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    Quote Originally Posted by unstuck View Post
    People from dunners are slower, so they can catch them on foot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimO View Post
    says someone from gore
    They only use cars down here because they can not fit all those toes inside police issue boots.
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    dont blame ya...that donut shop looks simply amazing!



    (hopefully this new distraction increase's my chances of actually getting a cheesy sausage roll in little river...in fact!...the way you guys seem to gravitat towards all the nice food dispensaries in chch...Im starting to think those big beemers are actually designed to carry lots of "operator", not actual gear!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by willytheekid View Post
    dont blame ya...that donut shop looks simply amazing!



    (hopefully this new distraction increase's my chances of actually getting a cheesy sausage roll in little river...in fact!...the way you guys seem to gravitat towards all the nice food dispensaries in chch...Im starting to think those big beemers are actually designed to carry lots of "operator", not actual gear!)
    Winter weight or camouflage to blend in with the locals perhaps? Relate to them in a bigger way.


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    does this mark the beginning of the end? Rastus is on the wind down before retiring and we get to see him flagrantly try out every donut shop in the land rather than generating revenue which costs more to generate than collect?

    good on ya I say
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Same reason they dont have them in the Arctic
    There's no speed limit in the Arctic ????
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ulsterkiwi View Post
    does this mark the beginning of the end? Rastus is on the wind down before retiring and we get to see him flagrantly try out every donut shop in the land rather than generating revenue which costs more to generate than collect?

    good on ya I say
    No no, this is and has been standard procedure for quite some time now

    ...just look at Scummy's waist line! (To be fair tho...he's really a dual specialist...food AND drink!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimO View Post
    how come there are no police bikes in Dn
    Question du jour. It deserves a full and dull answer.

    When bikes got taken away in the 90s each area was given one patrol car for each two bikes they gave up.

    When I started the project the get bikes back in Christchurch in 2005 I found that the rules had changed. In order to get two bikes, we had to get rid of two cars. Which I managed to convince the boss to do.

    See, each district has a finite number of vehicles provided by HQ. Lose one car, get one bike, and the numbers stay the same.


    They cost more to buy, more to run, more to maintain, and the training for the staff is more expensive.

    I suspect the answer to your question lies somewhere in that lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    They cost more to buy, more to run, more to maintain, and the training for the staff is more expensive.

    I suspect the answer to your question lies somewhere in that lot.
    Plus a car carries up to 4 people, more equipment, can transport baddies (no, you can't blindfold them and strap them to the back of the bike). Cars also protect an officer far more (OSH, DoL etc).

    Add that all up, sadly, very few bikes around. Instead, I catch up to cop cars that are trying to get through traffic on motorways...

    I suspect that passing them wouldn't be a good look... but they're holding me up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    ... you can't blindfold them and strap them to the back of the bike...
    But you can do this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    But you can do this
    Pft!
    No good for running down mental buggers carrying a gun though..
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    I do remember when they got rid of most the bikes in Auckland , pre eagle, always seemed a mistake to me
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    Quote Originally Posted by buggerit View Post
    I do remember when they got rid of most the bikes in Auckland , pre eagle, always seemed a mistake to me
    A fact I heard back then.

    It cost 19 cents per km to run an R80RTP.

    It cost 23 cents per km to run a V3000.

    But you can fit two cops in a V3000, so you only need half as many of them.

    Bloody accountants.

    Same plonkers just bought us Hondas instead of decent patrol bikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post

    Same plonkers just bought us Hondas instead of decent patrol bikes.
    But you're allowed to park a Honda outside a boutique...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    But you can fit two cops in a V3000,
    They must have been fat cunts, normally you can fit at least 4 people in a V3000
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