It’s a shame that somebody who abused his position as a policeman can still perform his job. I’m not agree with the ‘light’ punishment that Gary Bayldon has.
Bayldon was jailed for four months for having sex with one woman while on duty and propositioning another after she had been arrested. With the first woman, he had a relationship for about one year. They saw each other always when Bayldon was on duty on the late shift. He called his visit to this woman his ‘meal break’!
In this situation it seemed to be that the woman consented to his advances. But it’s still wasn’t correct that he visit her while he was on duty. You have to keep you personal life and professional life apart.
It’s a different story with the second woman. Suzanne Dunkling was arrested by Bayldon. There was a domestic incident involving her boyfriend at her home in October 2005. He used the electronic machine to take her fingerprints intentional wrong so he could caressing her hand. He gave her later a lift home in a police van and he invited her to a forest ‘ for a chat’. He kissed her, asked her phone number and he also blackmailed her.
In this case the woman obviously didn’t want Bayldon’s attention and touches, but he used his position as a policeman to extort things of Suzanne.
I totally agree with the offence that the defendant took advantage of these reasonable vulnerable females by manipulating his position of authority, especially with the second women. If found that the man has not the right anymore to perform the job as a policeman.
Source: The Independent, November 7,2008 by Nathan Reese
(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/policeman-jailed-for-having-sex-on-duty-999681.html)
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(Reaction by Ben Van Laere)
I think Gary Bayldon shouldn’t never again perform a job with a certain power. Jobs like the army and the police are jobs with power and responsibility.
I think Gary Bayldon should also never have a job with a leading function. He could force his personnel to do things they don’t want. Perhaps he will use the power to fire his personnel when they don’t listen.
His behaviour in the second case with Suzanne is unacceptable. I think the judge must give the man a prohibition to perform certain jobs.
(By Bieke Demeester)
Policemen have to guarantee the public security and therefore they have the power and the means to achieve this. When a person has got bad intentions, the same power and means can be applied in the wrong way. Just like Gary Bayldon did. It’s obvious he made improper use of his authority by blackmailing Suzanne and forcing her to do things she didn’t want to.
It’s just because the police has such a power, victims go there and ask for help or support. By doing that, Suzanne became a victim twice: first of her man/boyfriend and second of the corrupt police officer Gary Bayldon. When this spread the world, victims would probably think twice before going to the police and this is unacceptable. I agree with Hanne and Ben that Gary Bayldon should never perform the office of policeman again. A policeman is a public officer and especially he has to set a good example to others. To control if every police officer acts honestly and fairly, in Belgium we have a ‘Comité P’, where people can make a complaint against a police officer.
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