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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: V8MoneyPit on January 06, 2007, 16:09:07
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Just had a call from Sarah who was on her way to feed the ponies. A Police van had taken 'a wrong turn' and ended up along our track leading to the fields. Now, this is an unmade track and we've had a fair bit of rain recently........ you can guess the rest, I'm sure :lol:
Sounds like they've bogged it up dreadfully trying to get the van out. They aparantly had a winch but didn't know how to use it :shock:
I was about to leave work to go and pull them out when Sarah rang back and said they'd made it. What a shame, I would have taken some pictures before helping them :twisted: :lol: I'm feel sure it would have provided entertainment for you lot!
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I hope they will be giving some money to put the road back right???
Someone will have a job to clean all the mud off and if they have a winch they cant use then donate it to me and let me play with it and I will happily pull stuck police vansout all day (and take photos of each one of course!!! :LOL: )
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Turns out there were 2 vehicles. A van leading the way (badly!!) and a Land Rover, which had the winch. And not a tow rope in sight it seems :roll:
The van ended up caked in mud and the driver was getting a right.... err..... 'telling off' by the other officer!
Unfortunately, Sarah didn't get any details from them so it would be difficult to persue any claim to fix the surface damage. The problem is it forms part of a footpath and I can see local busy bodies (you know the sort) blaming us for the damage.
The fact is that since we've owned the land the footpath has been properly maintained. We regularly repair with brick rubble, etc. Before we 'moved in' it would get into a mudbath during the winter. So now we have a bit more repair to do I suppose :evil:
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not this one was it **snigger snigger**
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:lol: arr they need a Land Rover :lol:
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It happens, More ofter than you know! :oops:
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Trouoble is they often have to 'persue' joyriders and this is the result. A mate works for Green Flag and you should see the 4x4 they have now for recovering abandoned cars, they places they turn up!
Local scallys were tryin to shunt them down a railway cutting on the the line then torch them all Grand Theft Auto style.
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Got an update last night!!
It seems the local toerags have been spotted dealing flour or sugar in little plastic bags (or something like that :roll: ) in the entrance to our neighbours (to the field) property. The police are now driving by every so often to keep an eye on the place. These two did actually 'take a wrong turning'!! The track only goes to our fields.
Had a look last night and its bogged up a bit, but not too bad really. They have churned up the grass off the track too, but it will recover.
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:lol: arr they need a Land Rover :lol:
its only cos they are police....they aint got a bl**** clue how to drive a 4x4 offroad only on road :roll:
them terrano's aint that bad yano, well if you take fuel outta the equasion :lol:
dan
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:lol: arr they need a Land Rover :lol:
its only cos they are police....they aint got a bl**** clue how to drive a 4x4 offroad only on road :roll:
them terrano's aint that bad yano, well if you take fuel outta the equasion :lol:
dan
Excuse me, dear chap, I beg to differ! Most of my time with Norfolk Police was spent driving Plod 90's and Discos in varying types of terrain and conditions at various types of incident! :shock:
I did the Police Off Road driving course and the official Landrover one.
My sergeant used to get very annoyed with me due to the 90 being covered in mud, after I had finished with it.
My best moment was chasing a load of travellers who were hare coursing near Downham Market.
One of their Isuzu Troopers ended up in a ditch. I don't know how that happened as I was looking the other way at the time, although I did feel a sudden loss of acceleration before I went past them.
I then went head to head in a game of chicken with a Subaru Legacy on a dyke top (for the none Norfolk folk among you, a dyke is a water drainage channel, not a lady in comfortable shoes), which ended up with the Subaru skidding to a halt inches from the bumper of my 90.
The final score was Police 5, travelers 0.
We got them done for poaching, trespass with intent to take game, possesion of offensive weapons and criminal damage.
Big fines and they got their shiny cars seized and crushed.
As Sheriff JW Pepper said "You picked the wrong county to haul ass through, boy!"
