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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on April 19, 2009, 19:04:40
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Ignore the 'wave me goodbye' bit!
I'm going for an interview for another post on Wednesday, and I'm bricking myself. I never thought I'd be bothered by interviews, but this one has got to me. 8-[
A post away from the 'normal' (if there is such a thing in Plodland) policing, to a more specialised role of fulltime Countryside and Wildlife Crme Officer.
Perhaps I can convince them to give a Plod Landy again!
'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'
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Best of luck LSP, hope it all goes well for you. :D
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Good luck!!!
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GERT ORF MOI LAAAND :lol:
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Good luck mate, Im sure you will do well :police:
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Good luck mate - but I'm sure you'll be fine.
Mark.
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Thanks for the support, folks!
Its a bit of an odd thing, I know I can do the job, its common sense and logic, but I have to convince a panel that I can do it. Its this modern thing of knowing all the current management buzz 'PC' buzzwords, stats and figures and all the other 'bull', that gets to me.
If I could walk in and say "Right, this is want you want me, give me the resources and lets lock a few of the bad guys up", I'd be OK.
Instead, I have to be "OK, guys. Let's sit down in a circle, pull a bean bag, and discuss how this action might affect the bean flies in Outer Mongolia"
I am what is known in the 'Modern Police Service', a dinosaur, a member of the 'old school'.
C'est la vie!
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Good luck mate, just remember the role is a varied one.
You have to be able to drink in the pub with the locals then nick them for drink driving as they leave!!
Be able to spot and clip round the ear the local scroats BEFORE they do anything!!
Have the ability to book badminton courts in the local leisure centre while handbraking the plod car round the carpark in the rain.
Be able to tell the difference between a farmer carrying a lorry load of sheep and a mobile brothel.
plus any other duties designated by the dog you will have to buy! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :police:
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Hey, good luck mate. I'm sure it'll be a doddle. We all know you are the man for the job..... just got to convince them!
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another day closer, and the confidence is increasing. Give it the best shot. ;)
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Countryside and Wildlife Crme Officer.
do you get a lot of trouble with wildlife crime? is theiving by squirrels on the increase? :lol:
maybe the odd rabbit nicking a metro and racing through the lanes :-.
good luck with the interview [-o<
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Countryside and Wildlife Crme Officer.
do you get a lot of trouble with wildlife crime? is theiving by squirrels on the increase? :lol:
maybe the odd rabbit nicking a metro and racing through the lanes :-.
good luck with the interview [-o<
never trust a squirrel, they'll be after your nuts! (groan!)
Seriously though, the bad guys have worked out that there are easy pickings out in the cuds, with not much Police coverage.
All I can say to all of you who work in, live in, or play in the 'cundry', keep your eyes and ears open, if you see anything sus, call it in.
Cheers for the good wishes folks, I'll let you know if I get the County Sheriff badge! :D
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will you get a car like this?
(http://www.tcsosar.com/Photos/jeep05.jpg)
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if your the sherrif you,ll need a new avatar :D
(http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3681/llllltq7.png)
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Best of luck!
Perhaps a few episodes of Hamish Macbeth would be good revision for the panel?
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Hamish Macbeth. Hmm, good idea, KTM! However, I better leave the bit out where he is on the 'weed'.
As for avatar pics, I might to use this one again!
"You picked the wrong county to haul ass through, boy!"
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Best of luck mate :) but you know you have just got just as much chance as the next guy especially with the interview process in the force today so don't go worrying about it everyone is going to be feeling nervous not just you ;)
You never know you may get lucky and get to hide in a field in one of these all day listening to the radio like someone i know complete with ground anchor in case you want to have a play in the mud :D
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z185/nik4mike/pumpandrangey003.jpg)
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good luck mate,we need more people like you to keep the idiots off the byways etc,to keep them open for responsible users :D
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All the very best LSP....if the quality sense and humour in your posts on here are anything to go by ..................yer broken.... :lol:
Seriously tho good luck old chap.......
