Policemen and Women Online part II

[Dave20046]

Oh right.
I wasn't aware they modded them bar the sirens, video, comms stuff etc. unless it's something a bit special.

[yorkie_chris]

Oh there's some great horror stories around here, good friend of mines sister is a bit of a wrong un, her ex even more so with a restraining order out against him after battering her a couple of times. She's supposedly on some "risk list", funny they took 8 hours to get there when he was battering on door, threatening to break in and kill her etc.

I suppose it works both ways, they've not made any enquiries anywhere about who broke the ex into a load of little pieces a couple months ago
Laziness, workload or justice?

a standard car has to be modified otherwise its too slow, but then again the people i know do most the catching in breaking for a corner then accelerating out again rather high top speed chasing.

The police said private video footage of getting hit and showing there plates wasnt good enough to arrest them even though it showed them clearly hitting the bike? it needed to recorded by a professional witness like a police vehicle, they claimed.

Originally Posted by thulfi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2PBMGmUjTE

Thig guy?, police biker in an unmarked police bike chasing a speeding biker. I personally don't see how they can justify prolonging this chase for this amount of time and not just pull him over. It's asking for trouble, with the target potentially hurting/killing himself or others. Watch for the bit where there is a near miss with a biker coming from the opposite direction.

Well, he did have his flashing lights on, not much he can really do to stop him if the nut-case refuses to stop.

Originally Posted by sunshine

Why do the police vehicles have loads of upgrades on the speed and engine and nothing to upgrade the strength of the brakes so they can get a high top speed but not slow down any quicker?

It's not the brakes that are the problem, it's the tyres. Apart from getting the best rubber (and it has to last too) what else can they do?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by carternd

Well, he did have his flashing lights on, not much he can really do to stop him if the nut-case refuses to stop.

I don't see any reflections of blue lights up to 3 minutes at least.

Originally Posted by carternd

It's not the brakes that are the problem, it's the tyres. Apart from getting the best rubber (and it has to last too) what else can they do?

They can do better

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Oh there's some great horror stories around here, good friend of mines sister is a bit of a wrong un, her ex even more so with a restraining order out against him after battering her a couple of times. She's supposedly on some "risk list", funny they took 8 hours to get there when he was battering on door, threatening to break in and kill her etc.

I suppose it works both ways, they've not made any enquiries anywhere about who broke the ex into a load of little pieces a couple months ago
Laziness, workload or justice?

Laziness....definately not. We can't just not go to call because we can't be bothered. More likely to be workload.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by carternd

It's not the brakes that are the problem, it's the tyres. Apart from getting the best rubber (and it has to last too) what else can they do?

AIUI they have to have the OEM recommended tyres and nothing else.

Druid

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Laziness....definately. We can just not go to call because we can't be bothered. Less likely to be workload.

i dont know who's edited your post

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Laziness....definately not. We can't just not go to call because we can't be bothered. More likely to be workload.

That was tongue in cheek rather than actually meaning it.
edit: actually reading which bit you quoted again, if you couldn't be bothered to investigate that guy getting his arms and legs broken, I'd buy you a pint


But seriously 8 hours when there was real risk of someone getting badly hurt with a 1 year old kid involved and a previous GBH? FFS, with that risk like that Chief Constable should have to roll off his missus and go running.