Police TV wannabe stars
Discussion
HertsBiker said:
Who are you talking about? Original questions were good: I've often wondered about the hypocracy of plod going way faster than a MOP in order to pull them up where no one else is allowed to stop!
A bit like British Airways pilots not being able to drop bombs when RAF pilots can. Real bugger thatElroy Blue said:
HertsBiker said:
Who are you talking about? Original questions were good: I've often wondered about the hypocracy of plod going way faster than a MOP in order to pull them up where no one else is allowed to stop!
A bit like British Airways pilots not being able to drop bombs when RAF pilots can. Real bugger thatRWD cossie wil said:
Just an interested question, once it's established that the car you have pulled will stop, wouldn't it be better for everyone to go to the next junction or services IF it is a reasonable distance away?
How do you do that? Get him to sign an affidavit in triplicate through the open window? Perhaps you could invite him to a Facebook event at "Hard shoulder, M4 Westbound" so he can accept it on his smart phone whilst driving ...Crumbs, this really is good this thread
masermartin said:
RWD cossie wil said:
Just an interested question, once it's established that the car you have pulled will stop, wouldn't it be better for everyone to go to the next junction or services IF it is a reasonable distance away?
How do you do that? Get him to sign an affidavit in triplicate through the open window? Perhaps you could invite him to a Facebook event at "Hard shoulder, M4 Westbound" so he can accept it on his smart phone whilst driving ...Crumbs, this really is good this thread
masermartin said:
RWD cossie wil said:
Just an interested question, once it's established that the car you have pulled will stop, wouldn't it be better for everyone to go to the next junction or services IF it is a reasonable distance away?
How do you do that? Get him to sign an affidavit in triplicate through the open window? Perhaps you could invite him to a Facebook event at "Hard shoulder, M4 Westbound" so he can accept it on his smart phone whilst driving ...Crumbs, this really is good this thread
RWD cossie wil said:
Or, perhaps the normal "come & have a seat in the back of my car" could be replaced with "ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over" ? The 5/10 mins usually spent exposed to danger would be significantly reduced. But it's far more useful trying to look clever & throw insults isn't it
Well sometimes that might work, but sometimes you may be able to add a bit on to your sentence..."ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over, it'll give you enough time to chuck/swallow your drugs or change your mind about stopping and make off and crash, resulting in a full PSD investigation and possibly losing my job"!
It depends on the person you are stopping and the location and a whole load of other things.
Mk3Spitfire said:
RWD cossie wil said:
Or, perhaps the normal "come & have a seat in the back of my car" could be replaced with "ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over" ? The 5/10 mins usually spent exposed to danger would be significantly reduced. But it's far more useful trying to look clever & throw insults isn't it
Well sometimes that might work, but sometimes you may be able to add a bit on to your sentence..."ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over, it'll give you enough time to chuck/swallow your drugs or change your mind about stopping and make off and crash, resulting in a full PSD investigation and possibly losing my job"!
It depends on the person you are stopping and the location and a whole load of other things.
RWD cossie wil said:
Mk3Spitfire said:
RWD cossie wil said:
Or, perhaps the normal "come & have a seat in the back of my car" could be replaced with "ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over" ? The 5/10 mins usually spent exposed to danger would be significantly reduced. But it's far more useful trying to look clever & throw insults isn't it
Well sometimes that might work, but sometimes you may be able to add a bit on to your sentence..."ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over, it'll give you enough time to chuck/swallow your drugs or change your mind about stopping and make off and crash, resulting in a full PSD investigation and possibly losing my job"!
It depends on the person you are stopping and the location and a whole load of other things.
ruff'n'smov said:
supermono said:
Has anyone done a FoI request yet to discover how many police hours are misused in make up and in front of the camera to crow about how fun it was to do 130mph and catch someone to tell them driving at 90mph is dangerous? And how ironically they did this on the hard shoulder with sleeping truckers whipping past a foot away?
Obviously this should be done in their own time, but is it...?
They bit. Well doneObviously this should be done in their own time, but is it...?
One of them came to my house once when my mobioe was nicked.
He'd been in a shout chasing a burglar across gardens. He seemed a bit embarrased by it all to be honest.
He came across as a good cop on the telly and in person.
These shows do portray the police in a day to day basis. They break down some of the mystery about the job and show the public some of the ste they have to deal with.
Occasionally it shows them in a not too good light.
