MJN Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21366175 Armed police swoop on Essex clay pigeon shoot Armed police descended on an organised clay pigeon shoot after concerns were raised about "men with guns". The shoot was held near the Discovery Centre in Great Notley, near Braintree, on Sunday afternoon. As the tactical firearms officers arrived on the ground, the police helicopter hovered overhead. A spokeswoman for Essex Police said officers "established the men were part of an organised shoot" and then departed. What next ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 what the heck is a caly shoot !!!!!!!!!!, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 smells like bored antis from here ,easy in these terrorist times to say help men wid guns police got to respond aint they or the press ad ave a field day.sorry about the pun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Informant should be given a rollocking for wasting police time, tresspassing and god knows how much tax payers money, with the chopper lifting to. If he was so worried about "men with guns" why did he approach them? (in the daily g article) Edited February 7, 2013 by Livefast123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Yes a lot of this stuff seems to be done either from malice or at best extreme stupidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Yes a lot of this stuff seems to be done either from malice or at best extreme stupidity Ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 more waste of tax payers money mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elby Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 How bloody rediculous. Police always complaining about under funding but then send the helicopter up. I remember reading once it's £10k every time it takes off (not sure how true that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy011983 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Obviously people shooting clays in daylight are easy to get confused with terrorists. I wonder if this was the herts and Essex shooting association shoot which i used to belong to. Still I'm sure it was good practise for the old bill and gave them some exercise lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Just wait till inspectors are made up within 3 yrs of joining, that will really put the cat among the pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I Bet it looked a bit ott the police turning up in there arv and being surounded by 20 men carrying shotguns i bet it was a little worrying for the police Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 How bloody rediculous. Police always complaining about under funding but then send the helicopter up. I remember reading once it's £10k every time it takes off (not sure how true that is). Before they mothballed Cambridgeshire's chopper (budget cuts) this apparently was £1,500 per hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDown Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 How bloody rediculous. Police always complaining about under funding but then send the helicopter up. I remember reading once it's £10k every time it takes off (not sure how true that is). No-where close to the truth. Would you prefer officers to be deployed on the ground and shot at? It's a ridiculous argument to use the cheapest available resource rather than the most appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 No-where close to the truth. Would you prefer officers to be deployed on the ground and shot at? It's a ridiculous argument to use the cheapest available resource rather than the most appropriate. Hardly. They need to act on what they know, and we don't know exactly what information they were given at the time - though I find it hard to believe that they didn't know it was a clay shoot before they went. There certainly are times when they have wasted a huge amount of resources, including helicopters, going to a situation where they know full well there is no danger. I'm not saying it happened here, but they do overreact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 No-where close to the truth. Would you prefer officers to be deployed on the ground and shot at? It's a ridiculous argument to use the cheapest available resource rather than the most appropriate. But it clearly wasn't appropriate. Should 10 armed police arrive when a car back fires as it is potentially the most appropriate? You have to be realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Nobody can say what was appropriate as nobody knows what the obvious anti said to the police, he probably told them that the field was full of men with sniper rifles. They are the ones who should get the wrath as they knew it was a clayshoot, not the police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy011983 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Tbh I'm surprised the firearms squad and the police helicopter are not called out more often. Those Walkers with walking sticks could easily be mistaken as the Taliban lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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