, etc. and it was much more 'hands-on' in those days.
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