It shows them to be human. And that's no bad thing.
He'd been in a shout chasing a burglar across gardens. He seemed a bit embarrased by it all to be honest.
He came across as a good cop on the telly and in person.
These shows do portray the police in a day to day basis. They break down some of the mystery about the job and show the public some of the ste they have to deal with.
Occasionally it shows them in a not too good light.
It shows them to be human. And that's no bad thing.
wildcat45 said:
One of them came to my house once when my mobioe was nicked.
He'd been in a shout chasing a burglar across gardens. He seemed a bit embarrased by it all to be honest.
He came across as a good cop on the telly and in person.
These shows do portray the police in a day to day basis. They break down some of the mystery about the job and show the public some of the ste they have to deal with.
Occasionally it shows them in a not too good light.
It shows them to be human. And that's no bad thing.
Must get pretty depressing to constantly nick the same scumbags time & again, spend hours building a case, only to see them get a pathetic sentance & minimal fine, and released back into the wild for them to do it all over again!He'd been in a shout chasing a burglar across gardens. He seemed a bit embarrased by it all to be honest.
He came across as a good cop on the telly and in person.
These shows do portray the police in a day to day basis. They break down some of the mystery about the job and show the public some of the ste they have to deal with.
Occasionally it shows them in a not too good light.
It shows them to be human. And that's no bad thing.
RWD cossie wil said:
Must get pretty depressing to constantly nick the same scumbags time & again, spend hours building a case, only to see them get a pathetic sentance & minimal fine, and released back into the wild for them to do it all over again!
Yes it must. Must also be a good feeling when one gets sent away for a long stretch.mybrainhurts said:
Ah, yes, these TV programmes.
Brings into sharp focus the ludicrous pedantry of bagging drivers for eating KitKats while plod on TV blasts after another car through a housing estate in an unmarked Impreza, one hand on his radio, the other changing gear.
1. You don't know the hazard the kit kat driver was creating as a result of their actions, nor the reason why the offender was the cause of a blue light pursuit. neither will have been done lightly though.Brings into sharp focus the ludicrous pedantry of bagging drivers for eating KitKats while plod on TV blasts after another car through a housing estate in an unmarked Impreza, one hand on his radio, the other changing gear.
2. Even so, I for one am truely thankful that this is all we have got to berate our polcie service for this morning.
Collectingbrass said:
mybrainhurts said:
Ah, yes, these TV programmes.
Brings into sharp focus the ludicrous pedantry of bagging drivers for eating KitKats while plod on TV blasts after another car through a housing estate in an unmarked Impreza, one hand on his radio, the other changing gear.
1. You don't know the hazard the kit kat driver was creating as a result of their actions, .Brings into sharp focus the ludicrous pedantry of bagging drivers for eating KitKats while plod on TV blasts after another car through a housing estate in an unmarked Impreza, one hand on his radio, the other changing gear.
RWD cossie wil said:
Or, perhaps the normal "come & have a seat in the back of my car" could be replaced with "ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over" ? The 5/10 mins usually spent exposed to danger would be significantly reduced. But it's far more useful trying to look clever & make stupid comments isn't it
I'm still trying to work out how you communicate that with someone who quite possibly doesn't want to stop (or who indicates that they are quite willing to stop, and then doesn't). You're trying to conduct a conversation with someone driving on a motorway which forces them to take their attention away from the road.I honestly don't understand why you have a bee in your bonnet about this Clearly the issue is with people not paying attention and driving into the back of a blue and red Christmas Tree, not with the precise part of the hard shoulder/side of road that the police choose to do the stop on.
masermartin said:
RWD cossie wil said:
Or, perhaps the normal "come & have a seat in the back of my car" could be replaced with "ok, carry on to the next junction/ services then pull over" ? The 5/10 mins usually spent exposed to danger would be significantly reduced. But it's far more useful trying to look clever & make stupid comments isn't it
I'm still trying to work out how you communicate that with someone who quite possibly doesn't want to stop (or who indicates that they are quite willing to stop, and then doesn't). You're trying to conduct a conversation with someone driving on a motorway which forces them to take their attention away from the road.I honestly don't understand why you have a bee in your bonnet about this Clearly the issue is with people not paying attention and driving into the back of a blue and red Christmas Tree, not with the precise part of the hard shoulder/side of road that the police choose to do the stop on.
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