I wonder what was going on?
14 November 2007, 10:07 AM
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I wonder what was going on?
On my way in this morning I was travelling slowly (heavy traffic) towards a roundabout singing along to whatever naff song was on the radio, I looked over to the roundabout and saw 9 Police vehicles all in convoy coming round the roundabout and heading along in the opposite direction to me, 6 riot vans (the ones with the cages over the windscreen), 1 back un-marked van, and two smaller vans, all had their blue lights flashing and were all travelling very close to each other 
I have no idea what was going on, not heard of anything related to them on the radio etc.
At a guess I assume they were...
Doing some kind of timed exercise to the Airport or somewhere.
Actually going to a serious situation, yet un-reported.
It was the Do'nut shops opening time.
Or perhaps the safety camera squad heading to their different destinations desperate to save the lives of motorists doing a few mph over the limit.
Whatever it was it certainly is an unusual sight round here.
I have no idea what was going on, not heard of anything related to them on the radio etc.
At a guess I assume they were...
Doing some kind of timed exercise to the Airport or somewhere.
Actually going to a serious situation, yet un-reported.
It was the Do'nut shops opening time.
Or perhaps the safety camera squad heading to their different destinations desperate to save the lives of motorists doing a few mph over the limit.
Whatever it was it certainly is an unusual sight round here.
14 November 2007, 10:23 AM
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Not sure what you saw, but I've seem them moving a shipment of some sort on the M4. There was a very large convoy - and at every junction the motorcycles rode ahead in order to close slip roads joining the motorway. Guess it could have been weapons.
14 November 2007, 11:43 AM
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Some pensioner had clipped a young lad around the ear for swearing at her, spitting at her, and punching her.
The un-marked van was the victim support unit for the young lad.
The un-marked van was the victim support unit for the young lad.
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14 November 2007, 01:12 PM
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Quite probably a Raid
A large convoy went past here the other week including several riot vans full of officers armed to the teeth
I think later or the following day it was reported on the local news a big raid had taken place
A large convoy went past here the other week including several riot vans full of officers armed to the teeth
I think later or the following day it was reported on the local news a big raid had taken place
14 November 2007, 01:29 PM
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14 November 2007, 07:39 PM
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Me? No I'm not. On speaking to a few people today it seems there has been a lot of unusual Police activity in our district today (multiple police vehicles screaming about with blues and twos on etc) So I assume they were just on some exercise 
14 November 2007, 11:53 PM
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I dropped in behind a high speed police convoy on the motorway a few years back - they weredoing very steady 80. After a few yards the policemen in the back seat of the Carlton raised his machine gun pointedly - oops, backed off a tad or 500 yards!
