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Was on BBC1 Scotland tonight - maybe was on other channels at different times.
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Was on BBC1 Scotland tonight - maybe was on other channels at different times.
Sorry Bobby, should have thought of that.
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Smug git and obviously looking 'concerned' for the cameras willing to bet a large some of money that he behaves even more insufferably when no cameras are there.
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Yes, have to agree, a very unprffessional 'cop'.
Had he of stopped me, I would have given him a stern dressing down for chewing gum while speaking to me, having his hands in his pockets, and his general manner of addressing a member of the public. Did anyone see how he drove round the bends slouched in his seat, with one finger hooked on the steering wheel, arm resting on the door, other on the gear leaver, what an incompetant hypocrite. He also punished the "possibly/maybe" people worse than those who had lost control or crashed of the roads!
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Rishab
But would you have given him a stern dressing down? I would suggest that maybe after a ticket was issued and you had nothing to lose, then yeah, maybe let rip. But up until that time I would suggest that the majority of us would let the copper say whatever he wanted if it meant that we would not get points?
Makes it all the more infuriating and yes, I agree with a previous post that he is probably a lot worse in the smugness dept when the cameras are not there.
Agreed, a youngster put his Saxo into a field with a bald tyre and gets a telling off, a biker goes over a double white and gets 3 points? Mmmm
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Shove a camera on someone and they start acting. These "Real Life" documentary's are becoming one big yawn. The original Police Camera Action was interesting because it gave an insight into the work of traffic policing we hadn't seen before, but like the learning to drive documentary soaps they are just the same old formula over and over again.
For a real sickbag experience, try and catch Sherrif something or other on sat tv. The man who put the mug in smug.
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Never speak ill of Sherrif John Bunell (Ret.)
NEVER
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Adam
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Never speak ill of Sherrif John Bunell (Ret.)
Relative?
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Seconded. 27 years of law enforcement and a bomb-proof barnet combined with a wicked sense of humour make him really top quality entertainment.
From Sunday on Channel 5
"This drunk seventeen year old in her Mum's car is Underage, under the influence and now under arrest."
Brilliant
-- Lee Having a Fabialous time.
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However, he does try to glorify something they should be warning people against, and also spends a lot of time talking utter, utter rubbish.
"This person sped at uncontrollable speeds along a busy highway with no regard for others safety, swerving from lane to lane"
Cut to picture from UK road of someone doing 75mph on a motorway, pulling into the fast klane smoothly and overtaking someone.
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a lot of time talking utter, utter rubbish.
Not much else comes out of TV these days, but I do find John Bunnell entertaining. He does some great golf videos too.
Er, and Volkswagen make a car called a Golf....shuffling back to motoring
-- Lee Having a Fabialous time.
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Don't get me started on him again. He cracks me up!
You'll see them on an empty highway at 1am chasing a 15 year old in a BM and he'll go "They reached breakneck speeds of 100 miles per hour. It's a miracle the car didn't turn over!" like BMW's are prone to just flipping upside down on a completely flat road.
Another good one is "If he's not careful this suspect will make it from 60 to eternity in no time at all"
Have you ever noticed how they're always "seconds away from disaster".
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Adam
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And what about Captain C W Jensen? A solid pillar of sensible advice.
Why is it that the American cops come across on TV much better than the UK ones? They seem to have a more relaxed air of authority. Perhaps it's the gun.
What you're about to see in the next sixty minutes is real
-- Lee Having a Fabialous time.
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C.W. Jensen's badge seems to get brighter every time he's on!
And remember Lee, "danger is a reality that can't be avoided"
"This drunk will see more bars than he bargained for. for a long time!"
Superb!
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Adam
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{laughs}
We're gonna get this thread pulled here, so I'll keep the new ones to posts elsewhere...
The standard issue patrol car. It's a life saving tool
Lee.
{still chuckling}
-- Lee Having a Fabialous time.
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Hilarious. The man is a legend. I'll keep thinking of some of his more witty quotes!
I'm still laughing!
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Adam
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For a real sickbag experience, try and catch Sherrif something or other on sat tv. The man who put the mug in smug.
I hate this guy with a passion normally reserved for Micra drivers.
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The thing that irks me the most about Sheriff John is his constant repetition of "You can't beat the law".
