[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20751703

A police constable with the diplomatic protection group has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, Met Police say.

The officer was arrested late on Saturday and bailed on Sunday to return in January. He has been suspended.

The arrest was made by officers investigating how national newspapers came to publish police records of an incident at Downing Street.

It involved the then chief whip allegedly calling officers "plebs".

In September Andrew Mitchell apparently made the comments and swore when police asked him to use the pedestrian gate, rather than the main gate, to leave Downing Street.

Mr Mitchell apologised for not having shown enough respect to the police but maintained that he "did not use the words attributed to me". However, he quit the government over the affair a few weeks later.

On Monday, Mr Mitchell told the BBC: "I reiterate once again that the contents of the alleged police logbook are false."

The official police log of the confrontation between the chief whip and officers was published by the Daily Telegraph and the Sun.

On Sunday, the Met said the arrested officer was not on duty during the incident, and investigations have found no evidence to suggest those on duty on the day were involved in the unauthorised release of information.

The arrest will be formally referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission on Monday, the Met Police said.

So ..... it wasn't the official police log, the contents are false and the arrested officer had nothing to do with the incident .....

[arista]

Yes now its a real police stink
as that officer who said he was watching the MP Plebbing etc
was no place near that.

This is about Police Unions

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes now its a real police stink
as that officer who said he was watching the MP Plebbing etc
was no place near that.

This is about Police Unions

The police don't have a union...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Merry Kizzmas

The police don't have a union...

They Do
but call it other names.


Did he say Pleb?
or is this Police Falsehood


Also now we have see the Footage
on Ch4News, there was no public watching it.


This Stinks

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

They Do
but call it other names.


Did he say Pleb?
or is this Police Falsehood


Also now we have see the Footage
on Ch4News, there was no public watching it.


This Stinks

No arista they don't.
This changes nothing as to the original exchange between Mitchell and the officers at the scene.

[Nedusa]

Is this an attempt by the political elites to cause confusion and suspicion re the testimony of the Police officers so that Andrew Mitchell's testimony gains more credence. Is this trying to sow more doubt on the side of the police and in turn boost the credibility of the MP. It could be that at some point a cabinet reshuffle will allow Mr Mitchell to return to front bench politics with his name not entirely besmirched.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Is this an attempt by the political elites to cause confusion and suspicion re the testimony of the Police officers so that Andrew Mitchell's testimony gains more credence. Is this trying to sow more doubt on the side of the police and in turn boost the credibility of the MP. It could be that at some point a cabinet reshuffle will allow Mr Mitchell to return to front bench politics with his name not entirely besmirched.

maybe it's just the police closing ranks and stitching someone up,they aren't ALL lily white.

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20766497

The Met police commissioner has warned against jumping to conclusions after a police officer was arrested on suspicion of leaking details of the Andrew Mitchell case to a newspaper.

"There is more to this than meets the eye," Bernard Hogan-Howe told the BBC.

Met Police Federation chairman John Tully has suggested the arrest may have been disproportionate.

But Mr Hogan-Howe said: "When people hear the full story they will support what we've done."

Mr Hogan-Howe said: "There's some difficulty in me talking about it, there's an on-going criminal investigation, and also it's now supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

"I also hope people will understand that there is more to this than meets the eye, and I'm afraid I'm constrained in explaining that, but when people hear the full story they will support what we've done.

"As usual in any investigation, you have to go where the evidence takes you, and we got some new information - we acted on it quickly."

Mr Tully had told the Daily Telegraph: "The thing which disappointed me is around the proportionality of whether it was necessary to arrest the individual. After all, he is a serving police officer.

"Clearly it needs to be resolved, because there are things that we shouldn't talk about as police officers, and this may be one of those cases."

There seem to be at least FOUR sides to this story .....

[joeysteele]

So an MP, no matter how liked or disliked he may have been, has had to lose the position he so far attained in his political career because of confusion as to the reporting of the incident and what now seems some very unconvincing account relating to it too.

It would seem the Police have a lot of answers to look for on this one,I guess now the best Mr Mitchell can hope for is an apology from them too.
To a lot of people this incident seems like a storm in a teacup,but at its heart is the issue of integrity and even on the Police side, there seems on the face of this new cctv footage,that a great deal of invention as to what really happened has taken place.
That is worrying.

[Omah]

http://www.channel4.com/news/andrew-...downing-street

Seems to back up Mitchell's story and damn certain police officers .....

But why has it taken so long to surface ......

[the truth]

the policeman lied and his account was false yet it was used as evidence against the mp. surely thats plain and simple corruption by every copper involved. if thats the case, heads should roll.

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20795489

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the Andrew Mitchell "plebgate" investigation, Scotland Yard has said.

The man, who is not a member of police staff, has been released on bail.

The man was arrested at around 2000 GMT on Wednesday "on suspicion of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an indictable offence on or around" last Friday.

Curiouser and curiouser .....

[Pyramid*]

Much ado about nothing imo.

A man who is known to those at the gates, known to use them on his bicycle, who poses no security threat, is challenged unecessarily by some jumped up idiot in a uniform - the same type of power has gone to their head as may have gone to Mitchell's.

Perhaps the policeman concerned might want to take part in serious police duties and see how offended he gets when he's having dealing with the scum of society - see how he handles what THEY say to him - if he was so offended and a member of the public (which Mitchell is), 'broke the law'.... said police officer is no use at their job as they didn't 'enforce the law that they are paid to'.... didn't arrest him. Just moaned and bitched afterwards.

Not the type of police force I want protecting me. If he's too much of a coward to enforce the laws of the land that he is paid to (if it was SUCH A BIG DEAL TO HIM) - then perhaps he should be considering a career change.......