Man arrested for moaning about running police car
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This is an interesting one - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/man-arrested...
"A painter says he was arrested and locked up for six hours after complaining about stationary police vehicles left with their engines running near his home.
Jock McFadyen said the cars run “all day and all night” and he, his wife and neighbours have been complaining about the problem for three years."
Is it common practice for police to run their engines while stationary so they avoid having to turn off and reboot their computers? Makes sense to an extent (7 mins is a long time to wait if you have an emergency call to attend), but can't police cars have extra powerful batteries which can run this equipment while cars are stationary.
Feel sorry for the chap who had to spend 6 hours in a cell. Very unfair!
"A painter says he was arrested and locked up for six hours after complaining about stationary police vehicles left with their engines running near his home.
Jock McFadyen said the cars run “all day and all night” and he, his wife and neighbours have been complaining about the problem for three years."
Is it common practice for police to run their engines while stationary so they avoid having to turn off and reboot their computers? Makes sense to an extent (7 mins is a long time to wait if you have an emergency call to attend), but can't police cars have extra powerful batteries which can run this equipment while cars are stationary.
Feel sorry for the chap who had to spend 6 hours in a cell. Very unfair!
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