Armed police in Accy

wallop79 · 06-05-2011, 11:24

Armed copper in an unmarked cop car has just pulled a white lad driving a pimped up fiat panda (or whatever make it was!) outside jobcentre & the cars been towed away wonder what thats all about?

lancsdave · 06-05-2011, 11:36

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Originally Posted by wallop79

Armed copper in an unmarked cop car has just pulled a white lad driving a pimped up fiat panda (or whatever make it was!) outside jobcentre & the cars been towed away wonder what thats all about?

He's probably threatened the jobcentre staff that he is going to find his own job

Eric · 06-05-2011, 13:16

Just had an armed copper at my door. He was delivering a notice to appear; but, got the wrong street.

You get used to the coppers being armed. I believe that coppers in Kingston only shot twice last year. Both times to put accident victims out of their misery

One of the victims was a deer, the other, a dog.

jaysay · 06-05-2011, 18:08

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Originally Posted by Eric

Just had an armed copper at my door. He was delivering a notice to appear; but, got the wrong street.

You get used to the coppers being armed. I believe that coppers in Kingston only shot twice last year. Both times to put accident victims out of their misery

One of the victims was a deer, the other, a dog.

Think you'd better lay of the muse juice Eric them colonial coppers ain't safe Mate

Eric · 06-05-2011, 18:17

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Think you'd better lay of the muse juice Eric them colonial coppers ain't safe Mate

I believe you are thinking of the LAPD

, and those big-bellied sheriffs south of the Mason-Dixon line. And if you ever watch "Cops", you know that being black is still not a good idea if you have a run in with the US law enforcement. And sometimes, I have to admit, the RCMP get a little out of hand ... I mean, tasering a guy to death for brandishing a stapler

Eric · 06-05-2011, 18:18

But it was a big stapler, with a full load of staples

jaysay · 06-05-2011, 18:30

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But it was a big stapler, with a full load of staples

Once remember Danny Glover using a Stapler to kill a guy in Lethal Weapon Eric, bloody dangerous mate in the wrong hands

Greeny · 06-05-2011, 18:42

three or four police vans were outside Accy Vic this morning.

jaysay · 06-05-2011, 18:49

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three or four police vans were outside Accy Vic this morning.

Probably called in for a brew

Eric · 06-05-2011, 20:35

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Once remember Danny Glover using a Stapler to kill a guy in Lethal Weapon Eric, bloody dangerous mate in the wrong hands

But this guy was only a Polish immigrant

... maybe some guys over there would accuse the Horsemen of being too gentle.

Gordon Booth · 06-05-2011, 20:44

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Once remember Danny Glover using a Stapler to kill a guy in Lethal Weapon Eric, bloody dangerous mate in the wrong hands

That was a nail gun, Jaysay. Have you ever seen one of those fired? I wouldn't one pointing at me, even if I was several feet away.
So what are armed police in unmarked cars doing in Accrington? It must be a different place than that I grew up in.

lancsdave · 06-05-2011, 20:45

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So what are armed police in unmarked cars doing in Accrington? It must be a different place than that I grew up in.

Hopefully rounding up all the deadbeats.

walkinman221 · 06-05-2011, 21:02

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Hopefully rounding up all the deadbeats.

They will need more than one car, a fleet of buses would be better

cashman · 06-05-2011, 21:32

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Hopefully rounding up all the deadbeats.

wouldn't need armed police to do that, a flagon of cider on a string would suffice.

Eric · 06-05-2011, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

That was a nail gun, Jaysay. Have you ever seen one of those fired? I wouldn't one pointing at me, even if I was several feet away.
So what are armed police in unmarked cars doing in Accrington? It must be a different place than that I grew up in.

All depends on what you are used to. I live in a peaceful little city with a low crime rate. And yet, there are probably at least 10 armed cops sitting in unmarked cars around the city. And all the others in well-marked vehicles. I think the difference is that we are used to armed cops. Armed police in the UK, unless they are special units or on an assignment that may require a little more fire-power than a billy club, may still be the exception rather than the rule. It may be that I can remember watching "Dixon of Dock Green"