PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/13733540

Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told

PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears

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  • Rolando@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    8 months ago

    Important context:

    Three officers… told him they were physically unable to remove their stud earrings.

    … [One officer] said she managed to remove most of her jewellery but had an earring which she could not get out.

    • LowtierComputer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      There’s likely nothing in the fitness test that would make cutting part of someone’s ear to get their stud out necessary.

      • Rolando@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        ikr. In martial arts training, if someone can’t get jewelry off, we just wrap some medical tape over it.

        • LowtierComputer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          Exactly.

          But going to another building, grabbing some bolt cutters, returning, having her place her head on a table, slicing into her ear getting the cutter through the stud, and doing all of this aggressively was just an “error of judgement.”

          No worries!