On Television; 'Drunk & Dangerous'

[Bush Tucker Man]

This programme was on BBC 1 last night (22:35 - 23:25)
It focused on the exacerbation of drunken behaviour since the loosening of the licencing laws.
Three towns were the main features
Wrexham
Portsmouth
Northampton :roll:

It made for (erm.....) 'interesting' view, as the offenders percieved that they've done no wrong :?
Surely in most peoples eyes, if a Police Officer has told you to keep quiet/ move on/go away, etc.... you do it.

But no, Alcohol talked for these people.

One deterrant that was tried (in Wrexham) for public urination was the shaming of the offender.
Offer (invariably) him the choice; £80.00 fine, or swill/scrub it away  & endure the derisory comments of everyone passing.

I'll suggest it to Matron that we try it in the unit next weekend :lol:
Get drunk, puke/pee on the floor, you[/i] clean it up.
Oh, & don't hit the staff either

If they're really obnoxious & drunk, it's not unknown (in various Hospitals) if they're in an exam-gown to use their clothes to mop the floor with :lol:
Serves them right

Anyone else see it?
Your views?

[Edge]

Yeah, I also watched it....made me cringe at the realisation that I used to get in a right state when out with the lads, ended up in overnight police accommodation a couple of times too. Needless to say I changed my ways a good few years ago and dont drink excessively anymore, lucky if i get a pint a month now (Living in the middle of no-where may have something to do with that).

[Evilgoat]

it away  & endure the derisory comments of everyone passing.

I'll suggest it to Matron that we try it in the unit next weekend :lol:
Get drunk, puke/pee on the floor, you[/i] clean it up.
Oh, & don't hit the staff either

If they're really obnoxious & drunk, it's not unknown (in various Hospitals) if they're in an exam-gown to use their clothes to mop the floor with :lol:
Serves them right

Your views?

HANTSAMB have an unoffical policy that says to make it a trip to remeber when you have to pick em up. Not actively be unpleasent but not to be sympathetic.

I thnk they were also told if you get a mouthy aggressive one to call the police and let them sort it.

[paul_humphreys]

I missed it, but I know what Wrexham is like.

Paul

[gtomo2]

whatched the series on sky "boozed up britian" it was eye opening and very funny watching all the drunken p****s trying to be big in front of the camera

[Neil Jones]

I'm determined to go to one of the clubs in Brighton, sober, before I leave here.  By all accounts its really really seedy when not even slightly [!Expletive Deleted!].  Should be interesting.

[Bush Tucker Man]

HANTSAMB have an unoffical policy that says to make it a trip to remeber when you have to pick em up. Not actively be unpleasent but not to be sympathetic.

Sounds a lot like West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service as well.
Some of the crews bouce them up & down as much as possible. Plus, as you say. no sympathy whatsoever

I thnk they were also told if you get a mouthy aggressive one to call the police and let them sort it.

Same again, no 2nd chance. Police are called.

Luckily we've got a few Nurses married to Wakefield Bobbies, so we're guaranteed a quick response (might be their mates wife)

[Colin 009]

I'm determined to go to one of the clubs in Brighton, sober, before I leave here.  By all accounts its really really seedy when not even slightly p*ss*d.  Should be interesting.

Just be carefull if you drop your change at the bar,  :lol:

[Evilgoat]

I'm determined to go to one of the clubs in Brighton, sober, before I leave here.  By all accounts its really really seedy when not even slightly p*ss*d.  Should be interesting.

Which one is that?

[Bush Tucker Man]

Nice to see that the 6'7" Inspector got some respect :shock:  
After all, who'd argue with him??

You could tell that the Sergeant with 30years in, would dearly love a return to the days of clipping naughty kids around the ears & bashing the drunk with a truncheon.
Top man :D

Edit @ 21:17
'Rail-Cops' on a Sunday ( or Monday) night?? is quite revealing as well

[Sheddy]

I used to go off on "lads" weekends and 2-3 times a year we would have "50 pint" weekends where we would start on the Friday lunchtime and keep going at the beer until we had done 50 pints.

Now I have some sort of stomach problem where I have to be careful with what I eat and drink.  One pint of lager will put me on my back for a couple of days with chronic stomach pains.

The upshot of this is that nowadays I don't(can't) drink excessivly.  Watching what other get up to when drunk is amazing and the level to which a drunk can bore a person to is depressive.

