Boys in Blue on a fast food investigation

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 In the 'Borders'
The Boys in Blue called in for lunch at our Local MacD's the other day
4 patrol vehicles all off the road at the same time ..............having their happy meals!

Great opportunity for a Hoon! :wink:
Have removed links as I realised number plates were visible and I am not getting the boys into trouble! Could have been a training (fast road skills or similar) exercise and they just needed to lift their blood sugar levels :thumbsup:
It was a bit 'blatant' however.
 
Hope I dont sound like a party pooper but.......

Send the evidence in to the chief constable and ask him how he can justify this gathering. They are likely not where they are supposed to be. I would definitely do it.

Its time the public started scrutinising the Police standard and behaviour.

Sorry, I just cant see the lighter side of it, to me thee isnt one :x

BTW I havent recently had a run in with the Police, they are unprofessional to much of the time.
 
Couldn't see how they all had to be off the road at the same time either. It certainly didn't look very professional. It was attracting quite a lot of attention by passing motorists and customers not just me.
 
i.m sure they all have there radios with them and could respond instantly. everybody is allowed to have a break
 
Reporting them for that is guaranteeing you will be pulled over on a regular basis to check your tyres, breathalised etc etc.!! :rofl:

Perhaps there had been an incident in the McD's?
 
They would be entitled to a break, which is probably what they were doing. I think it would be unwise to report them Z4MO, however it would be a judgement call at the time, really depends on how strongly you feel about this. Their Force Command Centre would also be aware of exactly where the officers are as their location is transmitted via their Air Wave radios at regular intervals.
 
I know what you're saying but gathering for a meal is not on and you can bet your car on the fact that so many marked units are not detailed to be in the same area at the same time. I was mainly drawing attention to the gathering together.... cant really be a major operation they are on if they are stopping off at Mac D's enroute !

You dont have to write in with your own details if you dont want and you are only asking for an explanation...we can be nosey too.
Anyway i hear what you say but if I see them doing anything inappropriate then I will put pen to paper without putting my home address but c/o address (office) hundreds of cars parked there :wink:
 
They are people doing a job, and are entitled to the same breaks as anyone else at work.

If you saw four "Stop Children" Lollipops leant against a wall and four people in Hi-viz jackets in a cafe together at 10am would you have an issue with this?

Not sure what you meant by blatant.
 
So four cars worth in the station canteen, or four cars in McDonalds, makes no difference and maybe even faster to respond if they're out and about. As someone said, a break from a training exercise maybe.

Live and let live. I'd be more concerned about their crummy diet


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Two angles to this - if they were all meant to be on duty and not an allotted break, then yes, this is wrong.

However, they could've been on a break etc.

As no one actually knows, its not possible to comment and you'd hope that if they were "skiving" (which seems to be the alleged crime) that they'd be more discrete about it.

Perhaps just ask them if seen again?

I quite often stop at McDonalds for breakfast in the morning when en-route to a call. In my NHS shirt, before 10.30am. I'm sure people would think I was skiving, but as no one knows my working hours or what breaks or lunchbreaks I dont take, then they have no right to comment.
 
My guess is they were either stood down or taking a break from an incident or operation, probably involving being kept on duty for extended periods.

They may be dumb enough to eat McD **** but not so dumb as to realise that every man and his dog has a camera and is all to keen to report errant behaviour or that every move is logged on GPS. :roll:
 
Ewazix said:
every man and his dog has a camera and is all to keen to report errant behaviour :roll:
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...or that everyone else is perfect, and therefore entitled to report them, without knowing the facts.

When you work on the road you have to take your breaks when you can, you don't always have the luxury of a set time for lunch etc. Everyone is being expected to work harder for less (in all walks of life, not just public sector) so good on them for asserting themselves.
 
kevinmarkwhite said:
Ewazix said:
every man and his dog has a camera and is all to keen to report errant behaviour :roll:
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...or that everyone else is perfect, and therefore entitled to report them, without knowing the facts.

When you work on the road you have to take your breaks when you can, you don't always have the luxury of a set time for lunch etc. Everyone is being expected to work harder for less (in all walks of life, not just public sector) so good on them for asserting themselves.
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It could have been that the officers been to an incident which had taken a while to sort and they had decided to write up the incident and grab a coffee at the same time, God knows I have been guilty in the distant past of parking a police car in a McDonalds car park. :roll:

As previously mentioned one has to take breaks when one can, no set times as you never know when or what you will be dealing with.
 
The highest standard should be expected from Police officers in particular, it is a position of trust and much of the time officers as public servants have to be aware of how they are perceived by the public. To that end I know that supervisory officers would frown upon such 'Posse' Style meetings .
There could well be a plausible explanation
My view is based on 15 years of service in the Police. You'd be surprised what people get up to.
I could never understand the mentality of traffic officers having worked with them. In the main I found that they were inflexible and rigid in their enforcement of the law. That doesn't make people want anything to do with the Police and actually alienates the public.
Anyway everyone is entitled to their own opinion and no offence intended ( pardon the pun )
 
Z4MO said:
The highest standard should be expected from Police officers in particular, it is a position of trust and much of the time officers as public servants have to be aware of how they are perceived by the public. To that end I know that supervisory officers would frown upon such 'Posse' Style meetings .
There could well be a plausible explanation
My view is based on 15 years of service in the Police. You'd be surprised what people get up to.
I could never understand the mentality of traffic officers having worked with them. In the main I found that they were inflexible and rigid in their enforcement of the law. That doesn't make people want anything to do with the Police and actually alienates the public.
Anyway everyone is entitled to their own opinion and no offence intended ( pardon the pun )
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I respect your perspective but am a bit surprised by the sweeping generalisation about your colleagues, and the reference to a posse? (body of men gathered by the Sheriff for law enforcement)? :wink:
I've had a fair bit of contact with the emergency services and found 'Traffic' to be individuals, some likeable and professional, some less so like any public servants. Several acquaintances were directly/indirectly involved in Taunton motorway tragedy (which my daughter was about 3 mins from being involved in) they were grateful and highly impressed with the way the Officers dealt with the carnage and families. I'm happy to cut a bit of slack over a burger at the risk of undermining someone's Corporate mantra, no offence intended 8)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057829/M5-crash-At-seven-dead-51-injured-motorway-incident.html
 
I appreciate what you have to say and we could go on but I think your reply leaves it on a balanced note. Good on you
 
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