Nottingham Attacks and yet Another public Inquiry

[Garrison]

So in 2023 three people were stabbed to death and three injured when a van was driven into them by a mentally ill man who was soon arrested and charged.

2023 Nottingham attacks - Wikipedia

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And yet the police still managed to turn this into a fiasco that led to a public inquiry that's ongoing. Besides a series of cock ups in dealing with the familes of the victims there's this gem:

In 2024, Nottinghamshire Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct regarding the content of messages in a WhatsApp group discussing the incident and victims using unprofessional and demeaning language. In April, Emma Webber, mother of victim Barnaby Webber wrote an open letter to the officers in the group expressing the disgust caused by the messages

 

[Rolfe]

Shouldn't this be in the "Behaviour of UK police" thread?

 

[PitPat]

So in 2023 three people were stabbed to death and three injured when a van was driven into them by a mentally ill man who was soon arrested and charged.

2023 Nottingham attacks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And yet the police still managed to turn this into a fiasco that led to a public inquiry that's ongoing. Besides a series of cock ups in dealing with the familes of the victims there's this gem:

I've actually been to Nottingham. Visiting a friend who was going to university.

Having just spent 2 weeks in a psych ward, this does not surprise me in the least. Any large population centers have their paranoid schizophrenics.

 

[Garrison]

Shouldn't this be in the "Behaviour of UK police" thread?

Well this seems to go beyond the conduct of one or two officers and involves some questionable procedural decisions.

 

[Filippo Lippi]

The mental health authorities in Notts and Leics, where the murderer lived previously, have also been taken to task.