I'm under 16. I was recently 'stranded' in town the other day, with no money. phone out of battery. It was about 9pm at night, and my parents were out so a reverse charge call wouldn't work.
In the end i walked about 5-6 miles home, got back about 10.30
If i was to ask a police officer to give me a lift home (not necessarily just in this situation), is the officer obliged to do so? bearing in mind i'm a 'minor'
And if they aren't obliged to do so, whats the likelyhood they would do anyway!
Thanks
ps. im on about the UK/ English police force, not other countries
By the way… i put as under 16 just to indicate i'm a minor. i'm actually 15 and it was after my bday party
There are no hard and fast rules about this as far as I'm aware.
If I could have a pound for every drunken idiot or lazy person that has flagged me down for a lift home then I’d be a lot richer than I am today. Some people seem to think that the Police service is there to be used and abused for things like this for 'bailing out' people who are responsible enough to get themselves into a situation in the first place but not responsible enough to get themselves out of the situation, when they find they are 'stranded' and then expect the Police service to be 'obliged' to give them a lift home. Quite frankly, we have better things to do.
All too often I get asked to give someone a lift home who's spent all their money on beer and not got enough for a taxi and you can imagine the response that that gets!
If however a minor has been in direct contact with the Police for any reason, I.E as a witness, victim or suspect for a crime, then the Police would have a duty of care for the person and then would be obliged to give them a lift home. This would however be limited to the officers dealing with that person.
In the situation that you are describing, I would make all reasonable efforts to get someone to pick you up and as a very last resort, I would give you a lift home but only if I was advised to do so by a supervisor.
At the end of the day, at 16 you are old enough to sort yourself out and if your parents are responsible enough, then they would never allow you to be in the situation where you would require a Police officer to have to give you a lift home.