Police Officer suspended for inserting song titles into testimonial.
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[quote=BBC News]A Metropolitan Police firearms officer has been suspended while an inquiry considers claims he included song lyrics in his testimony at an inquest.
The officer, known only as "AZ8", gave evidence to the inquest into the shooting of barrister Mark Saunders in an armed siege in west London in 2008.
The officer is accused of littering his testimony with song titles by acts such as George Michael and Duran Duran.
Mr Saunders, 32, died after he fired shots from his home in Chelsea.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is leading the investigation.
'Enough is enough'
The officer was reprimanded when evidence of his actions emerged during the inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court, which came to a conclusion on 7 October when a jury ruled Mr Saunders' death was lawful.
A spokesman for the Met said: "On 28 October, 2010, the matter came to the attention of senior officers who felt a reprimand was insufficient.
"The Metropolitan Police Service takes this matter extremely seriously as we expect the highest standards of all of our staff."
The IPCC said it would now manage a further police inquiry into what effect this had on the officer's testimony, on proceedings overall and how the Metropolitan Police dealt with it.
AZ8 used the phrases "point of no return", which is also the title of a song by Duran Duran, and "line of fire", the name of a song recorded by rock band Journey.
He also said "first time", the title of a 1988 number one by Robin Beck, "enough is enough", the subtitle of hit single No More Tears by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, and "you have got to have faith", a line from the chorus of Faith, a George Michael hit from 1987.
But the IPCC said it would not confirm if it was looking into specific phrases as part of its investigation.
The matter was referred to the IPCC on 29 October, a month after the officer gave evidence under oath.[/quote]
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Must have thought he was a smooth criminal.
That's pretty awesome, but how on earth did they figure out he was doing it
Why...?
The Ronald Regan of police.
Looks like he [i]punned[/i] his testimony.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;25875517]Looks like he [i]punned[/i] his testimony.[/QUOTE]
It looks like he's said his last verse.
How the fuck can they do this? They sound as normal enough sentences to me.
Those don't seem like song titles, they're just sentences that I'd not be surprised to hear in a testimony.
[QUOTE=Snorlax;25875205]That's pretty awesome, but how on earth did they figure out he was doing it[/QUOTE]
Agree. Even if they are song titles/lyrics, they are also pretty standard phrases...
[QUOTE=Coffee;25875537]It looks like he's said his last verse.[/QUOTE]I wonder if he'll [i]sing[/i] like a canary when they ask him to testify.
that's pathetic.
None of those things he said stand out to me, they just seem like normal phrases that just happened to also be song titles. It could have just been a coincidance.
Signs your police officers don't have enough to do...
wow it's just names who the fuck cares oh wait old boring white people
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And now we're moving on to a game called "Song Titles."
[QUOTE=Mingebox;25876328][img_thumb]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9893/motorcyclesandwomen1b04.jpg[/img_thumb]
And now we're moving on to a game called "Song Titles."[/QUOTE]
That is "Scenes From A Hat"
oh britain, you so tight assed
Looks like he's [I]breaking the law[/I].
Looks like he was [i]back in black[/i]
wait I don't get it
I swear to god if he does this one more time...
I guess he fought the law and the [i]law won[/i]
I don't understand [i]This Love[/i] of inserting song titles into testimonials. You've got to be [i]Crazy[/i] to pull off something like this. [i]This Is Such A Pity[/i] to see people keeping us safe joking around like [i]A-Punk. How [i]Naive[/i] was this police officer to think that he wouldn't get caught, it really [i]Makes Me Wonder[/i] if there are smaller issues like that that go unnoticed. No class at all.
...
He's probably a guy always eyeballing the [i]Single Ladies[/i]. He probably has children too, and [i]The Kids Aren't Alright[/i].
I'm done.
Those investigators should just [i]Beat It[/i], this is completely fucking retarded.
Police in Australia get a slap on the wrist for torturing a non-resisting man with tazars, police in Britain get suspended for doing something completely harmless.
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-459804/Judge-cites-42-Beatles-songs-teach-beer-thief-lesson.html[/url]
This judge got away with it :(
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;25876183]Signs your police officers don't have enough to do...[/QUOTE]
I love you i new right away what that was from
[editline]6th November 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mingebox;25876328][img_thumb]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9893/motorcyclesandwomen1b04.jpg[/img_thumb]
And now we're moving on to a game called "Song Titles."[/QUOTE]
I love you to but you got ninja'd