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Still, console yourself with the fact that the cars that will turn up are equiped with shooters. Late but armed.
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As it should be with every cop.
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You been watching too many sherif John wotsisface.
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No I haven't. Although we could do with a Sheriff's Department and Highway patrol. They'd need assault rifles and shotguns too.
Obviously.
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Adam
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This article seems to be mixing up two seperate statistics.
"63% of road deaths happen on rural roads"
does not necessarily mean that:
"But four out of 10 men and 24% of women think fewer accidents happen on rural road"
these people are incorrect.
Surely the reason why road deaths happen on rural roads is that the speeds are higher there? I'd still guess you're more likely to crash in an urban environment, but since you're theoretically doing 30mph or less, you're much less likely to die.
Personally I don't drive on ANY road depending on my percentage estimate of how likely crashes are to occur there, I drive according to my 'here and now' judgement of the road conditions, the hazards at that time, the traffic and things around me.
Statistics are meaningless in one-off situations.
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Ok I live in a surrey town. you want an American model?
Lets have
1/ Surrey town sheriff
2/ Surrey county police (read state troopers)
3/ The national police (read FBI)
4/ The Motorway patrol (read Highway patrol)
5/ Customs excise and inland revenue service (read ATF)
6/ Imigration authority
7/ Thames River police (read US coastguard service)
All armed, all with juristriction over my front yard.
Oh and the Head of Surrey county council has the authority to call out the Army reserves if he feels like it.
NOT
We should have a NATIONAL police force and a NATIONAL traffpol.
Thats all you need.
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Fortunately, I'm still driving the 'big cars'. Chasing a ram raider in his Iprezza with a Corsa should be interesting. And very comforting to know that the only other car with a stinger is sixty miles away!!
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Probably shouldnt' be telling us this MLC lest we all decide to nick cars in Redditch!
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We all feel so bitter about what is happening that 'there's rebellion in them there ranks'!!!!!
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Fortunately, I'm still driving the 'big cars'. Chasing a ram raider in his Iprezza with a Corsa should be interesting.
Interesting indeed since I doubt a Corsa could be classed as a vehcile suitable for pursuits, as per the ACPO definition - thus rendering any 'chase' illegal since neither the driver or the car would be deemed suitable.
You wouldn't need an Imprezza to 'get away from the Police' since the Corsa wouldn't be allowed to pursue - I know about ACPO policy on 'safe follows' etc. and they've recently tightened things up - so much so that all IRV drivers in Thames Valley Police are now pursuit authorised (or the ones trained from January 2004 onwards).
MLC please don't think that I am splitting hairs here, you and I are of the same ilk and let there be rebellion I say! :)
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I'm intrigued. Don't chief constables talk to each other? Humberside withdrew pursuit vehicles a couple of years ago, and have now reintroduced them... so: how long before Hereford & Worcester see the error of their ways?
Tim{P}
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"Don't chief constables talk to each other"
1. According to Humberside's CP he can't say anything useful due to the Data Protection Act!
2. I'm sure they talk about football (games not hooligans).
3. The Association of Chief Police Officers ACPO must have some reason for existence: like justfiying why crime clear up rates are so poor.
In any other line of business, they'd all be fired as 25% clear up rates = 75% failure rates. Most businesses accept a 50% success rate as a minimum standard for anything.
As far as talking about pursuit vehicles , each CP has a different policy.Cheshire has a helicopter, etc. Co-ordination? What's that?
madf
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You should have seen the motorbikes racing past my farm over the Easter weekend, on a country road. It was like watching a motorcycle grand prix. These are the causes of accidents in the country, and the fact that there are no cameras, and the fact that many country motorists are really townies.
What is all this about doddery old farmers/Landrovers, most of my pals have got Mercs and Beemers!
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