Teen boy 'taped policeman's baton threat'

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Teen boy 'taped policeman's baton threat' | National News | News.com.au

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy says he used his mobile phone to secretly record a police officer's threat to assault him with a baton.

The boy said he was intimidated by Leading Senior Constable Matthew Lake, who he said threatened to shove a baton up his backside.

The officer has been put on alternative duties while the Ethical Standards Department investigates.

The 20-minute one-on-one interview - over an accusation the boy pushed a younger child off his bike and punched him repeatedly - was at Narre Warren station last Thursday.

According to a tape heard by the Herald Sun, Sen-Constable Lake warned he'd circulate the boy's photo to other police so they could harass him.

The boy said the officer also waved a baton at him during repeated threats.

He said that when Sen-Constable Lake left the interview room at one point, he turned on his mobile phone recorder.

On his return, Sen-Constable Lake advised the boy anything he said could be used as evidence in court.

He then asked if the boy wanted the matter to end in court.

Recorded was this comment: "If I hear one more complaint . . . about your behaviour, I'll shove this thing so far up your a***. . . you won't know what day it is."

The boy was eventually given a warning; on leaving, he told his mother he had been threatened.

She phoned Sen-Constable Lake, told him the interview had been recorded, then taped several heated conversations with the officer.

The registered nurse said he tried to calm her, apologising and explaining he was trying to teach her son a lesson and handled it the "wrong way".

She said she was not permitted to sit with her son during the interview, which is against police regulations when dealing with a child.

"The more I listen to it, the more angry I get. I feel terrible I didn't go into that room," she said.

"I said 'Don't be rough with him'. When my son got out of there he was pale. He couldn't breathe."

She said her son suffered an asthma attack soon afterward and had to be put on a ventilator pump. The next day he was prescribed sedatives because he could not sleep.

She said she would seek legal advice over the unprofessional and damaging conduct.

"I feel abused," the boy said.

"He's a big guy. He stood over me . . . he had a baton and I thought he was going to hit me. He was waving it in my face."

But he said he did not want the officer to lose his job.

We need more cops like this, seems to have set this little shit straight...

[minux]

Erm, how many times did people hear this sort of threat when they were younger? My old man made similar threats many times, that is all it is though.

Also, isn't it illegal to record a party without their knowledge then transmit the conversation to other parties? Family could be open to a world of shit...

People need to harden the **** up.

[fuzzy2308]

naughty boy and a naughty police boy they should both be sent to the naughty chair for 15 minutes

[leigh 7005]

they should of pushed him off his bike a taserd him little s@#t

[Grennan]

What is so wrong with that threat? As minux said, who here hasnt been given that threat. I really do not want to know what this society is going to be like in 10 years time.

[MEANVY]

the threat seems to have worked, lets see if the little prick is going to be abusing other kids after this?

harden up australia!

[PaRaDoX]

the boy pushed a younger child off his bike and punched him repeatedly - was at Narre Warren station last Thursday.

hes lucky the office didn't push him off the chair and beat the shit out of him... kids these days have no respect and when you have no respect for other people...other people tend to have no respect for you... good on the cop

i imagine the mother as a typical druggie station rat... and admitting she used it as a excuse to get "sedatives" which would more than likely be dizapan (Valium)
agreed with the comment, hes lucky he didn't end up in juvy...

i may commit a murder in a few years time and call it manslaughter.., should only cost me 1-3 years or i could possibly get the 2 for 1 deal and get twice the death for the same price!

[Jesterarts]

What a load of sh!t!

Oh, the poor boy needed sedatives and felt he was abused...

Far out... I've had enough of this bull sh!t were cops need to tread lightly and anything they do can be used against them...

Good on the cop... maybe if the kid was sh!t scared of copping a baton up the rear end he would square up... but instead now he will have even less respect for the law.

It's a bloody joke, it's like police here have no right to do anything that can be considered heavy handed.

I really have respect for people who are cops... they must feel like their hands are comletely tied to do anything.

I think i would last about half a day being a cop before I snapped and demolished some smart arses face...

Good on this cop I say as many others have...

[GAMBLR]

I used to work at Maccas, and the police station was literally a stone throw away. the amount of times kids like this come in and trashed the place, mouthed off, it was a guarantee on a daily basis. and when we threatened to call the cops, they often used to laugh in our faces, like they weren't scared.
damn they could run when the cop car pulled up
they have no goddamn respect for anyone, let alone cops. society today has gone to s***, where kids are allowed to roam the streets at all hours of the night, being the little s***s they are with no reprimanding from parents. kudos to this cop!
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[Robbo_c]

"I feel abused" well so he should I bet the kid that he hit felt abused as well. He got what he deserved.

