Are the police above the law???

[mcconnachie]

Sorry David. Cheap shot. Makes sense you'll own a generator.

Gleeber, I'll answer any questions that'll not give away sensitive operational procedure or discredit the Force (not the Obi Wan one)

[david]

No I am not blind/ pray tell why u ask?

Just interested.

[sandyr1]

You can't just pique our curiosity like that and then just leave us hanging gleeber! That's positively ungentlemany conduct

Gleeber a gentleman??? Ohhhh Gosh......Really?

[david]

Sorry David. Cheap shot. Makes sense you'll own a generator.

Gleeber, I'll answer any questions that'll not give away sensitive operational procedure or discredit the Force (not the Obi Wan one)

Mmm sorry lost me there.

[golach]

Gleeber a gentleman??? Ohhhh Gosh......Really?

One of Thursa's finest Sandy....so I have been told

[gleeber]

Gleeber, I'll answer any questions that'll not give away sensitive operational procedure or discredit the Force (not the Obi Wan one)

Are the police taught to be cool towards the general public in their private lives and if so how does it effect you as a policeman living in a small community?

[sandyr1]

Are the police taught to be cool towards the general public in their private lives and if so how does it effect you as a policeman living in a small community?

Loaded Q????

[sandyr1]

One of Thursa's finest Sandy....so I have been told

And I was under the assumption he were a Lady.....Gosh /////gosh

[gleeber]

Loaded Q????

I hope so sandy.

[Blazing Sporrans]

Does 'cool' mean offhand and distant or is it 'cool' as in Fonzie sort of cool.......?

[sandyr1]

And I was under the assumption he were a Lady.....Gosh /////gosh

Care to comment Gleeber?

[gleeber]

And I was under the assumption he were a Lady.....Gosh /////gosh

So that's why you kept sending me PMs. You dirty owld sod.

[gleeber]

Does 'cool' mean offhand and distant or is it 'cool' as in Fonzie sort of cool.......?

It means an incomplete contact. Distant kind of. Yes

[sandyr1]

So that's why you kept sending me PMs. You dirty owld sod.

You are so funny!!!!!

[Blazing Sporrans]

It means an incomplete contact. Distant kind of. Yes

Damn....... Fonzie cool would have made for a really interesting answer!!!

[david]

Sorry David. Cheap shot. Makes sense you'll own a generator.

Gleeber, I'll answer any questions that'll not give away sensitive operational procedure or discredit the Force (not the Obi Wan one)

Discredit the force- you -surely not.

[gleeber]

Damn....... Fonzie cool would have made for a really interesting answer!!!

Im sure they have that too but thats the natural bit.

[sandyr1]

Discredit the force- you -surely not.

Say something Normal & Nice

[Blazing Sporrans]

Discredit the force- you -surely not.

Change the record david.... or should that be mp3 download these days?

[Phill]

Ooooh, this is all moving along quite pleasantly! Where are we upto? Copper bashing, mason bashing or all off dogging down the Trinkie?
I do hope we're not going to let this one go to private PM's, mucho fun in the public domain.

[thread topic moment]
I think the reality is the polis have for a long time been in a no win situation: if they don't turn up within minutes and instantly collar the perp', they are useless & inept. If they do you for speeding there heavy handed, overzealous and 'should be arresting real criminals'.
And no, they are not above the law. But we knew that already.
The Police though is a big business with a huge number of staff(UK wide), so it is inevitable that there will be the incompetent, inept, lazy and powercrazed. Equally there will be the conscientious, hard working and dedicated coppers plus everything in between.

I do think though, that collectively they need to take a look at themselves, their actions and how they present themselves in public. I'm being constructive here. It is lacking and often gives the impression, to me at least, of a bunch of ego maniacs looking to show that they can enforce 'something' as a primary role and actual policing being the secondary role.
I have had very little to do with Northern Constabulary and only experienced very little of their work but they don't seem any better or worse than other forces in this respect.

There was reference earlier in the thread to the 'reality' fly on the wall type programs about the coppers. These often do show the police in their worse light, maybe they're playing up for the camera though. Either way it doesn't promote them very well in my opinion.

Generally speaking however we do need 'em, 'cept fer hiding in their camera vans!
[/thread topic moment]

Anyway no point interrupting the debate with anything to do with the thread....bunkers, generators and paranoia sounds good!