If I was a Policeman for just one day.....

[Benipete]

By the way i wouldnt want to be a policewoman either .... they dont get paid enough for the hassle they get .
The ones I know do.

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by Roy

I'm glad none of you lot are policepeople, I'd like to think the real police are more interested in solving/preventing proper crimes than the pointless stuff that has been mentioned above!

You wish.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Roy

I'm glad none of you lot are policepeople, I'd like to think the real police are more interested in solving/preventing proper crimes than the pointless stuff that has been mentioned above!

I think we expect them to solve the bigger crimes - most of us don't see much of it first hand so assume they are onto it.

What we do see is many of the driving offences mentioned that are more often or not just ignorant drivers.

[garinda]

I'd love to stop and search the scum who drive round in souped-up cars with blacked out windows.

They might as well play a tune like an icecream van, becuse they certainly attract as many customers.

Sadly I've been placed on the Protection Squad, so am unable to cary out the duties I'd prefer to be doing.

[jaysay]

I'd make a beeline for people who park on spaces reserved for the disabled drivers and drivers who straddle two parking spaces on car parks because they are to lazy to park right. I only home that my comments dont start Rindi and JB off on another one

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

I'd make a beeline for people who park on spaces reserved for the disabled drivers and drivers who straddle two parking spaces on car parks because they are to lazy to park right. I only home that my comments dont start Rindi and JB off on another one

I'd doubt you'd hear any arguments against you choice, from either of us.

Me because I happen to agree with you, and Jambutty because he'd want to park in one of those designated parking space himself, displaying his badge of course, whilst his able bodied passenger skipped of and went merrily about his business.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by entwisi

I'd book all the stupid people for minor traffic offences such as

Fog Lights when its not foggy,
?

i know somone that puts his main beam on when he finds somone driving towards him with their fog lights on just to let them know what its like to be distracted etc

naturally he wont do it if theres a car infront of him as its not that particualr drivers fault some idiot feels the need to illumite the planet and blind oncoming drivers

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Neil

I think we expect them to solve the bigger crimes - most of us don't see much of it first hand so assume they are onto it.

What we do see is many of the driving offences mentioned that are more often or not just ignorant drivers.

they have cops that deal with murders , rapists , burgulars etc , all i want is for a traffic cops to pull somone over when they have lights out rather than simply drive past them or book idiots that park up at traffic lights talking to their pal on teh street and remain there talking when teh lights go to green holding up traffic which i see happen a lot

i agree they need to cut the paperwork down and let cops from all departments get on with their jobs

[entwisi]

Originally Posted by Roy

I'm glad none of you lot are policepeople, I'd like to think the real police are more interested in solving/preventing proper crimes than the pointless stuff that has been mentioned above!

The point of my post was exactly to highlight the little things that Police don't do hence the 1 day aspect of it. We all know that its more 'important' to catch muggers/rapists/murderers, it was never about saying these are more important than that. If nothing it shows the sheer amount of lawlessness that we have on our streets and roads that we read teh above and can all identify with every one of them. ie. we know its wrong but we do very little to fix it apart from our own little moans and winges.

[BERNADETTE]

Drivers don't just use their mobiles to talk on I saw a driver the other day texting whilst driving. These might seem like minor offences but are the police going to wait till they cause an accident before they do something about it?

[Eric]

I'd sit in Tim Horton's and see how many donuts I could eat ....

[lindsay ormerod]

I would arrest every chav I could find who had their stupid trackies tucked into their stupid socks, it's a fashion crime! A couple of days litter picking and scraping gum off pavements is the cure!

[SPUGGIE J]

Not sure because the amount of paperwork to do would leave me very little time to make an impact. How can we say that in a day we could do what we state when the regs cant. Everyone has diferent priorities on what should be nailed first. We have it easy really and finding time to do what we think is top of the list is for one day on hear is as easy as typing the reply.

Lets just be vigilanties and have done with it.

[Tealeaf]

If you were a copper for the day, you would probably find yourself on an ethnic minorites awareness course; completion of that would probably see you transferred to the lesbian, gay and domestic violence unit, which in Accy's case is about 200 strong.

I am reliably informed however, that traditonal, hard-hitting policing is still carried out in the Borough; A foot patrol goes out every other tuesday and thursday, weather permitting. There is no hesitation in making arrests, providing the paperwork can be done by knocking-off time.

[panther]

Originally Posted by entwisi

I'd book all the stupid people for minor traffic offences such as

Fog Lights when its not foggy,
Using a hand held mobile whilst driving
no seatbelts

I sat with a coffee this affy and could have booked at least a dozen people in less than an hour.

Why do people feel that the rules don't apply to them?


So what would your day be doing?

Id love to be a traffic cop too, I'd book all the divs who use mobiles, most women drivers, because most of em cant drive properly and taxi drivers!!, they think they own the bloody road!