Letter: Police wouldn't listen

Letter: I think the public should know what a disgrace our police service has become.

My son-in-law was recently stopped by the West Midlands police on December 22 on the M6 for having no insurance on his vehicle. This is perfectly acceptable.

What is not acceptable is the fact that in the car were four children with ages ranging from the eldest of 12 to the youngest of just 12 months.

The police made my son-in-law sit at the back of the police car for over an hour, leaving all four children to fend for themselves.

They completely disregarded the safety of my grandchildren, not to mention the fact that it was freezing cold with the car obviously not running.

My son-in-law tried to explain why this situation with no car insurance had arisen, but the police did not want to know, but we thought maybe you might.

In November 2009 my daughter gave birth to a critically ill little girl, this was completely unexpected.

My granddaughter was instantly whisked away upon birth and arrangements were made to transfer her to Birmingham Children's Hospital, but unfortunately she was far too critical to move.

Upon this a team of surgeons was rushed from Birmingham to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to operate straight away.

The baby was stabilised and transferred to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where she has undergone seven major operations and still remains there to date.

The last thing on my son-in-law's mind was car insurance which had lapsed by only a couple of days.

Why does our police force no longer have any compassion and treat everyone as criminals? This was a genuine mistake which was rectified immediately.

Diane Draycott

Shrewsbury