We have heard of laws been set in concrete
- but never
police cars.
Can you imagine what the police officer (our informant believes it's
a woman?) would say to the duty sergeant?
'A little
brown dog suddenly came out in front of me and I swerved to miss him'
. or 'I was following a suspect who tip-toed across the concrete and gave pursuit.'
A high tech, theft-proof £75,000 [$ 146,000 USD] police car was stolen in
Berlin, Germany - after officers left it unlocked with the key in the ignition.
The special BMW, which features high-tech surveillance equipment and
sophisticated electronic locks and immobilisers to make it theft proof, was the
pride of the Berlin police force. It was stolen in the city's Wedding district
when two officers jumped out to chase a joy-rider on foot after he had abandoned
a stolen car.
The criminal got away and when the officers went back they found the
expensive BMW gone.
Some police officers are so overweight they can only transport one
suspect in their squad cars. Tests found some police vehicles carrying two
large officers are within 14 stone of legal weight limits, Will and Guy have
learned from the Daily Telegraph. That means they can only carry one suspect
in the back of the car and if two people are arrested the officers would
have to radio for another vehicle.
Overweight police cars may not be insured if they are involved in an
accident and officers could be left open to legal action by suspects injured
in an a crash. Officers could also be fined for driving an overloaded
vehicle on the roads and there are concerns that the weight burden could
affect the handling and stopping distances of patrol cars.
One force, Lothian and Borders, Scotland, has already decided that only
one passenger can be carried in the back of some of its vehicles because
they are close to legal weight limits. The standard patrol car is a
1.6-litre Ford Focus or a 1.3-litre Vauxhall Astra. As well as police
officers they carry computers, cameras, fire extinguishers, stingers, metal
road signs and body armour.
Perhaps police forces all over the world should regularly exercise and
have their fitness tested.
Thanks to Hugh Muir who writes in The Guardian Diary column about a probationary police officer who found a message requesting him to call a Detective Inspector Dration. The keen,
young policeman picked up the phone and asked to speak with DI Dration. You couldn’t make it up. (Dehydration)
Pauline and Guy have just returned
from a holiday in Prague and therefore we can identify this picture as being from near the centre of this most interesting city. Once again, there is an indication that it's
a woman driver.
Incidentally, Prague is the only place where we have been on holiday where Pauline said, 'Guy please don't
hire a car'
.
'It was like Crocodile Dundee, Brazoria style,' Brazoria Police Chief Neal
Longbotham said.
Many car drivers are happy to carry their pets by car; dogs are
commonplace as passengers all over the world. Recently, however, Will and Guy
have established from 'The Facts' newspaper in Brazoria, Texas, USA that police
who stopped William Eric Johnson for performing an illegal u-turn got a mild surprise
when they found that the driver was, in fact, a felon wanted for burglary.
What surprised the police even more was the ferocious alligator roaming free in
the car: a live alligator some six feet long. They took this photograph of the
reptile, at rest, on the rear window ledge.
A warden took the alligator into care, while the police took Johnson into
custody.
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