So in answer to your remark, yes, we do know how to use them! It is also great to be able to drive greenlanes whilst getting paid, and the ramblers can't say a word! :twisted:
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Just had a call from Sarah who was on her way to feed the ponies. A Police van had taken 'a wrong turn' and ended up along our track leading to the fields. Now, this is an unmade track and we've had a fair bit of rain recently........ you can guess the rest, I'm sure :lol:
Sounds like they've bogged it up dreadfully trying to get the van out. They aparantly had a winch but didn't know how to use it :shock:
I was about to leave work to go and pull them out when Sarah rang back and said they'd made it. What a shame, I would have taken some pictures before helping them :twisted: :lol: I'm feel sure it would have provided entertainment for you lot!
Where roughly was this? It might be some of my old shift that got stuck. I feel some making fun coming on.
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:lol: arr they need a Land Rover :lol:
its only cos they are police....they aint got a bl**** clue how to drive a 4x4 offroad only on road :roll:
them terrano's aint that bad yano, well if you take fuel outta the equasion :lol:
dan
Excuse me, dear chap, I beg to differ! Most of my time with Norfolk Police was spent driving Plod 90's and Discos in varying types of terrain and conditions at various types of incident! :shock:
I did the Police Off Road driving course and the official Landrover one.
My sergeant used to get very annoyed with me due to the 90 being covered in mud, after I had finished with it.
My best moment was chasing a load of travellers who were hare coursing near Downham Market.
One of their Isuzu Troopers ended up in a ditch. I don't know how that happened as I was looking the other way at the time, although I did feel a sudden loss of acceleration before I went past them.I then went head to head in a game of chicken with a Subaru Legacy on a dyke top (for the none Norfolk folk among you, a dyke is a water drainage channel, not a lady in comfortable shoes), which ended up with the Subaru skidding to a halt inches from the bumper of my 90.
The final score was Police 5, travelers 0.
We got them done for poaching, trespass with intent to take game, possesion of offensive weapons and criminal damage.
Big fines and they got their shiny cars seized and crushed.
As Sheriff JW Pepper said "You picked the wrong county to haul ass through, boy!"
So in answer to your remark, yes, we do know how to use them! It is also great to be able to drive greenlanes whilst getting paid, and the ramblers can't say a word! :twisted:
Funny stuff pmsl :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Just as an aside to this topic, if any of you have the 1/18th scale Universal Hobbies diecast model of the Norfolk Police Defender 90 with the red spot and number '26' on the roof, that is a model of my old partner AO52PKZ. She had a very specialized piece of equipment fitted, a cow herding stick!
We had some wonderful times together, blasting across the marshes, cruising along the beach. Oh, happy days!
I remember stopping a chap for speeding down the A47, and he was most cheesed off at A) having been caught, and B) having a Landy keeping up with him. That TD5 used to go like s**t off a shovel!
In fact if any of you have got a model with the left flap guard missing off the rear, that is how they were made, and the story goes something like this.
That particular Landy was based at Acle, my old station. One of my colleagues was out, 'patrolling the country lanes' when the nearside rear mud flap 'fell off'.
It stayed like that for months, and in the meantime, UH models must have taken some piccys of it and produced the model. They did a run of about 200 before one of my oppos phoned them up and told them, having bought a model with the flap missing. I have one of the later models.
Unfortunately they use Terranos in Hampshire. Not a patch on my old girl, bless her.
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:lol: arr they need a Land Rover :lol:
its only cos they are police....they aint got a bl**** clue how to drive a 4x4 offroad only on road :roll:
them terrano's aint that bad yano, well if you take fuel outta the equasion :lol:
dan
:roll: :roll: :roll: Sorry but I agree with Lord Shagg-Pyle, We do off road driving classes. There is always somenone who is going to make the odd mistake, it happens, expecially if there is lots going on around you :!:
Hare coursers are the bind of my life in Lincolnshire at this time of the year.
I had one run from us on the on a cold frosty morning, he forgot that even 4x4's are not good on a sheet of Ice and ended up in the river Witham... :lol:
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people make mistakes... i rolled my landy in october :cry:
mistakes happen. its life.
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Where roughly was this? It might be some of my old shift that got stuck. I feel some making fun coming on.
New Buckenham, near Attleborough. Maybe a bit far east for your area?
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Where roughly was this? It might be some of my old shift that got stuck. I feel some making fun coming on.
