unmarked police cars

[jimboy]

what other unmarked cars do mod police have and are they able to pull joe public over?

[dwilkie]

MDP? They don't really use unmarked cars much, and they have very few traffic officers - the ones they do have only enforce traffic regs on the base. As police officers, they DO have a duty of care to the public so I suppose if they felt you posed a danger to the public, they could pull you over. But that would be much more likely if they were in one of the marked rangers or focuses. The local constabularies don't generally appreciate them treading on their toes like that

I live with one, so I have to listen to him whining about how he can never do anything all the time

I should also add that if something was flagged up on their ANPR van, they might give it a tug but they don't watch for much. Don't forget, their primary role is anti-terrorism, not traffic enforcement.

Edited by dwilkie on Friday 3rd April 23:31

[jimboy]

have heard that they escort convoys carrying nuclear material up and down britains roads from round reading area, usually tooled up!

[dwilkie]

Yeah, the SEG base out of Aldermaston and Burghfield, but they aren't usually tooled up, they ALWAYS are

Plus unless things have changed there's usually Royal Marines along for the ride too, and a QRF on standby.

[minimatt1967]

QRF? Whats that Dan?

[NWVT]

im hazarding aguess at Quick Response Force

[Neil.D]

NWVT said:

im hazarding aguess at Quick Response Force

A what? What do they quickly respond to? Befuddled

[dwilkie]

Exactly right - they quickly respond to incidents... IE if the convoy were attacked, the QRF would head over in their helicopters incase the local assets weren't able to deal with the problem. And of course I presume local police and army assets would also be requested though I'm not sure, I've never botehred looking into it that far

But no need to worry, our nuclear assets are well protected

[minimatt1967]

Helicopters hmmm I'm thinking Apache's I like the sound of that

[dwilkie]

The army use apaches, not the marines mate

Besides which, last I heard the ones in the UK are only here because they're gradually being dismantled to provide spares for the 12 or however many it is now in Afghan.

Besides, I'm not sure you'd really want 30mm cannons, rockets, and hellfires going off next to nukes would you Obviously they wouldn't go off, but you'd probably end up scattering radioactive debris across a decent chunk of countryside and the greenies (and residents) no doubt wouldn't appreciate it

[minimatt1967]

this is why I'm not a military strategist, if I were the world would be fked!

[dwilkie]

What, more than it is already? I shouldn't worry mate