General Chat

I reckon its like when I was at school, with the road safety lot coming round the schools.......only now its more terrorist orientated ....

when I was a youngster a cop had a whistle and a truncheon(hidden in his trousers)
you could ask a policeman the time,and he would tell you with a smile..... or he would clip you round the ear if you were naughty enough to deserve it......
these days with armed policemen on the streets they are still trying to come across to children as a friendly person,
but to me body armour and all the bits n bobs on their belt, they are intimidating......they are losing the support of the public.....(in my opinion) and are trying to get some street cred with the youngsters........
Bob

I went to give a witness statement on a racial abuse incident. The policeman on duty tried to ignore me. Fortunately the community policeman for the area arrived, recognised me, and insisted PC 'I'm a big man' took my statement. Not very impressed.

I'm also afraid a community policeman, cycling in the Cathedral grounds, trying to talk on his phone. and totally disregarding pedestrians got the sharp edge of my tongue. :-|

Oh, and the time I had a shotgun spray through my window.
I'd seen the lad showing the gun off to some girls. Then the pr*tt hit the trigger - it wasn't personal, I didn't know him.
Got the police out for the insurance. One moron asked me who's husband I'd been sh*gging. I VERY politely suggested he leave my house immediately. I wish I'd followed it up with an official complaint, but it was my word against a pr*t tin a uniform.

On the whole though, most policemen are okay.

Just to make things clear - the children were visiting the Police HQ, not the other way round

"Young winners of a colouring competition see police officer accidentally fire weapon into the ground during school visit to police HQ"

Link to the Daily Telegraph
http://tiny.cc/xa4zox

Although I don't know anything about guns, aren't responsible and authourised users supposed to ensure that it is completely safe before educational demonstrations?

Apparently the gun,,,,,,,ejects spent casing from the side so its quite easy to imagine how the casing could have traveled and hit the young child,,,,,why show any child a gun in the first place is beyond me,,,,,,,,this part of policing isnt for exposure to children and especially one as young as 4.!

QUITE so DET



Any target shooter is obliged to ensure that his firearm is safe BEFORE leaving the firing point

usually with the breech open and a flag of some sort fitted to the action to PROVE that the firearm is safe........Any one not doing so CAN be banned from the sport.

Any one demonstrating a firearm is obliged to PROVE it is safe ..

And it really is of no difference if the police visited a school, or vice versa
SAFETY is the prime objective.....

the police insist on describing our shooting equipment as a WEAPON, we use it as a tool,

it appears that the term WEAPON should only be applied when the firearm is in police hands...