Questions for our KB coppers

[spudchucka]

As coppers, do you support the traffic-centric policies that are being forced on you?

I think the focus is too much on the traffic side but I don't have a problem the current level of traffic enforcement. I would like to see more resources put into general policing and leave the traffic as it is.

And I don't think it is "forced" on us. I write on average about one ticket every two days and they aren't for 61kph. No one is coming down on me because I aint a ticket writing machine.

Have you ever seen another cop do something, or act in a manner that cause you to think "geeze what an asshole, nor wonder the public doesnt like us"? If so did you do anything about it?

I can only think of one incident I have witnessed where I thought the cop went too far. I was only one of about five to witness it. There was a complaint, I was questioned, the guy got some counciling and as far as I'm aware he is still doing the job.

Do you obey the speedlimit yourselves while offduty and on your bikes *grin*

In my car I pretty much never exceed 110kph. I use cruise control a lot! On my bike I like to ride twisty roads that are fun without going crazy speed wise. I like acceleration and power a lot more than i like outright speed, thats why I ride a V2. Sure, the bikes been given the occassional reaming out in the middle of nowhere, just to see what it can do, I'm only human.

[Lias]

No this wasnt intended as a troll.

I'm not unfamiliar with the search function, but trying to narrow down answers to specific questions without wating through dozens of multipage threads is a PITA.

I just thought it would be interesting to get spud and byker cop and any others I havnt spotted in one place to comment from their side of the fence.

[spudchucka]

Are you a fireman?

No, but I do have a hose!

[Waylander]

It's a cave troll, and since the thread is a troll, I just thought LiasTZ might like to see some family pics. (PT alert; whooot, whooot; Don't be alarmed folks this is just a little bit of good natured banter; Warning Wil Robinson; Gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands; That's no small moon!; I was born ready; PT)

Figured that out after a bit. Originally thought it was that beast thingie Luke Skywalker fought in Return of the Jedi..... Think this post should have been in the geek thread.

[spudchucka]

I still remember when you came out of the closet. It was a momentous occasion.

I think you very shortly thereafter switched to that avatar picture of the patrol car with red and blues going... bit like the gay dude who finally admits it to everyone and then immediately starts wearing pink lycra everywhere.

Yeah, well at that stage I was thinking, "fuck it, might as well have some fun".

[spudchucka]

Duh! It's spudchucka, about to arrest a drug dealer with an expired WOF.

I'm much uglier than that pretty boy!

[James Deuce]

No this wasnt intended as a troll.

I'm not unfamiliar with the search function, but trying to narrow down answers to specific questions without wating through dozens of multipage threads is a PITA.

I just thought it would be interesting to get spud and byker cop and any others I havnt spotted in one place to comment from their side of the fence.

I'm stunned. Even with the most sarcastic PT warning I could come up with HE STILL BIT.

The Earth is doomed, doomed I tells ya.

[spudchucka]

No this wasnt intended as a troll.

I'm not unfamiliar with the search function, but trying to narrow down answers to specific questions without wating through dozens of multipage threads is a PITA.

I just thought it would be interesting to get spud and byker cop and any others I havnt spotted in one place to comment from their side of the fence.

If you are serious then feel free to ask whatever you want. I'll answer what I can but don't be offended if its not the answer you were looking for.

[ktulu]

fuck this thread is all over the show.

ok, this has been bugging me since I was 6 years old.... Are "get out of jail free cards" real??? and where can I get some>?

[Lias]

Thanks for taking the time to answer and not flame me as a troll :-) (although I will admit that my main character in an online game I play IS a troll *grin*)

No one is coming down on me because I aint a ticket writing machine.

Comforting to know :-)

Sure, the bikes been given the occassional reaming out in the middle of nowhere, just to see what it can do, I'm only human.

And here's me thinking you were robocop , seriously thou it is nice to know that at least one copper out there is human :-)

[Motu]

check this out and see if you can work mine out

So,um....I see you do a few Asian fences,y'know the big electic controled driveway gates I see going up in the Mt Roskill/Hilsborough area.

[Lias]

I'm stunned. Even with the most sarcastic PT warning I could come up with HE STILL BIT.

The Earth is doomed, doomed I tells ya.

Was more aimed at Jrandom actually :-) Its hard to take any post involving giant brown trolls AND bananas seriously

[James Deuce]

Was more aimed at Jrandom actually :-) Its hard to take any post involving giant brown trolls AND bananas seriously

Exactly. About time that was made public.

I'm going to buy a KTM one day, and then I'll have a fruit bowl.

[ktulu]

Yeah thats for sure motu, it amazes me why people want these huge fences that make their homes feel like a bloody prison, its crazy. And bloody expensive when you get in to the automation but the options are endless. This is a bit of shameless advertising for company really.

Cheers for answering those questions spud, got a family friend in the police who is doing traffic down in cambridge now and he sure had a story or two to tell but it was interesting finding out how things go on the other side of the law.

[jrandom]

Was more aimed at Jrandom actually :-)

Hey! I represent that.

And why does everyone capitalise the 'j' or the 'jr' part of my name? If I'd meant it to be spelled that way, I would have used the Shift key when I typed it in. It's 'jrandom'. In lowercase letters.

Or, if you're Yokai, 1101010 1110010 1100001 1101110 1100100 1101111 1101101.