Norman Brennan, 64, is an exemplary police detective from the United Kingdom.
Since his retirement in 2009, he has continued to do his best to contribute to society, including the "Protect the Defenders" campaign, which successfully secured the right for police officers to carry side-handled sticks, stabbing vests and CS spray.
He also set up the Crime Victims Trust Fund to provide support and assistance to victims, including the mother of the boy James Bulger who was killed in the "James Bulger Homicide" that caused a national sensation.
（1993年，两名十岁男孩Robert Thompson和Jon Venables绑架了两岁男孩James Bulger，并将其折磨致死）
In addition, the old and strong Brennan also acted bravely, capturing 29 thieves.
But one day in October last year, when he assisted the police to catch a thief again, he ended up with a chill......
He was required to pay a fine of 130 pounds (about 1,180 yuan), but the thief was not punished and went unpunished......
(图右:年轻时的Norman Brennan)
It happened near Sainsbury's Local, a supermarket chain in Twickenham, southwest London.
It was lunchtime, and Brennan was drinking coffee in the car when he suddenly heard someone yelling, and then saw a man in his 30s running away with a bag on his back, and another person chasing him.
Brennan recognized the person chasing after him as an employee of Sainsbury's supermarket, and judged that someone should have robbed him, so he immediately drove after him, blocking the thief.
（被盗超市Sainsbury's Local）
But the thief did not rest on his laurels, but turned around and ran to the back of the apartment building.
Due to arthritis in his knee, Brennan could not get out of the car to chase after him, so he had to wait until the thief showed up again.
In order to avoid startling the snake, this time he only cautiously drove behind and called the police for support.
When the police arrived, Brennan informed the thieves of their hiding place and helped them arrest them.
Later, following the thief's escape route, he managed to find his backpack in the back of an apartment building, which contained nine bottles of expensive wine, but most of them had been broken.
Brennan got the hang of it and returned the liquor to the stolen Sainsbury's supermarket, where the manager was found being questioned by the police. Anyway, the stolen goods were seized, and the evidence was complete, so he didn't interfere in the follow-up.
But he never expected that the end of this story would be that the thief was acquitted, but he received a fine notice from the local government......
(64岁的Norman Brennan)
It turned out that Brennan was caught briefly driving in the opposite direction on a one-way street while chasing the thief, and he had to pay a £130 fine for violating traffic rules.
Brennan听到消息后都惊呆了......
He explained that he was forced to leave the thief behind him if he didn't turn onto the one-way street.
However, he himself has excellent driving skills, drives very carefully, and the speed is less than 8 kilometers per hour, which can almost be said to be "crawling"...... He felt that the Government should take these things into account and deal with them appropriately, so he appealed the fine.
But the government rejected his request, replying only: "Although you know that you are following a thief, you do not have the right to legally enter that road." ”
Now, the fine has risen to 195 pounds (about 1,771 yuan......
(Norman Brennan)
But what made Brennan even more angry than the fine was that the thief he caught was not punished because the manager of Sainsbury's decided not to pursue the case......
After working for a long time, the clown turned out to be himself?!
Brennan retorted, "It's a complete waste of my time, it's a farce." The only person who was punished was me. ”
(Norman Brennan)
Shoplifting in the UK has been rampant. According to the British Retail Consortium, the country's retail industry will lose up to 1 billion pounds (about 9.1 billion yuan) every year.
In order to prevent theft, major stores are also racking their brains to think of countermeasures, such as only placing fake products on the shelves for reference only, and even putting chocolates worth only a few dollars into locked boxes......
(£1.25 of chocolate is also in the box)
However, compared to the cautiousness of the shopkeepers, the police's handling attitude is disappointing, and they are often accused of being "soft-hearted" towards thieves.
The latest figures show that more than 200,000 shoplifting cases in the UK went undetected last year, which equates to a staggering 560 per day......
As a result of the police's inaction, thefts have multiplied, shop employees have been attacked, and a large number of employees are considering quitting.
(Number of unsolved thefts)
In order to alleviate this problem, the Minister of Police has previously called on the public to actively help arrest thieves when they see them.
But when Brennan really helped, and also helped the police and the supermarket get all the evidence, the result was still that the criminals were at large. He was so disappointed that he bluntly said that the criminal justice system had "collapsed."
This also caused dissatisfaction among netizens:
"It's no wonder that people don't reach out when they encounter this because they will be punished for it. It's unbelievable. ”
"Our justice system has become a joke, but unfortunately it's not funny. ”
A chilled Brennan concluded: "It seems to tell us that now in the UK you can go into a supermarket and steal anything you like, because you know that even if you are caught by the police, you will not be punished." ”
Let's hope that this doesn't come true......