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    Terrace tunnel standoff

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109...oment-it-ended


    So. . Was anyone else thinking - Fire hose?

    How can a prick like this hold the city to ransom?
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post

    How can a prick like this hold the city to ransom?
    The response seems lame but I don't think he justified a bullet. Firehose sounds good.
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    I was thinking 12 gauge.

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    Bouncy castle and a taser.
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    My first thought was - finally, a good use for a drone-... with Stuka sirens.
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    What's the bloody point of the SAS or whatever we have in NZ?

    Would this not be a fine opportunity for one of their snipers to take a leg out?

    You'd give him fair verbal warning first.

    And maybe a couple of close shots to let him know you are serious - shoot the knife out of his hand type of thing.

    Mark Wahlberg would have fixed it fast.

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    Hollywood snipers are much higher skilled than our police. Or for that matter, any police.

    A Tazer would not seem suitable, it would require a cop to go risky close to somebody armed with a knife, all while balancing on a pipe. Which is probably why they didn't use one.

    The pipes are probably one reason they didn't use a dog.

    The SAS are not permitted to involve themselves in civilian matters, the police would have to request their assistance and that would probably require political approval. The police would rather use their own resources, even though they are less skilled.

    Last time I saw the SAS deployed here was a prison riot at Mt Eden. The TV news showed snipers on a motorway overlooking the prison but that was many years ago before the Police had a Special Tactics Group.
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    It's a PC world now. I need to adapt better.....

    Like those shits in there cars in Christchurch last week raising merry hell. Why the Police did not call the army at Burnham up for some tactical assistance is beyond me. Pretty sure they have a decent supply of burly lads in uniform, half tracks and all types of large heavy vehicles to form barricades or just drive over the front of offending vehicles

    They probably need a pass from the Green Party before they drive over a public lawn though in case some special snail lives there.

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    Nah it's a slippery slope. Next step is Army to clear the Cold Kiwi site of non NZ First voters.

    Fire hose and Bouncy castle is my favorite combination so far.
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    Hope the guy is just an idiot, and not mental.

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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109...oment-it-ended


    So. . Was anyone else thinking - Fire hose?

    How can a prick like this hold the city to ransom?
    City held to ransom? It did show that there's probably too much reliance on a single roadway. What if something serious happened in the tunnel and it was closed for some weeks? You need Plan B.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    City held to ransom? It did show that there's probably too much reliance on a single roadway. What if something serious happened in the tunnel and it was closed for some weeks? You need Plan B.
    Wellington is set up to be isolated in a decent highway closing disaster.

    Mind you look what happened to the South Island when we had the Kaikoura earthquake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    City held to ransom? It did show that there's probably too much reliance on a single roadway. What if something serious happened in the tunnel and it was closed for some weeks? You need Plan B.
    There are a couple other ways on to the motorway. But the whole city is piss poorly designed.

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    Jetson Flying Cars.

    Well you can go up the Terrace and join the motorway there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Hope the guy is just an idiot, and not mental.

    I'm thinking some mental health issues going on - a idiot would have given up earlier.

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