Five boys, 13, hauled to police 'justice' meeting for calling woman officer 'PC Nipples'


Five schoolboys were subjected to a 90-minute dressing down by four police officers after they called a female constable 'PC Nipples'.

The group of 13-year-olds were forced to attend the 'restorative justice conference' after calling the officer names behind her back.

The conferences are usually held to allow the victims of serious crimes to come face-to-face with the perpetrators.

But in this case the group of boys were hauled before the PC involved, a sergeant and two other officers to make them aware of the consequences their actions had.

The deputy head of Purbeck School, Wareham, Dorset also attended, as did the boys' parents, with the meeting concluding after they apologised to the female officer.

article-1364815-0D8B36E3000005DC-42_233x423.jpgThe incident occurred last month when the officer visited the school to talk to the boys about a playground incident in her role as a school liaison officer.It is understood that she was then called the names 'PC Nipples' and 'PC Ball Sack' while she was out of the room and was told of the remarks later.

The boys were sent home and their parents were informed about the incident that night and asked to attend the conference which took place at the school last week.

However, the father of one of boys has now accused the police of wasting their time and resources and for using a 'sledgehammer to crack a nut.'

Reg Foy, whose son was involved, said: 'All the parents of the boys were telephoned and called to this justice conference.

'The meeting consisted of three uniformed officers, one being a sergeant to "chair" it, one plain clothes community safety manager, one teacher, four sets of parents and the five boys concerned.

'The meeting lasted for one-hour-and-forty minutes and concluded with the boys apologising to the female constable for name calling.

'At the end of the day it was a bit of name calling, the boys were wrong and they apologised.

'I presume this woman officer will be called other names during her policing career, is she going to hold a restorative justice conference with all of those who do it?'

Yvonne Surman, Dorset police safe schools and communities team manager, said: 'The female officer is based at the school one day a week.

'In the course of her duties she was the subject of verbal abuse of a sexual nature from a group of students.

'In line with the values of the team, the officer expressed to teachers that she would prefer the incident to be dealt with through a restorative justice conference in which she would come face to face with the students with the aim of helping them to realise the effect of their behaviour.

'This restorative approach was an alternative to the standard punitive measures which would have been taken by the school under usual circumstances and the team received positive feedback from both the parents and the officer involved in the conference.'

Richard Holman, the headteacher of Purbeck School, said: 'The school was working in partnership with Dorset Police. The event was organised by the police with our agreement.'

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