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Good luck, poachers watch out :lol:
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its tough out there
(http://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/uploads/image/Rat%2520Burglar.jpg)
Good luck.
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90 Mike, who gets stuck and who plays :^o
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Best of British to you matey....
If you want a landy.... move to morayshire our local bobbies have a rather nice 110 at the moment....
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The time draws nearer, ready to rock and roll. Cheers guys!
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Best of luck for today, LSP! ;)
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Well, I got the post!
No start date as yet, as my current boss has to OK a leaving date.
No more night shifts! I might get a social life back! :thumbup:
I have to work out how to get a sponsored Plod 4x4 now. What a crazy state of affairs!
Cheers for all the support folks, much appreciated.
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Well done mate, hope you enjoy it :clap:
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Well done Sir!! :clap: :clap: :dance:
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go you!
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good on ya chap,well done!
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Well, I got the post!
No start date as yet, as my current boss has to OK a leaving date.
No more night shifts! I might get a social life back! :thumbup:
I have to work out how to get a sponsored Plod 4x4 now. What a crazy state of affairs!
Cheers for all the support folks, much appreciated.
Well done that man :clap: :clap: How about a "Mudclub" sponsored 4x4??? :twisted:
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Result.... :lol:
Good luck...
BF
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Jolly good show, what!
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Congratulations!
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Well done mate!
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Well done.
Get a nice big new 4x4 and let the govement pay the road tax.
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Just hope its not a 'wannabee'4x4
I presume a sport supercharged is out of the question :twisted:
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Just hope its not a 'wannabee'4x4
I presume a sport supercharged is out of the question :twisted:
That would be nice! Its something I've got to look into. The ideal wagon would be something that is a good off roader, and with a bit of poke in it to catch the blighters when they make off.
I can't see the Chief allowing me to use something that is better than his official car. The ideal thing to do would be to get a second hand one, and have the engine 'played' with. But Health and Safety being what it is these days, I very much doubt that would be allowed :(
Knowing my luck, I'll get a crappy old Fiesta cast off :roll:
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there be a lord on the prowl!!!!! poachers watch out cause he gonna get ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6frU9fiaFk
Dazza :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Congratulations your Lordship. I see you are in my area of Hampshire. Hopefully this will mean the local "Caravan Utilising Nomadic Travellers" will be less inclined to keep popping round the workshop on the off chance I have been stupid enough to leave something valuable lying around outside. The farm that the workshop is on is in the middle of nowhere and suffers from problems, and we don't have a shortage of wild life either.
Also means that my second hobby, of fishing in the area might be better policed.
Hope you enjoy your new post chap.
Oh and regarding the vehicle - I've know where there is an ex - police Td5 90 for sale for a reasonable price, in white and I think it still has the battenburgs down the side and on the back. It's a good truck as I have serviced it for the last 3 years and not had any trouble with it.
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congratulations.
get a td5 defender and tune it to the hilt, will go like the clappers :)
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there be a lord on the prowl!!!!! poachers watch out cause he gonna get ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6frU9fiaFk
Dazza :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Blimey! A Metro Plod car! They were just being phased out when I joined! Mind you, I wouldn't mind having the Rover SD1's back. Brute force and ignorance!
As for 'Police Instruction Films', I still say that the offering from Pegg and Frost is the best, in particular this clip. I am more like the Nick Frost character! :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVVuUibGjxc&feature=related
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All that back hand bribery that goes on in the countryside, A Salmon or Pheasant for the Governor :-$ :wink: :wink:
What a social life, the Shagpiles will be eating the fat of the land :lol:
(http://www.nicholasrhea.co.uk/images/greengrassandalfred.jpg)
Seriously though, well done, :clap:
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Well done, LSP! :clap:
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well done :clap: :clap:
here,s a few of my favs
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3306/3215586378_d6bd370bd3.jpg)
(http://www.carblog.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/caparo-t1-police-car-concept.jpg)
(http://usuarios.lycos.es/javieko/vehicles_fotos/Hummer.B.M..jpg)
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Congrats!
