Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when stopped by lone officer

Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by rsj_hn on Saturday October 02, 2021 @05:58PM (#28732454)

Yes, that the hn headline does not have 'officer' in quotes (as the linked headline does) is quite misleading and a violation of hn guidelines. Is there a way to page @dang :)

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by jakelazaroff on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:16PM (#28733701)

Sorry, wasn't trying to mislead. The full headline was 6 characters too long; I did my best to keep the intent of the original.

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by tinus_hn on Saturday October 02, 2021 @08:07PM (#28733342)

Click the ‘flag’ link or if you think it’s really important, send the moderators an email through the link in the faq.

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by oh_sigh on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:09PM (#28732557)

But a Met police officer is still a Met police officer, even if they aren't acting in any kind of official capacity. This isn't a situation where someone impersonated an officer and killed the lady - a real police officer did it.

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by rsj_hn on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:12PM (#28732572)

The article title has 'officer' in quotes but the HN title does not. That dramatically changes the meaning.

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by jsnell on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:52PM (#28732829)

Yes, but the meaning in the HN title is obviously the correct one. The concern here is not about a fake officer. It is about a real one. Why do you think that the quotes are justified?

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by indrax on Saturday October 02, 2021 @08:09PM (#28733354)

If someone is subsequently charged with fleeing, having a reasonable belief that someone was impersonating officers could be an easier defense than merely fearing danger, however founded those fears may be.

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Re:Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when st... by chrismcb on Saturday October 02, 2021 @11:33PM (#28734339)

Does it? If someone approaches you as single person, and claims they are an officer. What are you supposed to do? Ask for credentials and if they don't provide it, then run?

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