God I love the wail.
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Never fails to please. I am particularly amused by the fact that the Daily Heil was so lazy that the image they've used for Cillit Bang is actually for a viral ad remix. I guess jakazid will be pleased.
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I love their "estimations" as well. An operation in Gloucester with 50 officers cost £15,000, we reckon there's about a hundred here there for we estimate £30,000.
Daily Wail said:
But estimates based on officers’ overtime and the cost of an armed response team have priced the siege at around £30,000.
A similar siege involving 50 officers surrounding a house for 20 hours in Gloucester cost taxpayers £15,000
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158817/10...
Mind you, it does sound like a right cock up. What the hell was it all about anyway?A similar siege involving 50 officers surrounding a house for 20 hours in Gloucester cost taxpayers £15,000
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158817/10...
According to the Mail's report - which will be partial and much relevant material left out, expeically the stuff which supports the police action - police turned up at the scene, were threatened by a man with a gun. They then retired and the chap returned to the building. There was a seige and the chap gave himself up. A search of the premises revealed a gun but not, according to the report, the one he was holding when he threatened the officers.
This last is interesting. There's a gun on the premises but for reasons unexplained, at least in the article, it was accepted that he was not holding this one when the officers were threatened. I'd like to know more about that.
TRhe police would appear to have followed the system imposed by the Home Office and others with regards to armed seiges. Whether 100 armed police were at the scene or not is open to doubt I would suggest.
The police have no flexibility in the matter. The so-called guidelines, in effect instructions, from the HO are very specific. Many people feel they are all but impossible to comply with so that if it all goes wrong the government can say that it was the specific force's fault. You would not believe the documentation that is required, most of which is there as self protection.
Or to put it another way, a typical Mail story which is in essence just that, a story.
This last is interesting. There's a gun on the premises but for reasons unexplained, at least in the article, it was accepted that he was not holding this one when the officers were threatened. I'd like to know more about that.
TRhe police would appear to have followed the system imposed by the Home Office and others with regards to armed seiges. Whether 100 armed police were at the scene or not is open to doubt I would suggest.
The police have no flexibility in the matter. The so-called guidelines, in effect instructions, from the HO are very specific. Many people feel they are all but impossible to comply with so that if it all goes wrong the government can say that it was the specific force's fault. You would not believe the documentation that is required, most of which is there as self protection.
Or to put it another way, a typical Mail story which is in essence just that, a story.
AJS- said:
turbobloke said:
993AL said:
richinleeds said:
hmmmm 100 "armed" officer's............i doubt it DM.
Agreed, not for a bleach of the peaceMark Benson said:
AJS- said:
turbobloke said:
993AL said:
richinleeds said:
hmmmm 100 "armed" officer's............i doubt it DM.
Agreed, not for a bleach of the peaceIf you Google the guys name you can find a few more reputable sources.
The guy's defence is that he was in fact holding a bottle of cleaner when the Police called and certainly not the imitation firearm that just-so-happened to be in his house at the time.
You can ether believe that a Copper upon seeing a bright orange bottle of cleaner mistook it for a firearm and along with some colleges laid siege to the guys house until a totally innocent man decided he'd had enough oven cleaning 19 hours later and gave himself up.
Or... some nutter was holding an imitation firearm when a Police Officer called, the officer who has to assume it's real, followed procedure, called for assistance and the nutter was talked out 19 hours later.
But the far more likely story doesn't please the piss boilers at The Fail.
The guy's defence is that he was in fact holding a bottle of cleaner when the Police called and certainly not the imitation firearm that just-so-happened to be in his house at the time.
You can ether believe that a Copper upon seeing a bright orange bottle of cleaner mistook it for a firearm and along with some colleges laid siege to the guys house until a totally innocent man decided he'd had enough oven cleaning 19 hours later and gave himself up.
Or... some nutter was holding an imitation firearm when a Police Officer called, the officer who has to assume it's real, followed procedure, called for assistance and the nutter was talked out 19 hours later.
But the far more likely story doesn't please the piss boilers at The Fail.
dandarez said:
For the Wail haters, why don't you look in other newspapers as well, or do you just read the Wail but can't confess to doing it?
If you actually read other papers as well, like I do, you'd find that every report about this story - even the Telegraph - stated '100' police officers.
'Even the Telegraph'? Odd phrase. It might have been a quality paper some years ago, and it might have had an attempt or two to return to those days, but it is Mail lite as far as news reporting.If you actually read other papers as well, like I do, you'd find that every report about this story - even the Telegraph - stated '100' police officers.
carreauchompeur said:
I would be surprised if Gloucester Constabulary even have 100 armed officers, even more so that they were all on duty on the same day, even more so if they were outside this bloke's house!!
If they were then it would be an epic cross-border foray - the incident was in Stoke-on-Trent.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff