Westley Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 you're not wrong-I doubt there would be a vigil if they shot a bank robber. funny old world. f. No, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the Lawyers would be all over it like a rash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 At the recent Police Federation Conference the much despised Home Secretary Teresa May told the police to "Stop Whining and get on with it." when told that they face another round of swingeing funding cuts. The Police Federation are predicting the end of civilisation as we know it. And yet, if the police can muster the level of response shown in that photo of the scene to something as straightforward as a stray cow, then it breaks my heart to say this, but she might just be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Damned if they do, damned if they don't. I'm not a big fan of the police by any measure really, but I think they are nowadays so fearful of criticism that they often react in such an OTT manner it attracts exactly the type of criticism they are keen to avoid. Last year a stolen car was driven at speed through our town during the busiest tourist attraction period of the year in our town. A senior police officer on duty at the time instructed the driver of a school bus, complete with school kids, to block the road as the stolen car sped towards it. The stolen car collided with the bus and the driver arrested; no one was hurt. The parents of the children on the bus were understandably outraged and in the ensuing public enquiry the police officer apologised profusely but explained he had made a calculated decision in order to try and prevent pedestrian casualties further into town if the driver lost control on the congested, temporarily pedestrianised road. Basically he was in between a rock and a hard place; he had calculated the driver wouldn't want to risk his own life in deliberately driving at full tilt into another vehicle, and he was right. Saying all that, I still believe the response with the cow was hilariously OTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Although i agree with darting the 'beast'.. Its not instant sleep, it would of spooked and run in any direction.. Still think shooting it was extreme. But then so is a vigil Good job those 2 firearms officers from Durham didn't turn up, ' oh sorry they have had the crowbar revoked off the last incident' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I think what gets people is that it was totally over the top - 6 snipers for goodness sake, so many policeman and cars I bet the robbers and muggers would have had a wail of a time elsewhere had they known. A farmer was present with a feed bucket and no doubt would have been able to bring the cow in had he been given a chance, as it is used to being around people as people have attested to children being able to pet it. Animals are killed for meat and if you like meat you live with that but feeling upset about an animal dying whether it be your pet or seen to be killed in a totally over the top fashion is part of the human condition. Animals die so we can eat is a fact but this cow did not die as a natural way of things so people get upset. +1. Sending a helicopter to a possibly "spooked" cow? Senior officers have some answering to do. Doubtless "lessons will be learned." ********! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) He said there was a "massive police presence" with more than 15 police vehicles, a helicopter hovering overhead, and three or four officers in sniper gear. If the police reacted like that here to an escaped cow they would be a laughing stock. At least they didn't bring a lion expert with them this time. Its not the first time the police went a bit over the top. Thirty police officers, an arsenal of guns and a lion expert... all to catch two dangerous dogs More than 30 police officers in riot gear surround a suburban house. Some are carrying rifles. But this was not a deadly stand-off with an armed gang or a lone gunman. Instead the huge police operation was aimed at two dogs. It went on for 30 hours and is estimated to have cost £30,000 Edited May 22, 2015 by ordnance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontastic Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Good job those 2 firearms officers from Durham didn't turn up, ' oh sorry they have had the crowbar revoked off the last incident' They did nowt wrong, when you do humane despatch training blunt force trauma is an acceptable method of despatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 As has been said food bucket job done. I was once working on the construction of a new road. A bullock escaped from a slaughterhouse, it took refuge in a small spinney about a hundred yards from where i was working. Police marksman turns up with tactical type of 12 gauge slug rifle, there were 3 shots, i was later told by the slaughter man who collected the beast, 2 shots were through the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 on the bright side-it looks like a good overtime earner-shame it wasnt bank holiday monday. easy money. f. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) They did nowt wrong, when you do humane despatch training blunt force trauma is an acceptable method of despatch Not a method I have seen any vet using. Are firearms officers trained to bludgeon animals to death. ? It seems that others disagree with you that they did nothing wrong. Two police officers who bludgeoned an injured deer to death have been removed from firearms duties after being found guilty of gross misconduct. Edited May 22, 2015 by ordnance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) They did nowt wrong, when you do humane despatch training blunt force trauma is an acceptable method of despatch Got them suspended after the inquest.all caught on their own camera,the 2 local bobbies in their car could of dispatched it using that method.( that's why one of them lodged the complaint) had to watch it suffer for 15 mins while they waited for an armed response.That not humane,the truth of the matter is they couldn't be ***** with the paperwork. Edited May 22, 2015 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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