OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE and OFFENSIVE CONDUCT - LESSON IN ETTIQUETTE FROM NSW POLICE

Published 12 Sep 2011

CASE STUDY - Offensive Language

The Facts: A man is celebrating at a restaurant with friends - they are enjoying themselves as part of a group of around 8 people. 2 of them leave and hand money to one of the other patrons to pay for their meals - this was not seen by the restaurant manager. Police were called. An officer told the group to treat the manager with more respect. The client said, "Fuck off?" - as if to say - you can't be serious. He was arrested and handcuffed! Then the cuffs were taken off so that he could pay his share before being taken in custody to a police station to be charged. Outrageous you might think? The client later said that back at the police station he heard significant use of such language by officers on duty.

The Result: Case dismissed. Philip Stewart, accredited criminal law specialist handled this case and said this when interviewed on radio 2UE:

Enough said.

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