A male has been branded an ‘idiot’ after telling a police officer off for wearing a ‘tri-services’ ‘thin line’ badge.
Members of the emergency services often wear the badge as a tribute to their colleagues who have died while on duty.
The badge itself comprises of a thin blue, green and red line to reflect the police, ambulance and fire service respectively.
The badge is also often worn by members of the public who support the emergency services and the life-saving job they do.
However, a male who confronted an officer for wearing one of the badges has faced backlash on social media after telling the officer that the badge was ‘disrespectful’.
In the awkward video, the male filming the encounter asks the police officer to explain what the various lines mean.
After the officer takes the time to explain what the badge represents, the male asks: “Are you allowed to wear that?”
The officer replies: “yes”.
The male then states: “But it is not a part of the uniform, is it?”.
The female officer replies: “No, but I wear it to show my gratitude for the lives which have been lost”.
The male then replies by saying: “To a lot of members of the public, they see this as, er, as, er….hhhhmmmm….let me see…What’s the word; tyranny…A lot of the public don’t like that…especially the fact that it is not part of the uniform…And I am sure you are not supposed to wear it.
“Also, what it does, is its kinda disrespectful to the Union Jack”.
The police officer responds by calmly asking: “Why is it disrespectful?”
The male responds by saying: “Because you have changed the colours”.
A senior cop, Supt Dennis Murray, has stood up for the Northants Officer by tweeting: “The officer is supported in wearing this item. She was very professional throughout”.
The video was published on ‘UK Cop Humour’ and has been shared nearly 600 times.
In a post shared on their Facebook page, an admin for the page said:
“Where to begin…?
“Here we have a guy (Auditing Britain on YouTube apparently) who spends his time going around being a nuisance to anyone in uniform.
“Here, we also have an excellent example of a proud and professional Bobby, explaining the meaning of our #TriLine Patch – paying tribute to those who have fallen whilst serving in the Emergency Services”.
People were quick to show their support for the officer with one person posting:
“Well done to that officer she has more patience than me.
“I would have walked away as soon as he started filming and talking utter bo**ocks!”.
Another added:
“So I assume all these people that are offended by this badge won’t be calling on our emergency services for help if they ever need it?
“I’m surprised how that would offend anyone because to be honest, the morons who are likely to complain about it are usually too busy recording our officers whilst trying to accuse them of racial abuse and probably wouldn’t even notice it”.
Another social media user reflected the sentiment of many when he said:
“Respect to the young officer who handled herself impeccably.
“Sad that certain people have nothing else to do with their sorry lives.
“Even sadder that he is given air time on Social media.
“He actually makes himself look and sound ridiculous”.
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So glad I served in a different era. Respect to the officer for being so restrained. Don’t think I would have been .
Prime example of intimidation, what was he expecting from this lovely female officer, a reaction so that he could then react also and get sympathy from us, the public, that he was attacked by the cops !!! It’s people like him, and he sounds like a grown man, who probably teaches his children to be this disrespectful, that is why this younger generation have NO respect for authority so their natural reaction is to react with force and intimidation and think it’s right when they “protest”. I will support groups who have a real protest if I agree with them, but from what I’ve seen recently, no, I don’t support any of them, everyone deserves the right to be heard, but in the proper manner. What will happen if he really needs an ambulance one day, will he refuse their help to save his life just because they are wearing this respectful badge of honour, hmm !!!
Typical incident of a bully trying to provoke what he sees as a victim. She did so well keeping her cool, I would have just walked away. This is a just one minor act that many officers have to put up with every day. Respect for that PC she did a great job.
Reda Bouadi-Clifton from Woodhall Drive, Banbury seems to go out of his way to antagonise authority and is extremely defensive and rude when questioned. He hides behind the fact he can film but ignores and shows no regards for common sense, safety and respect.
No reason? He was acting suspicious. Just because that’s not illegal, they need to make sure he’s not trying to breech security or anything else.
I have been watching this guys videos and I think that he likes to antagonist the police
Reda is obviously suffering severe mental health issues
As more people have become aware that police are wearing the thin blue line Union flags while in uniform, we have seen a noticeable backlash from the community. Some forces don’t allow it for this very reason. It’s poinless just quoting comments made by serving officers – it’s the public you ought to be quoting.
Reda Bouadi Clifton spends 14 hours a day putting in Privacy complaints to any one who mentions his name. Or that he is a Algerian living in the UK
For anyone interested have a look at these two officers interacting with Auditing Britain. The sergeant is a great example of an exemplary public servant. Even the first officer, initially quite hostile learns from the encounter and the public comments are all very complimentary towards both. Most of the time its the authority figure that escalates the encounter and this is a good example of two contrasting interactions.
A.B. ? He is a complete arse wipe and thinks his legal right to video entitles him to say and do what he wants and you wonder why people get wound up…. if you think this is a good way to go about making any sort of change for a positive change in the way the police operate, you need help. To highlight the length he goes to in order to get a reaction, on one of his videos (which he has now removed from his site) the confrontation he has tried to manipulate was not forthcoming and when a female police officer asked him a perfectly civil question to which he just blatantly refuses to answer and reacts with a question back instead, as we see on all the videos, he does this so well and he replies with a totally random and out of context personal question to her, in that pathetic condescending voice of his and he asks if she has botox injections and lip filler…now can you tell me honestly please, is this an innocent morally motivated normal persons action? There is another example on Instagram post where he tries desperately again to use personal insults to the female officer , as he is not getting the response he needs for his film and he asks if she is wearing her make up in that manner for Halloween? and do you think he has a right to do this? and that she was wrong to start and lose patience with him? because if so your no better than this attention, glory seeking, money grabbing, ignorant, duplicitous excuse for a human being. The sooner Karma comes to visit him the better… wake up people this guy is taking you ALL for fools, Just like he is with the authorities. His site and the whole concept of him abusing his public rights and excusing himself as some sort of public warrior figure, is a prime example what is wrong with the moral decline of this country, far more so than the police behaviour. He desperately wants to use for his own selfish purposes, anyone believing he has any other interest is totally misguided and easily distracted by their own desires to discredit authority figures, what ever reason they might have… One thing is for sure, this will never serve any positive outcome for anyone other than the auditor … 😒
after I posted these comments on his face book pages ,AB (Mr “self righteous” freedom fighter) had no reply but instead deleted all my comments and Cancelled me by blocking any interaction. this is what he does when anyone has an opposing view or calls him out as the fake he is…. what a joker… 🙄
and you are demonstrating that you are IGNORANT !
Paul’s observations are true and correct …..I’ve watched all his vids, not for entertainment but one must know one’s enemy inside out inorder to justify one’s own comments and actions………AB’s modus operandii is as predictable as a sunrise…….if a stranger walked up to you; your wife/children; friends etc and pottymouthed off as he ALWAYS does I trust you would protect your honour and their person and get stuck in or do you shake his hand ?….