2 Police car garage
(http://news-images.caradisiac.com/IMG/jpg/3/5/5/0/3/Une_Lotus_Exige_S_Police_4.jpg.jpg)
(http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/images/2008/10/10/tank.jpg)
I think it covers all the bases :lol: :lol:
Well done again :clap:
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I now have a start date of the 15th June. Still no word on a vehicle yet :roll:, but I shall work on it.
I've already had a shed load of Emails through from the bosses about tackling the poaching problem. I have a few ideas, but one thing that is needed is information.
To all Mud Clubbers when you are out and about in the Cundryside, please keep your eyes open. If you see anything that you think is suspicious, then call 'Old Bill'. We can't catch these thieving bu**ers without your help.
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I now have a start date of the 15th June. Still no word on a vehicle yet :roll:, but I shall work on it.
I've already had a shed load of Emails through from the bosses about tackling the poaching problem. I have a few ideas, but one thing that is needed is information.
To all Mud Clubbers when you are out and about in the Cundryside, please keep your eyes open. If you see anything that you think is suspicious, then call 'Old Bill'. We can't catch these thieving bu**ers without your help.
Would that be poaching of animals off farms or poaching of fish from rivers?
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Poaching of eggs???? :lol:
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I now have a start date of the 15th June. Still no word on a vehicle yet :roll:, but I shall work on it.
I've already had a shed load of Emails through from the bosses about tackling the poaching problem. I have a few ideas, but one thing that is needed is information.
To all Mud Clubbers when you are out and about in the Cundryside, please keep your eyes open. If you see anything that you think is suspicious, then call 'Old Bill'. We can't catch these thieving bu**ers without your help.
Would that be poaching of animals off farms or poaching of fish from rivers?
Both. Theft of coasre and game fish is an increasing problem. They taken for both consumption and to illegally restock other fisheries.
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Poaching of eggs???? :lol:
Silly beggar! :D Seriously though, the theft of wild birds eggs and the birds themselves is a problem. Again, well in my remit.
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A rare serious post from the Bish...
Think its great that the funding is there for police to deal with some issues of rural crime and things that can cause issues with the infrastructure of rural living....
Good luck LSP....
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LSP.... I thinks you need to gather you up a posse of deputised people with appropriate means of crossing rough ground... and we'll set out on a mass patrol!
:twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Glad you got the job mate - it will suit you far better than "ordinary" policing :)
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A rare serious post from the Bish...
Think its great that the funding is there for police to deal with some issues of rural crime and things that can cause issues with the infrastructure of rural living....
Good luck LSP....
From what I gather, it isn't just Hants that are doing this. Most Forces 'should' have wildlife/countryside officers. It may be worth having a look on the website for the Force that covers your area, finding out who the contact is and getting in touch with them to find out what they are doing.
As mentioned before, we need to get contacts in all apsects of rural industries and communities to be build up a true picture of what is going on and to try and win back confidence in the Police.
Its going to be an uphill struggle, but its got to be done.
"Action this day!" as Winston Churchill said.
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Weapon Of Choice!!
I have a vehicle! I pleaded for a Landy, but they gave me this!It'll suffice for now.
All I have to do is take the hard top of the back, fit a couple of .50 cal HMG's and I'm in business!
Let battle commence!
Tally Ho, back to base in time for tea and stickies! Hurrah!
P.S. It will have the nag box removed!
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well done Lord!
still promise to pull me over if you stop me, just to say hello - otherwise there would be no reason to pull me over (i look a little young for my age granted!) still say hellooo :police:
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You could swap the horse box for some kind of anti tank gun... :lol:
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Nag box ????
It looked like a modern version of the TARDIS to me...It would be quite suitable for materialising by the side of poachers as they are in the act..... :lol: