Police may ignore public sex acts

When I was young, urrrrrrrgggggh, dogging meant, don't get too close, and cottaging meant, well, looking for a house, maybe. Sex has gotten too complicated. I've given it up. I'll be sorry for this one.

Eden49

great cop :D he lets people be free.

Some of yall anti religious people try too damn hard I don't know any one who want to see random ass people having sex in public.

Those things need to be kept private.

I wish they wouldn't turn a blind eye to it, having to watch people practically sexing when you're trying to have an innocent picnic or play frisbee or something is not cool.

My question would be: Is sex in public against the law in England? If yes, the police have an obligation to enforce the laws. If we don't want to enforce a law, change it! Sounds to me like the police are fighting a losing battle and want to give up. Ahhh, that's right, 90% of public porn is exported from England.

Well the report makes sense, if there has been a complaint made by a member of the public, then the police should investigate. If the cops are just bored and stumble across a couple engaging in a PDA...well, leave 'em alone!

If there are people having sex in the middle of the street outside a school then the police have to get involved.

If there are people having sex (for example) in a bush or in their car out of the view of people and are not upsetting or alarming them then its hard to see how the police need to get involved.

The law in the UK as its stands says that if you are causing alarm, harassment or distress to anyone (any right minded person) by having sex then you can be prosecuted. But of course if people cant see what youre upto then the police cant get involved.

The law used is the sexual offenses act 2003 has the offense of sexual activity in a public place where it is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. So if there are people around who could see easily and be bothered by your sexual behavior then you can be prosecuted under this act in the UK.

There is also a section of the sexual offenses amendment bill that says you can't have sex in a public lavatory. That is what cottaging actually is. Its a British term for men meeting other men for sex in public toilets. In the past it happened because the law pushed men underground by risking prosecution for being open about their sexuality. This law is specifically designed to apply to this.

The law is pretty common sense in the UK and seems to protect all concerned. The reforms to these laws have been made by the Labour government.

If you ask people in London what they want the police to put time into. They will answer street crime, gun crime, violent behavior in the street and on public transport reducing quality of life. I think the idea of going out specifically to bust people engaging in discrete sexual activity in places where perhaps on balance they shouldnt would be viewed by most as a waste of their time and our money.

A mate of mine is a policeman who frequently ignores couples having sex in carparks in cars as they have more important business attending murder scenes and robberies. The only time they have reprimanded a couple was when they were having sex in a bus stop in a busy street outside a nightclub in central London. In this case they simply gave them a telling off and moved them on.

I want the police to protect all our interests and not to wander around with a copy of the bible in one hand and a Daily Mail in the other.

The reason for it is kinda stupid. But, it makes sense that the police should be doing something better than busting people for minor actions/offenses.

i mean, i thought half the fun was the risk of getting caught!

Can they join in?

Why is there a chief in charge of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues?

Get a room!
Or is this the new sex ed from the UK?

(proper English accent)
10 year olds on a field trip of parks around the area...

Now Children see to the left.... "cottaging and dogging" in it's natural habitat, it routinely happens in parks and other public places, and children, it's perfectly OK.

Don't be afraid, it just looks painful, awkward, and strange, but some of you will grow up and want to do this yourselves....

My dogs were just Cottaging outside in the yard!

That's so rude!

dude thats grows say you were in a tree thats like instant splinters were you dont want them

First of all, what's up with equating homosexuality and public sex? I'm fairly certain there have been plenty of straight people caught having sex in public as well.

That being said...I'd personally prefer not to run across people having sex in public (awkward much?) but it isn't like it would scar someone for life.

Our public space can't be one big swingers club...is public masterbation going to be overlooked too?

Don't get caught. *shrugs*

Freelove!

For anyone who's never done "it" where you shouldn't, what the hell are you waiting for? It can take you to an even higher level of erotic satisfaction that the confines of a bedroom may not typically inspire. So the next time you head out for a ramble with your significant other-GO FOR IT! It certainly makes some hikes more memorable than others. In case you're stuck, I'll get you started-try a greenhouse-they're always warm, cozy & very aromatic.

There's so much religious nonsense in these comments I don't even know where to start. Because god would give a crap about couples getting it on in nature, like the rest of the animal kingdom does.

Can I get some biblical references (or I should say ANY holy book references) where they deem PUBLIC SEX immoral?

So Larry Craig was Cottaging.

insert Larry Craig joke here ________.

Ya know, the whole point to having sex in public is to NOT get caught.

As for the kinds of people who have it, people like I do. It's fun. Ya know, like most other kinds of sex.

Sex in public is immoral and not really accepted by the society. The police should be aloud to keep the peace, and disrupt immoral acts.

I agree here. I don't believe iin public sex, it should be kept in privacy and sacred and between a man and his wife. Not is partner, not just cause they have a condom, I believe our society has screwed up way to much and planted ideas that fit our selfish desires. It is unholy and unGodly, but a man and woman. Hope I don't offend anyone, but that is my belief and it won't change.

i agree with katie

Ha!
thats funny

they should save that stuff for their house
and not in public

who does those kind of things?

well i think it should be illegal to have unprotected public sex

you don't want to set a bad example for any impressionable people

ware a condom

Why is this world so screwed up. Well just look at the government who now run it. A bunch of morons. These guys and gals attend the best schools money (normally taxpayers) can buy and then spend the rest of the money(taxpayers) screwing up the economy, morals, and everything else. I think the bible may have been write, they call evil good and good evil. Our days are numbered

I'm so not goggling that word.

I think people who have this need to have sex in public have serious issues.

I'd never heard of cottaging until today. Maybe I'm naive, but I think I like it that way.