Most UK forces have websites where you can leave feedback – I know that whoever dealt with the incident, from the communications room staff to the front line officers, will be glad to hear you are pleased.

Well, I came here, because I wanted to let folk know what a brilliant job they do.

Imagine (if you can) that you were having an affair with a woman who lived 200 miles away (please don’t judge me – these things happen). Imagine, further, that you were on the phone to her when her husband appeared.

And that you heard her screaming before she hung up. What would you do?

I hope you understand why I didn’t personally want to ring my girlfriend back, and why I rang 999 instead.

The response was swift,efficient and suitably delicate.
They rang my girlfriend to check that everything was OK
(it wasn’t – she’d been beaten up, but her husband had, afterwards, driven off). They then rang me back to tell me the situation, so that I could ring her.

Now THAT is sensitivity and compassion and understanding of human life ABOVE AND BEYOND.

Thank you, Policepeople.

And thank you, Sarah, for your fine blog and providing a place for me to post this.

you are correct. I write a law blog (“blawg”) and introduced your blog to my German readers. I also made some comments on the differences between the English and the German legal system.

The case you describe is a very good example: In England, it may be unnecessary to call the witnesses, when the accused pleas guilty. Under German law, that would be impossible, because in most cases every witness must be heard.

To measure, is laid out it this – at least of the waiting – wants witnesses negatively. An English police woman describes the court everyday life in her Blog as

And, I think, is a reference to my blog in the blog of one of my readers….thank you for that!