Bearing in mind that half of America's rich list is made up of Mafia Dons I don't know where he gets that from.
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oh come on - he was fair enough.
He let off the bloke in the lotus who nearly lost it because he was genuinely sorry and wouldnt do it again, and he nicked the biker because he jumped the white lines *and didnt look in the mirrors to see a copper in full livery on his tail*
thats sheer stupidity and shows lack of care and he would probably do it all again and boast to his mates.
Two classic instances of failing the attitude test.
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But... there isn't even supposed to be an attitude test, in fact they have a little handbook to pursude them otherwise.
I can't believe they even bother to stop a motorcyclist who can see for miles ahead and takes about 0.5 secs to get around a car, they encroach onto the opposite carriageway about 2 feet anyway.
I have yet again had dealings with the Police at work over very serious crimes involving large numbers of really bad habitual criminals, that they just don't seem in the slightest bit bothered about, taking some 3 days to arrive to a serious incident, they seem to avoid real crime like hares avoid hounds.
A freind has just joined the service in Nottingham, and at the passing out parade the chief contable addressed the rows of new recruits, "Hi, I'm Steve! Your chief contable..." That just about sums it up.
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If i get pulled over by the police for no obvious reason, and they start trying to impose their authority on me by aggressive behaviour and/or threats of points/fines, i always ensure that i remain calm and polite with them, but ask if i may take down their names and numbers.
I've had this happen many times, and twice from the same undercover car which was not road legal (headlight out, and was stopped by same car twice in a fortnight).
Every time, this request results in them backing down and usually driving off without any further needless questioning.
**I get pulled over a lot due to me being in my early twenties, and often driving around town late on friday and saturday nights. I have no issue with being spot-checked as long as the policeman conducting it are reasonable in their manner**
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**I get pulled over a lot due to me being in my early twenties, and often driving around town late on friday and saturday nights. I have no issue with being spot-checked as long as the policeman conducting it are reasonable in their manner**
I guess I must be lucky as I never seem to suffer from this. I am also early 20's - just - but have the unfortunate problem that I look about 3 years younger than I am. Constantly asked for ID's in pubs etc.
Yet despite driving around town, often on Saturday nights when I pick friends up etc, in a car that looks far beyond my insurability prospects, I've never been stopped for no reason (Never stopped at all infact).
Wonder why?
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I started watching it last night - until after a few minutes I discovered it was yet another BBC repeat masquerading under a new title.
I video'd it as I was watching The Bill. But same as you Frostbite - seen this one at least twice before, and one of those times was earlier this year, when it was shown at 22:30. Zapped through it only then to realise I had set the timer wrong and recorded the Whistleblower programme afterwards, which made much better viewing.
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Keep hearing the term 'cat and fiddle'
As i'm from 'dahn sarf' i'm a bit naive here. What is it?
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'cat and fiddle'
Name of pub on the A537 Buxton to Macclesfield over the Pennines - given its name to the road
www.derekmobbs.com/CatAndFiddle/intro.asp
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Tom Shaw: That's Sheriff John Bunnell (Retired), and he makes a number of programmes along those lines. I've almost given up watching any that he fronts. They tell you what you're going to see, then he gives his homily, then you see a long drawn out process of the chase, with the climactic scenes repeated several times with some wierd scene shift distortion stuff. Then they recap it for you and you see it again several times while John intones some more purple prose. The makers obviously have worked out how to make ten minutes of material fill half an hour of television. To cap it, most of their material has been in other programmes, and presented better.
The British programmes are far better.
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Meant to say re the Traffic Cops program, I take it Alfa wouldn't be too keen in seeing one of their cars "spontaneously combust (the copper's words), and write itself off due to fire, right in front of the cameras!
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The traffic cops series was shown on Men and Motors molnths ago.
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\"Nothing less than 8 cylinders will do\"
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I never thought I'd see the day when a boy in blue would refer to an offender as "Mate".
No wonder people are losing or have lost respect for the Police.
I have always treated them with respect as I acknowledge that they do a thankless job and when people are in trouble, who do they turn to first but I'm afraid any policemen that speaks to me like that will be quickly reminded of his status and mine.
Don't get me wrong, i have taken many a rollocking from coppers and been booked for the odd speeding offence but accepted them in good grace but equally the Police personnel concerned all treated me with respect and courtesy.
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