How come Police cars dont have lights and checks anymore?
10 February 2006, 08:39 AM
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How come Police cars dont have lights and checks anymore?
How come the police round here dont have proper police cars anymore?
they have white focuses with police on the back and side in smaller text. No lights, no checkers down the side, no sirens. Whats going off?
they have white focuses with police on the back and side in smaller text. No lights, no checkers down the side, no sirens. Whats going off?
10 February 2006, 08:56 AM
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Its weird. At 1st i though it was like some cars for delivery mail or stuff. but theres 2 coppers in them looking all coppery like.
10 February 2006, 11:15 AM
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Great aint it!!
Where i work section is split into two. You have the response cops who deal with grade 1's and 2's (emergencies). These tend to (but not all the time) drive fully liveried vehicles with emergency equipment. Then we have the Area Policing Teams who deal with everything else (neighbour nuisance/youths causing annoyance etc). They tend to drive plainer type vehicles without sirens and lights.
Unfortunately it has become a budget exercise now with divisions trying to spend the least possible on vehicles, we're down to small engined corsa's and fiestas at the minute. Totally takes away your ability to respond quickly to emergencies. Couple that with a new pursuit policy which basically says unless you are an advanced pursuit driver then you don't pursue (or only for a very short time before it is cancelled) we now have a slow police force, unable to respond to emergencies at speed and not allowed to try to catch fleeing offenders in vehicles unless they are fully trained up (4 week course, very hard).
Obviously resale value comes into it, no-one wants ex white police cars, but a nice 3 year ols silver fiesta carefully driven?
Where i work section is split into two. You have the response cops who deal with grade 1's and 2's (emergencies). These tend to (but not all the time) drive fully liveried vehicles with emergency equipment. Then we have the Area Policing Teams who deal with everything else (neighbour nuisance/youths causing annoyance etc). They tend to drive plainer type vehicles without sirens and lights.
Unfortunately it has become a budget exercise now with divisions trying to spend the least possible on vehicles, we're down to small engined corsa's and fiestas at the minute. Totally takes away your ability to respond quickly to emergencies. Couple that with a new pursuit policy which basically says unless you are an advanced pursuit driver then you don't pursue (or only for a very short time before it is cancelled) we now have a slow police force, unable to respond to emergencies at speed and not allowed to try to catch fleeing offenders in vehicles unless they are fully trained up (4 week course, very hard).
Obviously resale value comes into it, no-one wants ex white police cars, but a nice 3 year ols silver fiesta carefully driven?
10 February 2006, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris5-0
Great aint it!!
Where i work section is split into two. You have the response cops who deal with grade 1's and 2's (emergencies). These tend to (but not all the time) drive fully liveried vehicles with emergency equipment. Then we have the Area Policing Teams who deal with everything else (neighbour nuisance/youths causing annoyance etc). They tend to drive plainer type vehicles without sirens and lights.
Unfortunately it has become a budget exercise now with divisions trying to spend the least possible on vehicles, we're down to small engined corsa's and fiestas at the minute. Totally takes away your ability to respond quickly to emergencies. Couple that with a new pursuit policy which basically says unless you are an advanced pursuit driver then you don't pursue (or only for a very short time before it is cancelled) we now have a slow police force, unable to respond to emergencies at speed and not allowed to try to catch fleeing offenders in vehicles unless they are fully trained up (4 week course, very hard).
Obviously resale value comes into it, no-one wants ex white police cars, but a nice 3 year ols silver fiesta carefully driven?
Where i work section is split into two. You have the response cops who deal with grade 1's and 2's (emergencies). These tend to (but not all the time) drive fully liveried vehicles with emergency equipment. Then we have the Area Policing Teams who deal with everything else (neighbour nuisance/youths causing annoyance etc). They tend to drive plainer type vehicles without sirens and lights.
Unfortunately it has become a budget exercise now with divisions trying to spend the least possible on vehicles, we're down to small engined corsa's and fiestas at the minute. Totally takes away your ability to respond quickly to emergencies. Couple that with a new pursuit policy which basically says unless you are an advanced pursuit driver then you don't pursue (or only for a very short time before it is cancelled) we now have a slow police force, unable to respond to emergencies at speed and not allowed to try to catch fleeing offenders in vehicles unless they are fully trained up (4 week course, very hard).
Obviously resale value comes into it, no-one wants ex white police cars, but a nice 3 year ols silver fiesta carefully driven?
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10 February 2006, 12:06 PM
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been done to reduce the amount of police road traffic accidents when responding to an emergency or being involved in a pursuit hasnt it...?
wasnt it covered on here a while ago...?
wasnt it covered on here a while ago...?
10 February 2006, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by brihoppy
been done to reduce the amount of police road traffic accidents when responding to an emergency or being involved in a pursuit hasnt it...?
wasnt it covered on here a while ago...?
wasnt it covered on here a while ago...?
Catch 22 or what, screwed if you do, screwed if you don't.
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10 February 2006, 08:13 PM
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must admit, i have found that if you drive an impreza etc, and are doing something a bit naughty you never ever seam to have a **** engined panda car even try to stop you.
traffic cops yes, pandas, they never ever bother
traffic cops yes, pandas, they never ever bother
11 February 2006, 02:36 AM
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my mum who works for the police, says they are sick of the little engined diesel pugs they have. because they have small engines, they get really razzed, and they become rattley. Apparently the average ****** bag thief can hear them a mile off.
It was sooo slow the coppper was embarassed.
11 February 2006, 04:48 AM
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I got pulled once by an unmarked diesel astra, bag of sh1te, and the "detective" was a real kont, which is unusuaul in my experience, genuinely.
Anyway, they have a lot of these cars in London, I think they may be used for moving people and other non-emergency work, traffic light problems etc...... although I don't think they are used by the community support people. May be an attempt to make the force seem more subtle?
I would have gone the other way myself, more Mad Max than Noddy is needed these days, if I had a say in it!
Anyway, they have a lot of these cars in London, I think they may be used for moving people and other non-emergency work, traffic light problems etc...... although I don't think they are used by the community support people. May be an attempt to make the force seem more subtle?
I would have gone the other way myself, more Mad Max than Noddy is needed these days, if I had a say in it!
11 February 2006, 09:22 AM
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No crappy Astras here 
Taken after the last flight of concorde: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...BOAGJankel.jpg
Just a bit of fun.........
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oRatPatrol.jpg
Taken after the last flight of concorde: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...BOAGJankel.jpg
Just a bit of fun.........
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...oRatPatrol.jpg
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