Phooto
newbie
Reged: 27/03/2008
Posts: 1
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http://current.com/items/88856223_you_can_t_picture_this watch this video, quite topical!
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Bawbee
Out on a whim
Reged: 06/05/2000
Posts: 7064
Loc: Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Very Interesting but I couldn't help thinking that I'd seen it before. The guy with the camera stood his ground very well and handled the situation admirably.
I think if a PCSO put his hand up and pushed the lens into my face, I may have reacted differently, the I would/may have been in the wrong.
Where will it all end  
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"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Bawbee Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
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Overread
old hand
Reged: 17/01/2008
Posts: 950
Loc: UK; Suffolk
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He reacted well - in the end the argument was not worth it for the coppers. To be honest though its not the new policy by the police that is the real clincher - its the policy of hte government to set arrest and other such "targets" to be met - and easy things like the above appempt (which proved less simple) are quick ways for a copper on the beat to up quotas with little work. Its not just them being lazy though, if they don't keep thier quotas up then they can come under fire, so there is pressure on them as well.
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Bawbee
Out on a whim
Reged: 06/05/2000
Posts: 7064
Loc: Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Overread,
Please be aware that those depicted in the video are NOT 'coppers', they are PCSO's, Police Community Support Officers. Plastic Polis!
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Bawbee BSRIPN
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Bawbee Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
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Overread
old hand
Reged: 17/01/2008
Posts: 950
Loc: UK; Suffolk
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eh?
ah - your right! my mistake
Who's idea was it to give the local busybodies limited powers (and a reflective jacket)
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Hotblack
Dead Horse Flogger
Reged: 07/03/2006
Posts: 7348
Loc: Upstairs in the spare room.
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Discussed here and on several other threads over the past few weeks.
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Cheers
David
David J White Photography
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