Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
16-08-2010, 15:07
|
#1
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 9,261
|
Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Not saftey fears for the public but the crooks....
Police were ordered not to pursue motorbikes stolen from a showroom in Greater Manchester because the thieves were not wearing helmets.
Wtf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-10984311
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:13
|
#2
|
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 7,020
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
|
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it had adhered to the national policy.
|
It's exceptionally rare for pursuits involving motorbikes to be authorised.
__________________
Parkrun. Free weekly timed 5km runs throughout the UK
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:15
|
#3
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 9,261
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek S
It's exceptionally rare for pursuits involving motorbikes to be authorised.
|
Lets hope no one tells the crims of this then...
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:21
|
#4
|
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 7,020
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Lets hope no one tells the crims of this then...
|
At least some of them are well aware of it. One of the more prevalent car thieves where I work goes out of his way to get pursuits abandoned through his actions.
Funnily enough he hasn't nicked any cars in the last 12 months or so. And they say prison doesn't work... 
Anyway if you ever suffer from insomnia and want a surefire cure you can google ACPO pursuit guidelines and see exactly how restricted the Police are in some situations.
__________________
Parkrun. Free weekly timed 5km runs throughout the UK
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:21
|
#5
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Doncaster, S. Yorks.
Age: 28
Services: TV:M+, BB:M(10Mbit), Phone:M
Posts: 2,186
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
The reason is, if the police initiate a high speed pursuit, with people not wearing helmets, they aren't going to care much if they kill someone are they? Better safe than sorry in my eyes.
__________________
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
 |
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:23
|
#6
|
|
Official CF Mafia member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Right here!
Posts: 9,082
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek S
At least some of them are well aware of it. One of the more prevalent car thieves where I work goes out of his way to get pursuits abandoned through his actions.
Funnily enough he hasn't nicked any cars in the last 12 months or so. And they say prison doesn't work...
Anyway if you ever suffer from insomnia and want a surefire cure you can google ACPO pursuit guidelines and see exactly how restricted the Police are in some situations. |
Yes, it must be extremely frustrating to be subject to more and more performance targets whilst at the same time being bound by more rules/policies which seem to favour wrongdoers.
__________________
God only knows what sort of mess we'd be in if Bliar hadn't been 'tough on crime...' and Brown hadn't been so 'prudent'...
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:28
|
#7
|
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 7,020
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by haydnwalker
The reason is, if the police initiate a high speed pursuit, with people not wearing helmets, they aren't going to care much if they kill someone are they? Better safe than sorry in my eyes.
|
It's a bit of a slippery slope though IMO. If you stop the Police going after people in cars and on bikes then pretty soon everyone with a bit of thievery in mind will get themselves into a vehicle and start driving like a twonk knowing full well unless a helicopter is right overhead the Police will have to stand down after they pull a few dodgy manouevers.
__________________
Parkrun. Free weekly timed 5km runs throughout the UK
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:32
|
#8
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 9,261
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by haydnwalker
The reason is, if the police initiate a high speed pursuit, with people not wearing helmets, they aren't going to care much if they kill someone are they? Better safe than sorry in my eyes.
|
That can't be true, if it is we might as well give up now. I'd have bought grudgingly that the police were concerned about the crooks safety but on the assumption that reckless thieves might not be concerned about killing others because they don't have a helmet on, why bother chasing suspects at all. I'd have said it might be better to see how they are behaving whilst being chased and govern accordingly, it's not worth risking public saftey over catching them but at the same time imo they shouldn't just be allowed to escape.
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:43
|
#9
|
|
Posting with Cattitude.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Manchester.
Services: XL V+, L BB & phone
Posts: 9,126
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
On a safety of the thief issue, I wonder how many car thieves put their seat belts on?
__________________
.......
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 15:54
|
#10
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea
Age: 55
Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub(wired)
Posts: 2,980
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Arm them with rocket-propelled grenades instead...
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 16:16
|
#11
|
|
Official CF Mafia member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Right here!
Posts: 9,082
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by joglynne
On a safety of the thief issue, I wonder how many car thieves put their seat belts on?
|
...and when they're caught I wonder if they're 'done' for not wearing them... 
__________________
God only knows what sort of mess we'd be in if Bliar hadn't been 'tough on crime...' and Brown hadn't been so 'prudent'...
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 21:39
|
#12
|
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Glasgow
Services: SkyHD and Broadband
Posts: 7,020
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Spanish Police don't seem too bothered by the Human Rights Act and Health and Safety of bike riding criminals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoUa...layer_embedded
__________________
Parkrun. Free weekly timed 5km runs throughout the UK
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 21:43
|
#13
|
|
Not Virgin Media Staff
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Luton
Services: Virgin Media.
TIVO
XXL BROADBAND
XL PHONE
Posts: 1,655
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek S
|
Holy Cow ! that stop him
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 22:22
|
#14
|
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2006
Services: Triple XL (BB 30Mb), TiVo, V+
Posts: 22,022
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Firm but fair.
__________________
Just to make it clear if a post is bold and is from a team member, it's a moderating decision. If it's not bold or not from a team member, it's not.
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2010, 22:43
|
#15
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Cambridgeshire
Age: 50
Posts: 3,979
|
Re: Safety Fears Stops Police Pursuit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek S
|
Should be the same over in the uk. Once you commit a crime, you lose all of your `Human Rights`. The innocent have Human rights also to be protected from wrongdoers for want of a better word that won`t get me infracted again. 
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:56.
|
Join CF
You are here: 
Minigolf
Tetris
Pacman
