Brickbat: Watch Those Hands

In England, former Thames Valley Police Constable Ben Lane was found to haveinappropriately touched a male colleague's leg while both were on duty in September 2024. Lane claimed he was just demonstrating a sexual assault he was investigating, which a misconduct panel found "highly implausible." The incident, which occurred at a police station in Berkshire, left the colleague, referred to as Officer A, in "surprise and shock." The panel, led by Assistant Chief Constable Dennis Murray, concluded the act constituted a "sexual assault on police premises" that "could be classed as criminal in nature." Lane, who has resigned from Thames Valley Police, did not attend the hearing but said he used minimal pressure during the touch. He will be added to the College of Policing's barred list, preventing him from working in policing again.

Comments

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

They found it implausible because England doesn't investigate sexual assault because it might anger the muslims

[Vernon Depner]

You can't touch a man that way. Only teenage girls.

[SQRLSY]

"He will be added to the College of Policing's barred list, preventing him from working in policing again."

Oh, wow! For once, the USA (where abusive ossifers play musical chairs from one cop station to the next, except that the chairs never get yanked away) needs to TAKE SOME LESSONS from Garbage Island!

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Was there an Akita present? Do we know the skin color of the participants? Not enough information here to draw any conclusions as far as I can see.

[Longtobefree]

It was in England; what more do you need to know?

(and I notice it took less than a year to make the determination, swift justice indeed)

[Chumby]

The colleague was in “surprise and shock” since in Gape Britain, the social norm for two men is to not stop at the leg but to continue into something penetrative.