Current location:World Wave news portal > opinions
Olé ello ello! Off
World Wave news portal2024-05-22 10:02:11【opinions】5People have gathered around
IntroductionOff-duty British cops on a Barcelona stag do have apprehended a thief as he robbed a restaurant.Serg
Off-duty British cops on a Barcelona stag do have apprehended a thief as he robbed a restaurant.
Sergeant Eren Emin, 30, said he was on his stag do in the Spanish city with four other police officers when a man jumped over the restaurant counter and began grabbing electrical items.
The officers chased down the man before detaining him and waiting for Spanish police to arrive.
'I think policing is more of an instinct than anything else,' said Metropolitan Police Sergeant Emin, who is based in Enfield.
'I'm a police officer. It's my job. Wherever we are, whether in Spain, it doesn't matter, I have to do what's right.'
Sergeant Eren Emin (pictured), 30, said he was on his stag do in the Spanish city with four other police officers when a man jumped over the restaurant counter and began grabbing electrical items
The officers chased down the man before detaining him and waiting for Spanish police to arrive
He added: 'We were in a restaurant on the main strip, waiting for food to come, and he made his way over to the bar area where the counters are and then he jumped over the counter and that's when he caught our attention.
'He started to ransack the tills and take electrical goods such as the iPads and iPhones, whatever else was there, before he made his way around and then sprinted outside of the restaurant and instantly we stood up and gave chase.
'As soon as he saw me he started running and obviously I didn't have a chance to think, 'Oh, wait, I'm not a police officer, and I'm not in the UK, I'm in Spain'. I'm a nobody here, but to be honest, that didn't even cross my mind.
READ MORE: Moment cycling pickpocket grabs phone out of tourist's hand as they pose for TikTok at Barcelona landmark - before a tussle for it backAdvertisement
'It was a case of just getting him stopped. It's wrong. What's wrong is wrong. Common sense has to apply here as well and that's why we got him detained as quickly as possible.'
Sgt Emin said the off-duty officers chased the man around 50 metres down the road before they caught him.
The police recovered everything that was stolen and took the man back to the restaurant where they waited until Spanish police arrived.
'As soon as they arrived, one of my colleagues informed them that we were all police officers and then it was high fives all around, is how I would describe it,' he said.
He said the restaurant staff were 'really shocked because they didn't expect the whole table of their customers to get up and get this chap and recover all their goods'.
He added: 'I'm quite known within my organisation for arresting people off duty - here in the UK, wherever I go, I always end up attracting or coming across crime, which is really strange, so for me, it's just another day.
'Some others might see it as, 'You're a lunatic, you've got no protective gear, what are you doing?', but I've done it numerous times before.'
On whether he can ever switch off from his job, he said: 'No, and it's the same for my other colleagues as well.
'They're really well-respected police officers and collectively that's why we all get on so well. It's because we're all like-minded and committed.'
Address of this article:http://albania.cassettedesign.com/html-37d499530.html
Very good!(9218)
Related articles
- Rajasthan Royals launch ANOTHER bid to invest in cash
- Jameson Taillon comes off the injured list and pitches Cubs to 8
- Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations
- FAU hires Isaiah Austin, whose NBA playing plans were derailed, as an assistant coach
- Guardians ruin Francisco Lindor's Cleveland homecoming, trip Mets 3
- Controversial university 'race researcher' who wrote that equality between white and non
- Lazio up to sixth in Serie A after win at Genoa
- Federal officials are investigating a Rockies coach's cockpit visit during a United flight
- Devers sets Red Sox record by homering in his 6th consecutive game
- American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/18/2024
Popular articles
Recommended
Devers sets Red Sox record by homering in his 6th consecutive game
Canucks' Rick Tocchet among new coaches making an impact in leading teams to NHL playoffs
Shocking moment group of yobs hurl racist abuse at train passengers
South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship
No more cute snaps of Mt Fuji. A screen is up in a Japanese town to prevent tourist crowds
Royal Bank of Scotland to close 18 more branches with the loss of 105 jobs
Primary school teacher who was sacked by school for teaching nine
G7 comes for Putin, Ayatollah and Xi: Ukraine to receive frozen Russian assets to fund 'game
Links
- Chinese People See off Comrade Jiang Zemin in Beijing
- Xi inspects Changde in central China's Hunan Province
- Interview: Jiang Zemin to Be Remembered for Historical Role in China's Reform, Opening
- China Focus: Chinese People Continue to Mourn Jiang, Pooling Strength for Striving Forward
- Xi, DR Congo President Exchange Congratulations on 50th Anniversary of Normalization of China
- China strengthens crackdown on illegal fishing
- China Ready to Join Chile for Stronger Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Says Xi
- China's top legislature concludes annual session
- Xi Meets Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez
- China Focus: Chinese People Continue to Mourn Jiang Zemin