Police take bike theft seriously.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Ten police vehicles my behind. A good mate of mine is a Skipper in Linc's, which is the smallest Farce in the UK in terms of personnel numbers. They don't have anywhere near enough staff on duty to drive ten vehicles at the same time in the whole county, never mind in a single patrol sector.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
It's Lincolnshire - when they run out of fingers on one hand they just guess a number.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
I can believe it if it takes seven of them to 'arrest ' a Yorkie.
https://www.itv.com/news/london/201...ensioners-cottage-to-seize-yorkshire-terrier/
https://www.itv.com/news/london/201...ensioners-cottage-to-seize-yorkshire-terrier/
raleighnut
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- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Globalti
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Ten vehicles or two, the report supports what my PC neighbour tells me; that night shifts in provincial towns are as boring as hell thanks to business rates having killed the towns' night life stone dead. Drink driving laws started the process and cheap supermarket booze means pissheads don't even need to bother getting up from the sofa. Any call to attend even the smallest incident is therefore bound to have the officers dropping their coffees and burgers and rushing to the scene in search of excitement.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I think only one actual officer did anything - the others would be there in a standby capacity in case of issues. 6 of the 7 stood about scratching their behinds and talking about getting back to watch The Bill on Dave, but that doesn't make for exciting reporting.
Lincoln has a university, it is anything but quiet at night. If fact that is when it seems to come alive, first time I went in at 2am I could not believe what my eye's were seeing.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Cheap booze in student bars and also the clubs on 'Student night' (mate of mine 'blagged' an NUS card recently, he reckons 2 quid a pint instead of £4 normally)
Globalti
Legendary Member
Cork was the same when we went there for a weekend; absolutely hopping, but it was Paddy's Day though.
The Lancashire mill towns like Burnley and Blackburn are badly affected at night. In fact Blackburn's night life has decamped to Clitheroe thanks partly to the popular new Holmes Mill development incorporating the Bowland Brewery and a renewed taste for proper beer rather than Europiss. That and the fact that the hourly Northern Fail service to Clitheroe gets so crowded that the ticket collector never manages to move beyond the first half carriage so if you're lucky you can travel for free..
The Lancashire mill towns like Burnley and Blackburn are badly affected at night. In fact Blackburn's night life has decamped to Clitheroe thanks partly to the popular new Holmes Mill development incorporating the Bowland Brewery and a renewed taste for proper beer rather than Europiss. That and the fact that the hourly Northern Fail service to Clitheroe gets so crowded that the ticket collector never manages to move beyond the first half carriage so if you're lucky you can travel for free..
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Do they bring in the neighbours, though? It used to be said that you could tell when things were about to kick off in Bristol when you saw police with "HEDDLU" on their vests (keeper of the peace, my foot!)
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So that's why when I went through the roadworks there was all the cones but nobody was working
