Because in an off the cuff conversion in a moving situation words and sentences are not fully considered before being spoken.
It's a high bar to expect a copper to get it right every time. I feel sorry for that policeman and so does Gideon Falter.
Ask her to dress and talk like Lord Duckhunter. I'm picturing stonewash jeans, keys clipped to belt loop, fleece with a picture of a howling wolf on the back and crocs with Simpson and dinosaur jibbitz whilst talking about pinkos and snap dragons.
The police were wrong in this. Part of the problem is the Police in this country are too quick to go to 'well you'll be arrested if you don't'. They can't handle their authority being questioned and pull out their top trump card without the situation escalating at all. It happens up and down the country every day.
I don't know if it was, there was a chance he could have pushed on.
I think he failings for me is his inability to learn and evolve, he sticks with his system. He's a 'gut feel' rather than evidence based manager.