Posted on 07/31/2005 10:21:57 AM PDT by boadecelia
Cops keep the faith
POLICE have been told to take their shoes off and not use sniffer dogs when raiding Muslim homes.
An 18-point guide issued by Bedfordshire Police lists dos and don'ts when dealing with Muslims who are suspected of terrorist or drugs offences.
The guidelines, which were reissued last week, state that 'the Muslim community feels victimised and suspicious of counter terrorist police operations and in the current climate a search at a British Muslim household has the potential to become a critical incident and come under intense scrutiny'.
It then lists 18 points police officers should note.
These include:
• Rapid entry needs to be the last resort and raids into Muslim houses are discouraged for religious dignity reasons.
• Police should seek to avoid looking at unclad Muslim women and allow them to dress and cover their heads.
• For reasons of dignity officers should seek to avoid entering occupied bedrooms and bathrooms.
• Use of police dogs will be considered serious desecration of the premises and may necessitate extensive cleaning of the house and disposal of household items.
• Advice should be sought before considering the use of cameras and camcorders due to the risk of capturing individuals, especially women, in inappropriate dress.
• Muslim prisoners should be allowed to take additional clothing to the station.
• If people are praying at home officers should stand aside and not disrupt the prayer. They should be allowed the opportunity to finish.
• Officers should not take shoes into the houses, especially in areas that might be kept pure for prayer purposes.
• In the current climate the justification for pre-dawn raids on Muslim houses needs to be clear and transparent.
• Non-Muslims are not allowed to touch holy books, Qurans or religious artefacts without permission. Where possible, Muslim officers in a state of 'Wudhu' should be used for this purpose.
A Bedfordshire Police spokesman said: "The guidelines are regularly issued to all staff as a reminder of the force protocol when entering a Muslim household.
"We take very seriously the culture surrounding all faiths and feel it is important to respect those beliefs, even while carrying out police business.
"We would like to reassure all communities that any current or perceived tensions, which might be heightened as a result of recent events, will not affect how police deal with Muslims or anyone else."
Zafar Khan, chairman of Luton Council of Faiths, said: "Guidelines on how to deal and interact with the community in all faiths should be welcomed."
It's 'for real'...posted as published...honest!
So the dignity of Muslims supercedes the dignity of every other British subject. So much for equality before the law. The enemy now has preferential status.
Indeed it is. ....but this mindset exists only in the leftist-American/European world. Their guilt about the prosperity of Western culture eats them alive. ....most likely because they firmly believe that this properity came about only as a result of the West's "exploitation" of the ROTW.
and of the Islamofascists respect for other cultures? How about the culture of Beslam where educating their small children is a cultural value?
They really are a bunch of weirdos. I don't like dogs, never have really. But to the rest of the world, insofar as I know, dogs are "man's best friend" and the Islamics hate them. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe in the Orient dogs are just food.
True enough, but they've successfully shoved it down just about everybody else's throat because the people in power don't have the will to stand against them. After all, the list of idiotic constraints in the article are indeed policy for ALL the UK police. Likewise, ten suspicious acting men of Middle-Eastern appearance can be in a boarding line in a U.S. airport, and only TWO of them can be subjected to secondary screening. I think idiocy like this only makes sense to 10%-20% of the people, yet that goofy minority has indeed managed to inflict it upon us all.
MM
No doubt about it.
Sweet Holy Jesus-
A list of RULES for a RAID on terrorists!! Don't go into the bathrooms or bedrooms- noooo! Leave them in there with their bombs and Kalishnikov's!
I'm sorry- a people who are TOO STUPID to defend themselves may just deserve to lose.
Get Camilla fitted for her burkha now.
Ah. . .point of order:
"Islam is a cult."
Should read:
"Islam is a DEATH cult."
Much better.
Why should Islam be singled out for special cirucmstances?
I think they should be told where they are living, and if they do not like it, they are free to leave.
It does no good to cave into Islam for any reason.
PC = insanity
Why bother then?
>I'm gonna go to England and create my own religion where >it states that I cant be arrested and can not be held >accountable for any deed I may or may not do.
>
(Turns to crowd) "The Messiah ! The Messiah has come !
(turns back to upstairs window) "Bless me oh Lord , your first disciple !"
"It must really suck being a British cop"
http://coppersblog.blogspot.com/
No.
Sadly, the Frogs are actually doing a much better job at cracking down on the islamofascists in their country than the Brits are.
As if it's not bad enough that Blair is turning out to be another Neville Chamberlain, it seems that Iraq is becoming Iran lite...
These should be called "The rules to a (literal) death of a country"
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