Police Rainbow Cars

[anonymous-user]

Do the Officers also have to wear massive orange boots

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/22/police...

[martinbiz]

I wonder what else they can dream up to waste our money on in these affluent times when we all have wads of spare cash spilling out of our pockets.Well I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore about working out how to claw back 300 billion spent on a pandemic as long as your plod cars look pretty

[Jasandjules]

Oh FFS.

[Gareth79]

We have the police attempting to reach out to LGBT communities (and show support), then the Surrey PCC undermining it in the Daily Mail:

"Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey launches blistering attack on Stonewall for promoting 'dangerous transgender ideology that threatens the safety of our women and girls'"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9915637/N...

[Cliftonite]

Gareth79 said:

We have the police attempting to reach out to LGBT communities (and show support), then the Surrey PCC undermining it in the Daily Mail:

"Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey launches blistering attack on Stonewall for promoting 'dangerous transgender ideology that threatens the safety of our women and girls'"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9915637/N...

Good for her! She is a brave woman!

[Riley Blue]

Wait until the idea filters through to the armed forces.

[SlimJim16v]

Cliftonite said:

Good for her! She is a brave woman!

Yes, she has balls.

[ApOrbital]

And other stuff.

[Ken P]

Jasandjules said:

Oh FFS.

Just this...

[DodgyGeezer]

Cliftonite said:

Gareth79 said:

We have the police attempting to reach out to LGBT communities (and show support), then the Surrey PCC undermining it in the Daily Mail:

"Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey launches blistering attack on Stonewall for promoting 'dangerous transgender ideology that threatens the safety of our women and girls'"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9915637/N...

Good for her! She is a brave woman!

absolutely - that's a potential career killer. Good on her, hope that more say the same rather than worry about what's flavour of the month at the moment

[anonymous-user]

I'd love to smash about in that, would be a good laugh.

[anonymous-user]

Tom1312 said:

I'd love to smash about in that, would be a good laugh.

Knock a few back doors in?

[Biggy Stardust]

It's probably due to lack of resources- that's the usual explanation.

[anonymous-user]

MDMA . said:

Knock a few back doors in?

Haha yeah and that too....

[Gareth79]

DodgyGeezer said:

absolutely - that's a potential career killer. Good on her, hope that more say the same rather than worry about what's flavour of the month at the moment

Not really a career killer - she's on a £70k+ job for 4 years, can't be fired, and can't be recalled by the electorate.

[dhutch]

martinbiz said:

I wonder what else they can dream up to waste our money on ....

Do you actually think that a partial wrap, little more than a large sticker, costs anything other than an insignificant amount.

If it stops one hateful crime and an afternoon of an officer's time it will pay for itself. If it stops a one child having a tramatic experience, it's priceless.

We have huge problems with LGBT issues, and within reason and publicity of this is good. Get over yourself.

[ian332isport]

dhutch said:

Do you actually think that a partial wrap, little more than a large sticker, costs anything other than an insignificant amount.

Considering how it will be procured using ‘approved’ suppliers, and probably has to meet all sorts of applicable standards for police livery, I suspect it will be far from insignificant.

Money better spent funding frontline police officers.

[Riley Blue]

ian332isport said:

dhutch said:

Do you actually think that a partial wrap, little more than a large sticker, costs anything other than an insignificant amount.

Considering how it will be procured using ‘approved’ suppliers, and probably has to meet all sorts of applicable standards for police livery, I suspect it will be far from insignificant.

Money better spent funding frontline police officers.

More details in this Sun link - note the date:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3873209/cash-strappe...

[Dog Star]

All this does is confirm my belief that the police are not really about law enforcement in the traditional sense anymore; they’re just social workers in stab vests and uniforms.

[DodgyGeezer]

TBF £750 a pop really isn't the end of the world in absolute terms. Making your cars (i know, only 2 of them) look like a 4 year old went wild with their crayons is, however, pretty pathetic