Cop charged with dangerous driving while responding to an urgent job

**MSTRS:Me** · 24th January 2007, 12:26

Originally Posted by spudchucka

You don't normally sound this stupid.

*winds in another one*....might have reached my quota for today

**The Stranger:Me** · 24th January 2007, 12:36

Originally Posted by Patrick

....damn that fish hook is biting in...

Yes it is, we have hooked a couple of cops so far. Not a bad catch given the number of cops on KB.

**The Stranger:Me** · 24th January 2007, 12:38

Originally Posted by CaN

Yes it is, we have hooked a couple of cops so far. Not a bad catch given the number of cops on KB.

Sorry make that 3, more to come shortly.

**scumdog** · 24th January 2007, 12:44

Originally Posted by pervert

Are you able to submit a post without using the word 'troll' or 'trolls'?

Those words seem to consume you...

See posts 46, 47, 48 on this thread to see why........

Don't feed the trolls - they're big and ugly enough as it is.!!!!!!!!!!!

**scumdog** · 24th January 2007, 12:46

Originally Posted by CaN

Sorry make that 3, more to come shortly.

We win 'cos when we're trolling there's more of you public to catch!

Sadly though it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

**The Stranger:Me** · 24th January 2007, 12:48

Originally Posted by scumdog

We win 'cos when we're trolling there's more of you public to catch!

Sadly though it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Sorry, it works on percentages, we got about 30% (give or take) - you loose.

Al · 24th January 2007, 12:49

I will be in for a fair bit of flaming with the following statement:

Kids should not run in front of a vehicle with flashing lights and wailing sirens....

Everything seems to revolve around kids these days, they need to be taught that they are not always going to be protected and will eventually need to think for themselves....

Rant over

And yes, I do have kids (grown up now)!

Al

**jrandom** · 24th January 2007, 12:50

Originally Posted by CaN

One of the neighbours, pissed shooting at my parent's house with a rifle in the middle of the day...

Really? Seriously? Your mum called 111 and reported a shooting in progress, and they asked her to pop by the station and register a complaint?

Something's not quite right there.

"Hi. There's a guy with a rifle shooting at our house. I'm huddled on the floor in the corridor. Help."

"Sorry, ma'am, all our units in the area are busy handing out speeding tickets. Can you do a sniper-crawl over to your garage, drive to the local station and fill out a form?"

**McJim** · 24th January 2007, 12:52

Originally Posted by spudchucka

You don't normally sound this stupid.

Respectfully though a lot of police ask dumbarsed questions too. "Do you know how fast you were travelling?" - "Well you're the one with the radar that's going to charge me regardless of what I say - why bother with the dumbarsed rhetoric?"

Is there a script given to HP in order to illicit the maximum ire from the general public?

Why not just wander up to the window, ticket already written and say "121kph in a 100kph Area - here's yer ticket, laters"

I've only heard this second hand of course coz I've never actually met a copper. They never stop me. I get waved through roadblocks (ask Hellraiser - he witnessed it) I never seem to be speeding in the same area as the police.

I'm just sticking up for MSTRS the way you fellas stick up for each other here.

Laters.

**The Stranger:Me** · 24th January 2007, 12:58

Originally Posted by Fish

Really? Seriously? Your mum called 111 and reported a shooting in progress, and they asked her to pop by the station and register a complaint?

Something's not quite right there.

"Hi. There's a guy with a rifle shooting at our house. I'm huddled on the floor in the corridor. Help."

"Sorry, ma'am, all our units in the area are busy handing out speeding tickets. Can you do a sniper-crawl over to your garage, drive to the local station and fill out a form?"

Straight up, no piss take.

I guess that who ever took the call just didn't believe that in the middle of a city, mid week, in the middle of the day that something like that would actually be happening.

**jrandom** · 24th January 2007, 12:58

Originally Posted by McJim

"Do you know how fast you were travelling?"... I've only heard this second hand of course coz I've never actually met a copper.

Last copper that ticketed me just walked up and said "I got you back there doing 110. Could I see your licence, please?"

(That was on the pushie, of course - pity it wasn't outfitted with Campag, or I would undoubtedly have been going much slower.)

**scumdog** · 24th January 2007, 13:00

Originally Posted by McJim

I'm just sticking up for MSTRS the way you fellas stick up for each other here.

Laters.

Why?
D'you think MSTRS and his ilk are outnumbered????
Or out-thought??

Just some more dumb cop questions...

**jrandom** · 24th January 2007, 13:06

Originally Posted by CaN

I guess that who ever took the call just didn't believe that in the middle of a city, mid week, in the middle of the day that something like that would actually be happening.

Jesus. I'm surprised that a dispatcher giving a 'shooting in progress' call such low priority didn't result in a serious reprimand or summat. Sounds more like seriously bad performance from one individual rather than a systemic problem.

I can't help but think that I must be missing something here.

Are you sure your mum made the situation clear over the phone?