I don't miss drinking, but watching the antics of others make you want a decent scotch! :)

[the loon]

I'll suggest it to Matron that we try it in the unit next weekend :lol:
Get drunk, puke/pee on the floor, you[/i] clean it up.
Oh, & don't hit the staff either

If they're really obnoxious & drunk, it's not unknown (in various Hospitals) if they're in an exam-gown to use their clothes to mop the floor with :lol:
Serves them right

Anyone else see it?
Your views?

didnt see it but its my view that if you abuse the staff at casualty etc then you get all you deserve.
In no way can it be tollerated.
Its like the scum who chuck bricks etc at fire engines on 999 calls.

[tenpolequint]

If you rearrange the words of Drunk and dangerous it spells Dungeons and Dragons.

[Baby_Rhino]

im at uni in portsmouth and spotted a few faces in there! (locals i might hasten to add, not students for once)

my friend was on one of the programmes on youth binge drinking being sick outside one of the nightclubs, what a pretty sight she was  :lol:

[murph]

Its like the scum who chuck bricks etc at fire engines on 999 calls.

We had this a few weeks ago, would you believe while going past a school at lunch time on our way to an RTC, large lump of wood chucked at the fire engine, they weren't quite so big when we retuned with the police on our way back, little s***s

[H]

Sounds a lot like West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service as well.
Some of the crews bouce them up & down as much as possible. Plus, as you say. no sympathy whatsoever

LOL would that be turning up the speed bumps of fairbank ln instead of going round onto toller ln on their way to the infirmery BTM? used to live on toller ln above what was a estate agents what I beleive now is a manicure shop.

H

[WishIhadaLandy]

I'll suggest it to Matron that we try it in the unit next weekend :lol:
Get drunk, puke/pee on the floor, you[/i] clean it up.
Oh, & don't hit the staff either

If they're really obnoxious & drunk, it's not unknown (in various Hospitals) if they're in an exam-gown to use their clothes to mop the floor with :lol:
Serves them right

Anyone else see it?
Your views?

didnt see it but its my view that if you abuse the staff at casualty etc then you get all you deserve.
In no way can it be tollerated.
Its like the scum who chuck bricks etc at fire engines on 999 calls.

Couldn't agree more, police need cattle prods when on drunk patrol :twisted:

[Bush Tucker Man]

If you rearrange the words of Drunk and dangerous it spells Dungeons and Dragons.

Sounds like good place to throw them (& something to feed them to.....) :lol:

LOL would that be turning up the speed bumps of fairbank ln instead of going round onto toller ln on their way to the infirmery BTM? used to live on toller

I pesume you mean Toller Lane in Bradford?

No, I mean the Wakefield (& area) crews who come to us.
yesterday morning I saw a 17year old(?) girl who'd been 'socially' taking Cocaine, Ecxtasy, & various pills.
Apparantly, as he told us, her mum knew what she was doing on her nights out.
Well, Mum didn't know until she arrived & lifted the roof with daughter & (so-called) friends.

[Bush Tucker Man]

At least it's not as bad as London

Lifted from my reply in the 'Rip-Off Britain' thread

We have a Canadian Doctor at the moment who worked in the States after qualifying.

We also had one who worked at a Hospital in London (didn't say which one) where a lot of drugs related(?)shootings & stabbings used to come, or be dumped on the forecourt from a moving car  

Armed Police sometimes patrolled the corridors, as it wasn't unknown for rivals to come looking for the wounded person in order to finish what they started!  :shock:  :shock:
Yes, that's complete with knives, machetes, & guns.

CCTV in reception areas & doorways was linked straight to the nearest Police Armed Respose Unit control room
Nursing staff in Casualty also had photos & alias-lists of known scum-bags.....
In cases like that stuff the Data Protection Act & Patient Confidentiality

Glad I don't work there


Our Security staff are 'up in arms' as management won't buy them stab-proof vests, they say it "Presents the wrong image & their job is a calculated risk"
Calculated for who???

If we get a known violent Prisoner from Wakefield Jail, the Officers come in vests, as do the Police.
I've even seen armed Police on escort duty help bring someone to Ultrasound, or Endoscopy & complete area cordoned off (even to non-involved staff)

[landroverkeith]

woo hoo northampton on tv again  :lol:  arnt we popular

[Bush Tucker Man]

 arnt we popular

Yes, but for the wrong reasons

[landroverkeith]

well im quite proud of the fact im one of the sensible ones then !!