Sentences with phrase «diverts police attention»

It also diverts police attention and resources from the serious crime which causes real harm, all in the name of persecuting people who want to use or grow cannabis in the privacy of their own home.

Finally, a jury could conclude based on the post-disappearance statements of the appellant that he was not being honest with the police regarding his movements that evening and that he was attempting to divert police attention away from the scene of the crime, knowing that the body was in Lawson's Bush.

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This statement credited to the Police High Command is aimed at diverting attention from its loss of credibility, after its attempt to assassinate Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike failed woefully.

Misau however, told the police to address the corruption issues he raised rather than diverting attention.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of sending police on a wild goose chase to divert attention from President John Mahama's commissioning of the first phase of the Kumasi Kejetia Market.

He said that the Police were seeking to divert attention from the disgraceful and criminal roles they played during the election, adding that the state would not succumb to the antics of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the pPolice were seeking to divert attention from the disgraceful and criminal roles they played during the election, adding that the state would not succumb to the antics of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the policepolice.

When ruthless Russian - Israeli mob boss Irina Vlaslov (Kate Winslet) strong - arms the crew into attempting one last, seemingly impossible robbery, they decide their best hope is to divert the entire police force's attention by staging a «999» incident — cop code for «officer down.»

But Bob Jones, the elected West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, said: «My main concern is that the Secretary of State is attempting to divert attention away from the governance and diversity issues that might be embarrassing to his policies and approach to school governance.»

However, unless the sum involved is significant the police are usually not interested in diverting their attention away from «serious» crimes like homicide, armed robbery and terrorism so the aggrieved party is usually on their own.

Some police representatives exploited this in an attempt to divert attention from SYP's errors.