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Shoot First - First Aid afterwards Sussex Police officers taking courses in voodoo MOJUK has it on the highest authority that Sussex Police officers are taking courses in voodoo. That in the case they shoot anyone else dead, they will be able to resurrect them on the spot. Their new policy of 'Shoot First - First Aid Afterwards' is ridiculous in the extreme. It will mean more deaths, not less. Guns kill, police with guns kill with impunity, this latest tactic will lead to even more deaths. Nothing has been learned by Sussex Police in the killing of James Ashley. MOJUK firmly believe that they did not want to learn anything and received very generous help from John Denham MP, Minister for Police in refusing justice to the Ashley family. Sussex police are now claiming that James Ashley was shot dead because a dog started barking! ===============================
Police are trained to help shot suspects By David Sapsted, The Telegraph, (Filed: 13/02/2002) A POLICE force condemned by the Home Secretary for shooting dead a naked, unarmed man is training its marksmen to save the lives of any suspect who may be shot in future. Armed officers in Sussex have received training in invasive medical procedures and administering life-saving drugs. They have also been issued with emergency trauma dressings. The "shoot and save" policy was adopted after criticism by David Blunkett forced the resignation of Paul Whitehouse as chief constable over the shooting of James Ashley, 40, in the bedroom of his Hastings flat four years ago. A Sussex Police Authority report into the incident yesterday revealed that Ken Jones, the new chief constable, wants to meet the Ashley family to apologise for the shooting, which took place when officers broke into Ashley's flat after being told he was armed and dealing in drugs. No weapons or drugs were found. The report reveals that police feared the early-morning raid had been compromised when one officer knocked over an ironing board and started a dog barking. The marksmen were ordered in without delay and Ashley, who had a previous manslaughter conviction, was shot dead as he rose from the bed where he was sleeping with his girlfriend to switch on the light. "No one set out that fateful day to deliberately end the life of James Ashley," says the report. "The new chief constable has said that while no words of his can hope to assuage the Ashley family's sense of loss, he is willing to meet with them to make an apology for what happened and provide reassurance that everything possible is being done to reduce the risk of such a thing happening again." A Sussex police spokesman said: "We have trained up a number of officers to be able to give tactical, emergency medical support. "But as well as this we will also ask for back-up from paramedics from the ambulance service on any pre-arranged operations where armed officers are present." |