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hyndburner · 14-07-2015, 19:41

Interesting story on the BBC News website-

A man was arrested for charging his phone on a train. Why? - BBC Newsbeat

Set me thinking. How many of us have been faced with a situation where our phone needs charging, and we see a socket in a bar/café/reataurant where we can easily plug in and recharge.

What is the protocol? Do we just do it, or do we go looking for someone to ask permission?

In this case, it seems the "community support officer" was suffering from a slight training deficiency. The correct way to deal with the situation was probably to advise the passenger that the sockets were not there for public use, and not to do it again.

The actual response of shouting down the platform to Transport Pólice that they needed to arrest this man for stealing electricity was not, in retrospect, the right thing to do, and perhaps called into question the wisdom of appointing the said "community support officer" in the first place.
The arrest of the "suspect", his de-arrrest and subsequent re-arrest on public order offences merely adds to the complete hilarity of the situation.

14-07-2015, 19:41	#1
hyndburner Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 87 Liked: 49 times Rep Power: 0	"Stealing" Electricity Interesting story on the BBC News website- A man was arrested for charging his phone on a train. Why? - BBC Newsbeat Set me thinking. How many of us have been faced with a situation where our phone needs charging, and we see a socket in a bar/café/reataurant where we can easily plug in and recharge. What is the protocol? Do we just do it, or do we go looking for someone to ask permission? In this case, it seems the "community support officer" was suffering from a slight training deficiency. The correct way to deal with the situation was probably to advise the passenger that the sockets were not there for public use, and not to do it again. The actual response of shouting down the platform to Transport Pólice that they needed to arrest this man for stealing electricity was not, in retrospect, the right thing to do, and perhaps called into question the wisdom of appointing the said "community support officer" in the first place. The arrest of the "suspect", his de-arrrest and subsequent re-arrest on public order offences merely adds to the complete hilarity of the situation.