Police officer who rammed cow with patrol car acted 'lawfully', force concludes

A constabulary operator who faced a fierce backlash erstwhile helium rammed a cattle has been cleared of immoderate imaginable wrongdoing aft an probe recovered his actions "both lawful and necessary". 

Shocking footage from the incidental connected 15 June shows a constabulary conveyance hitting a cattle successful Staines-upon-Thames, causing the 10-month-old cow, named Beau Lucy, to autumn and skid metres down the road.

Surrey Police has said an probe looking astatine whether the actions of those progressive connected the nighttime amounted to the offence of causing unnecessary suffering to an carnal recovered they had acted "within their duties".

A connection reads: "The tactics adopted were some lawful and indispensable to forestall harm to the nationalist and property.

"As such, nary further enactment volition beryllium taken successful either the transgression investigation, oregon the interior misconduct matter."

Beau Lucy, who suffered cuts successful the incident, has recovered good and remains astatine the workplace with her herd, the unit added.

Surrey Police Deputy Chief Constable, Nev Kemp, said the unit carried retired a "diligent and thorough" probe arsenic it appreciated "the spot of feeling which remains successful narration to this incident".

The probe was led by Surrey Police's nonrecreational standards section and overseen by a Sussex Police Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) from the Surrey Police and Sussex Police Major Crime Team.

After reviewing much than 250 pieces of video footage and 75 witnesser statements, the SIO recovered "no transgression offences were made retired and truthful nary further enactment should beryllium taken against those who were involved", the lawman main constable added.

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There is, however, "necessary organisational learning successful narration to however we grip escaped livestock", helium said, earlier adding the unit had "already made changes to our protocol for escaped livestock".

The operator of the conveyance which deed the breeding heifer volition beryllium returning to their frontline duties in owed course, the connection adds.

The incidental stirred wide disapproval of the officer's handling of the situation, with the then-home secretary, James Cleverly, calling for a "full, urgent explanation" aft the video made the rounds online.