Police Drivers

[Platypus]

The eyewitnesses said that it didn't even have its headlights on, never mind blue lights.

That evidence will never be allowed to stand up in court.

B'tards the lot of them.

[Platypus]

Kill a 16-year-old out of criminal carelessness. Zap a protesting friend with a stun gun to make them keep quiet. Then do a whitewash in public and pretend it's all OK. They are operating according to established procedures for the public good.

WHS

I hate 'em.

[sasguru]

As the police are recruited from the same pool of chavs that they police, are you surprised?

[BrilloPad]

WHS

I hate 'em.

It is of great concern to me that these days most middle classes hate the police - they seem to be just serving the government instead of serving the public.

They could start by making all armed police (those who guard Downing street etc.) part of the army.

[BoredBloke]

She won't. They're already muddying the waters "He said it was unclear whether the car's siren and warning lights were on".

How does that work? I thought that the whole idea of the siren and warning lights is for them to be pretty obvious. If nobody noticed them being on then it kind of suggests that they probably were not on then.

[Churchill]

How does that work? I thought that the whole idea of the siren and warning lights is for them to be pretty obvious. If nobody noticed them being on then it kind of suggests that they probably were not on then.

It doesn't matter if they were on or not.

The Police officer as with other drivers in the emergency services have a duty of care and can be prosecuted for reckless driving. The Blues and two's are not a get out of gaol free card!

Dig your copy of "Roadcraft" out...

[Platypus]

It is of great concern to me that these days most middle classes hate the police

Why are you so surprised? It's the middle classes that bear the brunt of police injustice and ineptitude.

It seems to me that those who abide by the law get screwed by the law. Those who ignore the law are ignored by the law.

[Platypus]

It doesn't matter if they were on or not.

The Police officer as with other drivers in the emergency services have a duty of care and can be prosecuted for reckless driving. The Blues and two's are not a get out of gaol free card!

Dig your copy of "Roadcraft" out...

Yeah, in theory. Now dig up a few cases where this has happened (if you can) and I'll find 10 times as many where copper got off.

[BoredBloke]

It doesn't matter if they were on or not.

The Police officer as with other drivers in the emergency services have a duty of care and can be prosecuted for reckless driving. The Blues and two's are not a get out of gaol free card!

Dig your copy of "Roadcraft" out...

I didn't say that it excused them or not. I was mearly pointing out that if the witnesses cannot say that they were on, and lets be honest a police siren is not exactly discreet, then it sugests to me that they probably were not on.

I saw this on the news last night. They said that the coppers were looking for a stolen car, so it makes sense that they did not have the sirens on at the time.

[Churchill]

Yeah, in theory. Now dig up a few cases where this has happened (if you can) and I'll find 10 times as many where copper got off.

Heather Mills?

Yup, I agree. But that's a different issue altogether.

As for the middle-classes hating the Police, what do you expect? We're a soft target!