Police refuse to chase bike thieves

John B said:

Police have since explained to the boys angry parents that they are not
allowed to chase bike thieves in case they fall off and are injured.

Hooray! I'm taking up thievery for a living now that I'm safe from
being caught!
Robert

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

That will be why the police shot a passenger on a train many times
in the head.

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John B said the following on 01/03/2007 13:34:

Quoted message said:

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

So even on the rare occasion when you do see police on the street they
do bugger all when a crime is committed right under their noses.
Disgraceful.

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John B <[email hidden]> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

Quoted message said:

Police have since explained to the boys angry parents that they are
not allowed to chase bike thieves in case they fall off and are
injured.

Some thieving scrote falls off and gets injured?

Where's the problem?
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
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And she was left gobsmacked when police came to her house on Monday and
told her they couldn't have chased the robbers, because the youths could
have sued the police had they fallen off their bikes - allegedly blaming
the media for changing the way the police work.

Didn't stop a police officer using a car to assault a teenager on a
bike some years ago
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4254408.stm

If they are being less arrogant now then there are advantages to
this, as well as disadvantages.

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I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
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David Hansen said:

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

And she was left gobsmacked when police came to her house on Monday and
told her they couldn't have chased the robbers, because the youths could
have sued the police had they fallen off their bikes - allegedly blaming
the media for changing the way the police work.

If they are being less arrogant now then there are advantages to
this, as well as disadvantages.

It will make enforcement of a MHL pretty impossible :-)

John B

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000

John B said:

Extracts from local Basingstoke newspaper report:

Time for a public rendition of the Gendarmes duet in Basingstoke?

This could even have a good side to it: it's reached the local
paper and here. A little bit of pressure against the excesses
of political correctness in our times?

Presumably police could never, ever chase a car thief?

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David Hansen said:

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

That will be why the police shot a passenger on a train many times
in the head.

You mean murdered a teenager on a train in front of witnesses and it
was deemed ok.

Britain is no longer great.
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"John B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Extracts from local Basingstoke newspaper report:

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POLICE REFUSE TO CHASE BIKE THIEVES

When two heartbroken teenagers asked five Basingstoke bobbies to help
them chase thieves who had stolen their treasured bikes the policemen
said they were too busy on another call.

Parking enforcement has recently been handed over to the local council here
and there was a big photograph in the paper of the new wardens in their
distinctive uniforms so we knew who they were.

Two said wardens passed me on Tuesday after walking past a van parked in the
footpath completely blocking it off - the way they were alowly strolling
along chatting happily gave me the impression they weren't busy attending to
another call....

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"naked_draughtsman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Parking enforcement has recently been handed over to the local council
here and there was a big photograph in the paper of the new wardens in
their distinctive uniforms so we knew who they were.

Two said wardens passed me on Tuesday after walking past a van parked in
the footpath completely blocking it off - the way they were alowly
strolling along chatting happily gave me the impression they weren't busy
attending to another call....

And did you realise that under certain circumstances such as this Parking
Attendands may not have powers to issue a PCN? People are often very quick
to have a go at Parking Attendants for not doing their job when in fact
under certain circumstances there's nothing they can do.

Paul M

John B said:

David Hansen wrote:

Surely nobody would really expect mhl to be enforced except
occasionally by bored community assistant types or as an extra tool
for irritated pc's to punish a youth for arguing with them.It would
only be of interest to insurance company lawyers seeking to reduce
their drivers' financial liability for severe injury, as in Spain .
TerryJ

Nick Kew said:

A little bit of pressure against the excesses
of political correctness in our times?

what's political about it ?
for that matter what's correct ?

naked_draughtsman said the following on 01/03/2007 19:54:

Quoted message said:

Two said wardens passed me on Tuesday after walking past a van parked in the
footpath completely blocking it off - the way they were alowly strolling
along chatting happily gave me the impression they weren't busy attending to
another call....

Locally there was supposed to be a crackdown on pavement parking. "Oh
goody", I thought, "perhaps this means they'll get rid of the cars
parking outside the B&Bs on Locking Road blocking the pavement".

Fat chance - they don't want to upset local businesses.

--
Paul Boyd
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In article <2007030117093075249-SPAMTRAPian@trikesandstuffDOTcoDOTuk>,
Buck
[email hidden] says...
<snip>

Quoted message said:

Britain is no longer great.

The 'Great' refers to relative size (compared to Brittany) rather than
any other quality.

Rob Morley said:

In article <2007030117093075249-SPAMTRAPian@trikesandstuffDOTcoDOTuk>,
Buck
[email hidden] says...
<snip>> Britain is no longer great.

The 'Great' refers to relative size (compared to Brittany) rather than
any other quality.

Compared to lesser britain, ie Ireland actually...

Blame the romans.

...d

David Martin said:

Rob Morley said:

In article <2007030117093075249-SPAMTRAPian@trikesandstuffDOTcoDOTuk>,
Buck
[email hidden] says...
<snip>> Britain is no longer great.

The 'Great' refers to relative size (compared to Brittany) rather than
any other quality.

Compared to lesser britain, ie Ireland actually...

Blame the romans.

No, they called it Hibernia. Lesser or Little Britain is Wales, "An
Bhreatain Beag" in Irish.

Brendan
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David Martin said:

Rob Morley said:

In article <2007030117093075249-SPAMTRAPian@trikesandstuffDOTcoDOTuk>,
Buck
[email hidden] says...
<snip>> Britain is no longer great.

The 'Great' refers to relative size (compared to Brittany) rather than
any other quality.

Compared to lesser britain, ie Ireland actually...

Blame the romans.

..d

At time this place is like pedant hell.
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Brendan Halpin said:

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> writes:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Compared to lesser britain, ie Ireland actually...

Blame the romans.

No, they called it Hibernia. Lesser or Little Britain is Wales, "An
Bhreatain Beag" in Irish.

Really? I thought the other one was Brittany (Bretagne in French, as
compared to Grande Bretagne).

Cheers,
Luke

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Buck said:

David Martin said:

Rob Morley said:

In article <2007030117093075249-SPAMTRAPian@trikesandstuffDOTcoDOTuk>,
Buck
[email hidden] says...
<snip>> Britain is no longer great.

The 'Great' refers to relative size (compared to Brittany) rather than
any other quality.

Compared to lesser britain, ie Ireland actually...

Blame the romans.

At time this place is like pedant hell.

I think you'll find it's exceedingly unlike hell as described both in
Dante's Inferno and in the Revelation to St John.

Indeed, a brief look at a concordance finds no mention of pedantry in
either.

A