New Buckenham, near Attleborough. Maybe a bit far east for your area?
Not at all, I worked in Norfolk from 91 til 05, in the North and East of Nelson's County. Unfortunately I never worked New Buckenham, which was a shame.
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:roll: :roll: :roll: Sorry but I agree with Lord Shagg-Pyle, We do off road driving classes. There is always somenone who is going to make the odd mistake, it happens, expecially if there is lots going on around you :!:
I'm no PC plod but I have seen quiet a few pictures on MC of people going down lanes and ending up getting stuck and needing a tow out. At least it shows that the Police are trying to catch the b*****ds who pinch our cars. :wink:
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:roll: :roll: :roll: Sorry but I agree with Lord Shagg-Pyle, We do off road driving classes. There is always somenone who is going to make the odd mistake, it happens, expecially if there is lots going on around you :!:
I'm no PC plod but I have seen quiet a few pictures on MC of people going down lanes and ending up getting stuck and needing a tow out. At least it shows that the Police are trying to catch the b*****ds who pinch our cars. :wink:
Thanks Muddyjames, We are human after all.... well some of us are.... cannot vouch for the others! :lol:
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Unfortunately they use Terranos in Hampshire. Not a patch on my old girl, bless her.
Hantsamb and St Johns watched the changeover. As a result they have a few Terrannos but bothe have hung onto the Disco and Rangie based veichles :) I think Aldershot SJAB have a REALLY sick 110 V8
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West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured
On the point of Traffic cars, I've been told 'off the record' by an Officer that Vauxhall are supposed to be bringing the Commodore over from Oz
(that's the saloon/estate derivatives of the Monaro)
Having had a Monaro on test when they first came over, a few Officers are practically salivating awaiting the Commodore.
Think of the Omega........................ with a 5.7 Corvette sourced V8 :(biglove):
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When I transferred, HantsPol would not accept all my driving qualifications (Advanced Grade 1, Pursuit, TPAC, off road, Public Order Van Tactics etc) so I had to be assessed for all again.
When it came to the 4x4 bit, I did a couple of the circuits and the instructor said "why are you here? This a waste of my time. You know what you are doing".
What a waste of tax payers money. But again, it was off roading whilst getting paid! Sweet!
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I've just done the sprinter van training which the old LGV test, good fun and as you said got paid for it... I have applied for my 4x4 course... still waiting to hear from them :roll:
I thought all driver training was transferable between forces.
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Hey I saw that the other day Richard on the Drig bypass...... wondered what it was at the time and Johnty said he thought you had mentioned or even posted pics of them before but he couldnt remember what they were........... so now I know...... thanks :wink:
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Hey I saw that the other day Richard on the Drig bypass...... wondered what it was at the time
thanks :wink:
So now you know Helen :wink:
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I've just done the sprinter van training which the old LGV test, good fun and as you said got paid for it... I have applied for my 4x4 course... still waiting to hear from them :roll:
I thought all driver training was transferable between forces.
You have got to be joking matey! HantsPol have a reputation for ignoring all qualifications from other Forces, as they like to do things 'their own way'.
I questioned that when I came down, asking them (in a very sarcastic tone), what was different i.e did they drive on the other side of the road, drive using ESP etc etc?
I was not very popular, especially after I showed the instructor exactly what could be done with a 2.5 V6 Mondeo. Not exactly text book, but it shut him up.
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lol! 8)
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J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:
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West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured
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I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:
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J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:
im not, but what about a passat? :twisted:
just joking officer :roll:
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J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:
im not, but what about a passat? :twisted:
just joking officer :roll:
Find me a piece of land that is privately owned, not in sight of the public, and with no trees round it and I shall teach you the ways of The Force, young paduan!
Paddy Hopkirk spins are quite good, best done in an old Mini though!
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:lol: ill see what i can find!
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Handbake turns ina 90 are fun :D leans a bit tho... :?
