Officer Who Run The Cow Over

Jeremy Vine was speaking about it on his Radio 2 show yesterday. The copper has been taken off front line duties. The animal is doing OK but the cow was going to bea breeder and the owner is worried their will be infertile from the stress and injuries, which costs him money.

You'd think police could think of a better way to stop a cow who at the time was just walking.

https://twitter.com/Artemisfornow/status/1801987968552382534?t=1gdrBlxUflaaPPrOm2rCHA&s=19

https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/1802289165989486980?t=IhYqvE3av74O5dkwuV_Cvw&s=19

 

That first link should come with a warning, it's horrific.

 

Seen conflicted statements. Apparently the police had been trying to hours but couldn't move it, and it was starting to 'terrorise' the area. Surely if they had been at it for hours though, they'd have had time to call in actual professionals and sedate it or something?

 

Just trying to up the compo. The cow was probably destined for pies.

 

An infertile cow may cost the owner money but if the cow had caused serious injury to members of the public the owner could have been sued for a lot more money,

 

If I was Farage I'd use this in my election campaign. Bet any money it was a Muslim cow.

 

If my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle....

 

Muslim immigrant cow. Wanted a flat and benefits.

 

Doesn't speak English either (apart from moo).

 

Good job it wasn't a Hindu cow, a copper running over god would have caused a bit of bother.

 

As well as one of our jobs! Greedy.

 

Bet it dunt even speak English.
Edit: Gimson beat me to it!!

 

I’m pretty sure the local chair of the National Farmers Union said the police were probably right to run it over to prevent serious injury and or damage - it was on sky news or bbc news yesterday but I can’t find it now - doh - incident was dealt with no apparent lasting damage to the animal - job well done in my opinion it wasn’t pretty but it was effective

 

2 cows in a field.
1 says ‘moooooooo’.
2nd cow says ‘ya b@st@rd I was about to say that’………

 

And what do cows like to listen to...........?

 

Cows kill people every year, if they’re spooked especially they’ll run you down. If the farmer was so bothered you’d think he’d not let it get out into an urban environment. Having said that why wouldn’t you phone the local zoo and ask them to dispatch the man with the trank gun?

 

My observations from viewing the video.

1. It was dark - at this time of year that means between 11pm and 3am, so not many people around to "terrorise".
2, It was clearly a very young and small cow not much of a threat to anyone except maybe a child. Cows are only really dangerous when they are in a herd, individual cows will just avoid people.
3. It was just walking down the middle of the road, probably terrified by it's surroundings, particularly the approach of a speeding car
4. Ramming it was bad enough but to then try and run it over is truly awful.
5. Shocking action by the police officer, should be disciplined.
6. That car is public property, he should pay for the repairs which will be significant.

 

Although I don't agree with what happened at all, I do want to share one fact from years working for animal welfare and rescue charities.

The police and emergency services are given zero training on how to deal with loose animals. They rely on local organisations/RSPCA and if they can't get hold of them they are left with a situation they have to deal with immediately and have to figure things out on the fly. These messes happen because if that.

The last org I worked for spent years working on getting the kept animals bill passed. During that time police and customs officers actively contacted them to point out that they lacked the skills and resources to effectively enforce current welfare laws. As with everything public sector related the issue is deeper than just the bad decision that guy made in a stressful situation.

 

She'd be a bull.

 

Moosic.