Another bite out of crime

Not directly related to my post last week about the Great K9 Krispy Kreme Kaper, but here’s a story out of England about another police dog giving evidence that the law is, indeed, a ass.

It seems that one PD Peach was mentioned in reports of some incident by the West-Midlands Police, and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) requested a witness statement from PC (Police Constable) Peach.

The coppers wrote back that PD stands for Police Dog, but the CPS didn’t seem to care. They wanted their bloody witness statement, thank-you-very-much.

So Peach’s handler filled out the proper form on behalf of PD Peach—a true marvel of concise, succinct reportage, And signed it with a paw print.

Aside from being sent to the CPS, it got posted on the station bulletin board, someone took a photo of it and before you can say FacebookTwitterKaiThnxBai, it was viral.

And the CPS proved itself to be in need of a sense-of-humor transplant. They’ve opened an investigation. Like they don’t have enough actual, you know, crime to chase up.

(Okay, okay—so the form does state that it’s RESTRICTED (When Complete). Slap a fine on someone and move along. Nothing to see here.)

Naturally, PD Peach now has his own Twitter feed; although so far he’s not nearly as communicative online as he was in his witness statement. And he might take a page out of @BronxZoosCobra for engaging followers.

We’ll have to see if the CPS can get the poker out of its butt. It’s just too bad Law & Order isn’t still in production. I know they’d have got their heads around this “ripped from the headlines” story properly.