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Handbake turns ina 90 are fun :D leans a bit tho... :?
how to break the gearbox in 1 easy manuver
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The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:
The ones I've seen are V8s as well
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Handbake turns ina 90 are fun :D leans a bit tho... :?
how to break the gearbox in 1 easy manuver
indeed although i did that in reverse insead :x
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J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:
im not, but what about a passat? :twisted:
just joking officer :roll:
Find me a piece of land that is privately owned, not in sight of the public, and with no trees round it and I shall teach you the ways of The Force, young paduan!
Paddy Hopkirk spins are quite good, best done in an old Mini though!
why is it i cant read your posts lord shagg pyle without hearing the voice of your avatar narrating :shock: :lol:
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For your entertainment a J turn in a landie... Its possible :shock:
I love the sound of this old beast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYu7jmVv_W4
What do you think Lord Shagg-Pyle shall we visit him with "suitable words of advice" :lol:
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Lovin that vid :D
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West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured
I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:
Fantastic psychology on the part of the MT section... brakes are fine... but drivers don't know that! :lol:
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West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured
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I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:
LOL I take it when you filled out the driver log it said, "please throw grappling hook out of the window to stop!"
We had an old rover 400 once, thee was a problem with the throttle and it was so slow... on the log sheet it said at the top "Low powered vehicle" some one had written beside it "Your not kidding"
I remember on the way to an RTA one of the response drivers trying to accelerate on blue lights down the bypass :lol: its become a bit of a legend as he never made it above 40 mph, I overtook him in a Corsa, he never lived it down. :lol:
The car was disposed of not long after that.
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Lord Shagg-Pyle - Just out of interest, do you know much about the speight of subaru legacy's being stolen in norfolk a few years back? What was the one you went up against like?
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Handbake turns ina 90 are fun :D leans a bit tho... :?
how to break the gearbox in 1 easy manuver
Just before I moved down here, I went to see a friend of mine who works for the Landy dealer in Norwich showed me some piccys that he had taken of a 90 from the local RAF base.
The 90 had been recovered by the main dealer for 'expert analysis' after a couple of RAF erks had 'mysteriously lost control' of it on the icy main runway one night and rolled it, writing it off.
The 'expert analysis' found that the handbrake lever was on. The conclusion was that the silly boys had tried a handbrake turn in the 90, which objected and decided to roll over!
They got out alive, and I think they were done for misuse of Air Force property.
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Lord Shagg-Pyle - Just out of interest, do you know much about the speight of subaru legacy's being stolen in norfolk a few years back? What was the one you went up against like?
This was a dark green one. We did check it out, but it was all legit, which in a way was a shame, as it would have given us a bit more to put to them. The driver had a receipt for it, for about 5K, which was most amusing, as it ended up in the shape of a 3ft square box! :twisted:
Most of the Scoobys that were being nicked were used as getaway cars for ramraids, but again I think the players for that were picked up, after saying hello to the business end of an MP5, coutersey of Messers Heckler and Koch.
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West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured
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I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:
LOL I take it when you filled out the driver log it said, "please throw grappling hook out of the window to stop!"
We had an old rover 400 once, thee was a problem with the throttle and it was so slow... on the log sheet it said at the top "Low powered vehicle" some one had written beside it "Your not kidding"
I remember on the way to an RTA one of the response drivers trying to accelerate on blue lights down the bypass :lol: its become a bit of a legend as he never made it above 40 mph, I overtook him in a Corsa, he never lived it down. :lol:
The car was disposed of not long after that.
Norfolk used to have up until a few years ago one of the last marked up Ford Sierra Sapphires. It had been the Inspectors car and it was very low mileage, as it never used to go out :lol:
Anyway, it was decided to get rid of it, but it hadn't hit the required mileage, so it was sent out as an urban response car. It got thrashed, and as a result developed a coolant leakage problem.
Workshops didn't want to spend the money on getting it fixed, so every morning the thing had to be topped up with water.
First thing one morning, a 999 shout comes in for a violent domestic, so off goes the Sierra with two of Norfolks finest on board.
They get to the job, and end up fighting with, sorry, helping the suspect to calm down, when a kid pokes his head round the door
" 'ere Copper, your cars smoking!"
"Yeah, alright, very funny, we're busy"
They carry on 'helping the customer up from off the floor.
