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Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told (www.theguardian.com)

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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

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Mid5o

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[–] LowtierComputer 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rolando 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] LowtierComputer 2 points 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."

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