Front line met police won’t get spitguards

Good.

There is no crisis of police officers getting spat at, and they've managed for centuries without spitguards.

If a police officer is spat on every so often, what does it actually matter? If a police officer is bitten etc., that is already illegal and the arrestee will be in deep **** for that alone.

Most police officers, I have no doubt, are great people and would not abuse their powers. But it still isn't rare to hear stories about some police officers being petty and abusing their powers to harass people they don't like, and therefore making this kind of degradation a routine response is not something we want to do.

Good.

There is no crisis of police officers getting spat at, and they've managed for centuries without spitguards.

If a police officer is spat on every so often, what does it actually matter? If a police officer is bitten etc., that is already illegal and the arrestee will be in deep **** for that alone.

Most police officers, I have no doubt, are great people and would not abuse their powers. But it still isn't rare to hear stories about some police officers being petty and abusing their powers to harass people they don't like, and therefore making this kind of degradation a routine response is not something we want to do.

Spit hoods are not needed. Aside from carrying a very low pathogen risk, being spat on does no harm.

They can soon manage without them, it's not like being spat at impedes their ability to do the job much. Bites of course would do, but then if you only put it on somebody when they've already attempted to bite you that sort of defeats the point, and if you do it before any attempt is made then it's quite unfair.

They just feel like the sort of thing that aren't worth a universal rollout.

If they have tried to bite once, they can easily try it again. Spitting can spread some nasty diseases, the police deserve this protection.

Aside from carrying a very low pathogen risk

If a copper gets bit or has somebody attempt to bite him do you honestly think he's going to let the offender put themselves in a position where they might try again? With regards to disease spread, that's already been answered by somebody:


It's probably nice for them to have a little bit of added security, but spit guards are in no way a necessity.

It’s also to stop officers being bitten,

I would assume preventing someone from biting is best managed with restraint technique.



It's part of the job. I worked in a rough pub and was spat at several times. The power of spitting comes purely from the reaction it gets out of people, so you don't react to it.

I like to think our brave police officers have the emotional fortitude to deal with a gob of saliva.

It's probably nice for them to have a little bit of added security, but spit guards are in no way a necessity.

I like to think our brave police officers have the emotional fortitude to deal with a gob of saliva.

The police should at least get a choice though, met police won’t with this story.

The spit guard will make sure the crook can’t do anything.

Firstly, at the point of arrrest you are not a 'crook'.

Secondly, the police deal with lots of people who are not accused of crimes, specifically those with mental health problems.

Thirdly, is there any actual evidence of this being any more than slightly unpleasant?

Don’t spit at the police then.
looks like something out of a hunger games movie. Need not be normalised.