Kid re-appears, " 'ere copper, you know I said your car was smoking,well, its on fire now!
They drop the customer, and go out and sure enough the poor old Sierra is now going to Valhalla.
Fire are called, and so one rumour goes, took quite some time to get there!
Needless to say, it got written off.
The legacy to this incident was that lots of claims for new kit went in to Uniform Stores, who took some time to work out, that if it was correct the amount of coppers who claimed to have had kit damaged by smoke numbered in the region of 50+, and the combined amount of said damaged kit would have been enough to fill a Transit, let alone a Sierra!
Only rumours of course! :wink:
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:(biggrin): LOL that sounds about right, however the kit we get from stores is crap... tend to get our own.
I had a guy in the street cpme up to me and say "Hi mate I just bought one of your old police cars"
A nice ice breaker, but he wasn't happy when I explained it was probably thrashed to death...
We had a ford focus 115tdi and in one year I had 3 sets of tyres and 2 new wheels!
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and 2 new wheels!
oh dear, you not a very good driver then? curb kissing?
:lol: just joking officer :lol:
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There has been more than one land rover rolled at the local RAF bases. We 'lost' two last year, one was rolled, claiming they were doing 10mph round a 90 degree bend, the other found its way in to the perimiter fence. Hunters must be doing a roaring trade in body panels :lol:
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and 2 new wheels!
oh dear, you not a very good driver then? curb kissing?
:lol: just joking officer :lol:
LOL its ok :lol:
The first wheel was a curb while after a shop lifter :oops: the second was blow out at speed, if there was a smiley for brown pants i would put it in! very scary. :shock:
Most of the tyres were damaged off road on tracks. I could do with a 4x4 in my job but sadly the won't provide one.
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I had a guy in the street cpme up to me and say "Hi mate I just bought one of your old police cars"
A nice ice breaker, but he wasn't happy when I explained it was probably thrashed to death...
I read a similar story in an old copy of 'LRO'(?) concerning the proud owner of an ex-Police Range Rover, who was stopped by an Officer who remembered it. "4 years old & only for 30,000 miles is it?" (said new owner)
Officer told him "Plus the other 200,000" :lol: :lol: (that had been added by the odometer going over twice)
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Digressing somewhat, but still on the topic of Officers of The Law.
I was told about a patient we had whilst I was on my last batch of days off.
He'd tried to outrun a 'Canine Officer' (Alsation) & had been caught by it. Received a bit of a 'chewing'.
Kicked the Dog. :evil:
Was caught by the Dog again
Officers took some time (several minutes :wink: ) locating said scrote & Dog.
Scrote was allegedly 'well chewed' by the time the Officers found him (serves the sod right)
I even heard that he reckoned he could have outrun the Dog, so my collegue who dealt with him asked, if he's that fast, can we could propose him for the London Olympic team???
Not too sure of the reply :lol: :lol:
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Digressing somewhat, but still on the topic of Officers of The Law.
I was told about a patient we had whilst I was on my last batch of days off.
He'd tried to outrun a 'Canine Officer' (Alsation) & had been caught by it. Received a bit of a 'chewing'.
Kicked the Dog. :evil:
Was caught by the Dog again
Officers took some time (several minutes :wink: ) locating said scrote & Dog.
Scrote was allegedly 'well chewed' by the time the Officers found him (serves the sod right)
I even heard that he reckoned he could have outrun the Dog, so my collegue who dealt with him asked, if he's that fast, can we could propose him for the London Olympic team???
Not too sure of the reply :lol: :lol:
I have yet to find a homosapien that can out run a canine. simple biology really. Two legs are slower than four.
I did hear of one Force that is now putting muzzles on their dogs, as they have had too many complaints from the scumbags of being bitten. :shock:
Er, hang on a minute, but that seems to be defeating the object. Its a bit like getting rid of the armed forces and then threatening to help invade other countries.
Wait a second, I see something here...........................
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Its a bit like getting rid of the armed forces and then threatening to help invade other countries.
Wait a second, I see something here...........................
I think your on to somthing, shame the govt haven't cottoned on yet......oh wait they have, but claim that we'll be alright :?