The rozzers.. what do you want to know?

[Jon_woo]

Being a plod and a member on here i thought it might be a laugh/learning curve to have a thread where you can ask about something you have always wondered about when it comes to 'the fuzz'

 

Not a "can you get me off three points" thread but more of a "why do cops do this that way" etc. Obviously im not going to explain something that would show myself or the force in a bad light.

 

If mods etc dont think its a good idea then delete away.

 

I will start, i always wondered growing up what was under the hood of a patrol car.

 

Answer - 1.3CDTI 100 BHP with slightly uprated disks and pads :think:

[Brimma]

Why do you pull people over in Mk2 Fabia vRSs for driving with foglights illuminated?  

[999pooch]

To put your answers into perspective, what's your rank? & job you do

[Ootohere]

So how long have you been a serving officer?

basically asking when you passed out of Police College.

 

& would that be, not in Scotland where different laws mean Police Officers do things differently.?

(But are still fine upstanding members of the community.)

[Jon_woo]

We usually get the newer officers to signal for the car to pull over.... sometimes they dont know what they are talking about and us 'older' cops have to step in.

[Jon_woo]

My rank is PC

My role is first responder/response teams

What do i do - Everything called through to 999 except gun crime and serious offensive weapon jobs

How long? - Coming up for 7 years

 

And yes i passed out of training school in England... although my mate is from Scotland and goes on all day and night about how policing is different over the border.... we tell him to wind it in and make the tea

[@Lee]

why do the police always grab hold of the lapels of their vests :think:

[oilburninnut]

Do you like donuts?

[Brimma]

Sorry, when you mentioned making the tea I couldn't resist  

 

 

[Jon_woo]

why do the police always grab hold of the lapels of their vests :think:

 

Trouser pockets looks untidy IMO, any human being will find something to do with their hands if standing around long enough. Just so happens the hands fit snug in there and it keeps them warm!

 

Ideally for personal safety reasons its a big no no as you cant stop yourself from falling over should someone push you, had great fun being shown this in training school, being launched onto the crash mats

[999pooch]

My role is first responder/response teams

What do i do - Everything called through to 999

...and they give you a 1.3cDTi.

[Guest]

I have been told on a few occasions that if I police car has a light out they cannot stop you as their car is not deemed fit for the road? Is this true or a big pile of steaming horse manure?

[Jon_woo]

Do you like donuts?

 

Personally i don't like them but having said that if you took a tray of thirty into my briefing they would be gone within minutes

[Jon_woo]

Sorry, when you mentioned making the tea I couldn't resist  

 

 

 

What can i say about CID? Nothing..... they maybe reading

[Jon_woo]

...and they give you a 1.3cDTi.

 

They do indeed, they wonder why the flywheels/gearboxes/engines give out all the time

[@Lee]

Trouser pockets looks untidy IMO, any human being will find something to do with their hands if standing around long enough. Just so happens the hands fit snug in there and it keeps them warm!

 

Ideally for personal safety reasons its a big no no as you cant stop yourself from falling over should someone push you, had great fun being shown this in training school, being launched onto the crash mats

Sounds like cow tipping.

[999pooch]

Are you really just spying on the Fabia Mk1 boys

[Jon_woo]

I have been told on a few occasions that if I police car has a light out they cannot stop you as their car is not deemed fit for the road? Is this true or a big pile of steaming horse manure?

 

I'm no expert when it comes to every last detail in legislation BUT i would say that's incorrect, you could still get a ticket but i dont know a single cop that would give a ticket for this if they had a light out themselves.

 

Our cars are checked every weekend

[oilburninnut]

If I was really really rich and I stole money of really poor people to make my rich friends even wealthier. Would that be considered a crime?

[Jon_woo]

Are you really just spying on the Fabia Mk1 boys

 

I wish that was the case..... i could tell you the story of being pulled in my own force a few weeks ago for my MK1 showing as having no MOT

[Jon_woo]

If I was really really rich and I stole money of really poor people to make my rich friends even wealthier. Would that be considered a crime?

 

Stealing is a crime sir.... something our force takes VERY seriously. If you call our non emergancy number we can get an officer to you sometime in the next 14 days?

[Auric Goldfinger]

 you can ask about something you have always wondered about when it comes to 'the fuzz'

 

 

 

Yer right, I mention the "Fuzz" every night to the wife,............to no avail    :(

[Brimma]

If I was really really rich and I stole money of really poor people to make my rich friends even wealthier. Would that be considered a crime?

 

No, it would make you a Member of Parliament

[Trekmeister]

Whats your take on pressed plates?

[Auric Goldfinger]

Whats your take on pressed plates?

 

or plates that have been altered, illegal spacing and no Postcode present.