Should swearing at police be allowed?

[northernladuk]

The police are often involved in traumatic/stressful circumstances so the nature reaction of some people is to use swear words/crude language in such a situation.

And no I've not swore at the police.

I tend not to swear when I'm extremely irritated/angry for some reason. It may be all the children I've had to deal with over my life.

Just during nookie??

[OwlHoot]

Boris Johson: arresting Andrew Mitchell would have been 'common sense' - Telegraph

Swearing at police is not a crime, judge rules - Telegraph

Maybe only ministers who swear at police should be arrested? And the oiks should be allowed to get away with it?

Swearing at police is not an offence in the UK, as long as you don't raise your voice or adopt a threatening posture (either of which can be interpreted as an assault, even if no physical contact is made) and I suppose as long as the swearing is not racially based.

[darmstadt]

Its kind of against the law in Germany in that you can't actually insult anyone here but as no-one reports it, well nearly no-one, then you don't hear about it. On the other hand if you insult a policeman or similar (i.e. traffic warden) you will get done and depending upon the insult there are a range of fines which can be quite high. The only times you'll probably hear about members of the public getting fined for insulting each other is between drivers, its illegal to do such things as 'flipping the bird' and so on and because your car registration is easily traceable then you'll get done.

[BrilloPad]

Sorry to say that I once shoved a policeman.

Thankfully no charges arose.

[BrilloPad]

Just during nookie??

Does NLYUK like you to swear at her during nookie?

[Sysman]

The reason you and I can get away with swearing at the police is due to the amount of swear words you hear on the Beeb.

Yes, unfortunately. I might be showing my age here, but I never swore in front of my mother or sister more than about twice in my life, and immediately apologised for it.

The reason why an MP or someone in public office can't swear at people including the police is because they are suppose to be pillars of the community who have proper decorum.

Police aren't supposed to swear either. I recall a story from the eighties where a copper banged on someone's front door and started a rant like Get your ******* ******* son out here. The ****** has been ******* drinking and driving!

The father simply told the copper that such language was unacceptable and he could go and whistle or get reported. The copper did retreat and no more was heard of the matter.

[northernladuk]

Does NLYUK like you to swear at her during nookie?

Nah, she likes a change from the norm so I say nice things about how attractive she is and all that rubbish...

[SimonMac]

Thing I have thought about this story, the only way the story had come to the surface is if someone in the Met leaked the story, which questions their integrity in the first place

[SimonMac]

Nah, she likes a change from the norm so she doesn't charge me anything other than my dignity

FTFY

[BrilloPad]

Nah, she likes a change from the norm so I say nice things about how attractive she is and all that rubbish...

Good to know the age of romance is still alive.

Thing I have thought about this story, the only way the story had come to the surface is if someone in the Met leaked the story, which questions their integrity in the first place

No10 are very good at leaking stories when it suits them. I remember a particular one on the baby leo kidnap plot - which was a load of lies. Then they suppressed the PM's daughter's attempted suicide. Well done the Met for balancing the score.