Monday, November 10, 2014
Caravan Sight
Apparently the police decided that this incident called for a hefty presence. I remember years ago when something on the same lines happened on our patch. There were arrests and at the subsequent trial an old-school Sergeant was asked why quite so many officers had been deployed. The unblinking stony-faced reply came: "Safety in numbers, sir, safety in numbers".
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It sounds proportionate to me. 400-500 people attending an illegal boxing match (and therefore probably not inclined to cooperate with the police) and gunshots reported. What would you expect them to do? They had to go in in force.
ReplyDeleteNo mention of guns being found though. Perhaps the complainants had heard this joke.
DeleteA man was going to bed one night when his wife told him that he had left the light on in the shed. She could see the light was on from the bedroom window. As the man looked for himself he saw that there were people in the shed taking things.
The man phoned the police, but they told him that no one was in the area to help him at that time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were available.
He said "OK," hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back. "Hello" he said, "I just called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now 'cause I've shot them."
Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an Armed Response unit, the works. Of course, they caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the officers said: "I thought you said that you shot them!" The man replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
The officer then said, "You're under arrest for making a hoax call...."
DeleteI don't blame the police at all. Where do I do that?
ReplyDeleteLeading a sentence with "apparently" is generally used when one is dubious about the subject. Change it to e.g. "recently" or "I read that" and the whole tone changes.
ReplyDeleteGraham
You seem to have misquoted the sergeant.
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'Money in overtime, sir, money in overtime'
They have to justify their existence somehow, these days its the spurious war on terror.
Not fair, not at all. It is always safer to outnumber the offenders in an affray.
ReplyDeleteAnd the war on terror is by no means spurious
Do you ever have any involvement in the legal side of the war on terror? Do magistrates ever get involved in signing any of the approvals/permissions off, or is it always judges?
DeleteIf you do get involved, I'd love a blog post on the topic.
No, terrorist matters as well as extraditions are handled at Westminster mags' court where a number of selected DJs have special tickets.
DeleteThe police are justified in taking these precautions. Though the majority of caravanners are well into their sixties, the combination of too much condensed milk and carbon monoxide poisoning, often renders them feral.
ReplyDeleteQuite so. The phrase "one lump or two" garners a whole new meaning.
DeleteCould I guess that the Daily Mail had a lot of criticism to offer about the inadequate police presence in the early stages of the London riots? It seems the police can never get it right, according to some of the media. Grannybiker.
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