[Julie]

Silly copper, I don't disagree with what he did, but pretty stupid to get caught. Surely he should know to conficate the mobile phone. I thought coppers knew how to watch their backs a bit better than that, I'm sure he could have roughed him up a bit better than that.

[levymetal]

if anyone thinks society is better off because beating kids for doing wrong was banned, they are greatly mistaken. just look at all the little shitheads running around these days. punishment teaches kids a lesson - if they don't want to get their head kicked in then they shouldn't do the wrong thing. and it works. now days though, it's "if you do something wrong at school, we're going to send you home for the week so you can play xbox all day you naughty naughty boy. isn't that going to be terrible". they're rewarding kids for doing the wrong thing. am i the only one who notices this?

[pow3rslave]

for starters the kid couldn't really have believed the cops were going to sodomise him with their batons. no-one's that retarded! it's just an expression. if i told someone i was going to wreck his shit. it wouldn't mean i was going to jump on his poop in footy boots.
from the sounds of it "hear one more complaint.." the kids a little ****bag who's always ****ing up.
imho we need moar cops like this. Little turds. kids like this grow up into the tools that pull shit like the city violence weve been seeing heaps of lately.
when it's obvious the parent's don't care about their behavour and the courts will just give the kid a slap (even less if he's from a broken home or 'abused') we shouldn't be neutering cops who want to step up and tackle the problem.

[PaRaDoX]

could have been worse, they could have locked him in a room with a catholic priest.....

*runs and hides*

[Astranomical]

I remember back when I was about his age, I had my own brand new laptop that my parents had recently bought for me as a Christmas present. Anyway, whenever I acted up, my parents often told me that if I screwed up one more time, they'd walk into my room and put the axe through the computer. Guess what? It worked. They were never going to do it, but the thought of it put the fear of God into me...which was just what I needed. Kids these days get it wayyy too easy.

[eurekamad94]

hmmmm i also think kids are more manipulative than what they were a while ago


for example

today i got into a fight at school
the principle was going to suspend me so i said to him

"my parents wont care they will probably say good on me for smashing the prick"


wich is the bloody opposite i would get my arse kicked

and because of my efforts i got let off with only 3 lunch time detentions


see what i mean ?

[greenfoam]

What he might not realise is there's a good chance that little kid he pushed off the bike will grow up bigger stronger faster and smarter than him and in about ohhhhh 4 years at some random event he will get his revenge . Frail kids with asthma shouldn't be picking on anyone

[minux]

So you admit your generation is a bunch of caniving weasly little idiots?

God forbid the day people your age enter the workforce.

[andyman]

****en hippy money hungry parents, they need to have the battern jammed up there ass aswell,



"Australia.......its time, its time to harden the **** up........"

[Julie]

Good call foamy lol karmas a bitch!

Eureka, you must be mighty proud of yourself hero

[greenfoam]

Minux me and you will be dead but the very young kids today are going to be old jsut in time for limited fuel, limited minerals and Australia will be left with not much of anything and still have no infrastructure :P. I think they are going to have to be hard in the head, weasly wont cut it

[Ado]

Erm, how many times did people hear this sort of threat when they were younger? My old man made similar threats many times, that is all it is though.

Also, isn't it illegal to record a party without their knowledge then transmit the conversation to other parties? Family could be open to a world of shit...

People need to harden the **** up.

Er no they dont Craig.Its totally different hearing crap from your father,this is form a police officer.
If this is what did go on then the cop is a piece of shit for abusing a child.What a weak dog of a person for preying on a child.
I hope this thread doesnt turn into a crap fight about recording while the other doesnt know,he is a tool and i hope he cops it up the you know what.

[Ado]

I cant believe all the nagative comments against the child,he was accused of something and he and his mum get bagged.
There is proof the cop has done wrong and you all kiss his arse.

[andyman]

Er no they dont Craig.Its totally different hearing crap from your father,this is form a police officer.
If this is what did go on then the cop is a piece of shit for abusing a child.What a weak dog of a person for preying on a child.
I hope this thread doesnt turn into a crap fight about recording while the other doesnt know,he is a tool and i hope he cops it up the you know what.

if i was that kids parents, i would have been threatening him the same, way, telling a smart ass kid to stop doing something wont cut it, scaring them into shape does,

what right does that kid have pushing another another off a bike and laying into him, all he is going to turn into is a drug up, dole bludging moron if he continues

[andyman]

I cant believe all the nagative comments against the child,he was accused of something and he and his mum get bagged.
There is proof the cop has done wrong and you all kiss his arse.

obviously the kid was caught if he got dragged away to a cop station and was interviewed