Armed police...this is getting silly

[old'un]

I will let the link do the talking

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7rznlpllo

[Penelope]

16 minutes ago, old'un said:

I will let the link do the talking

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7rznlpllo

Madness; no other word for it.

[islandgun]

18 minutes ago, old'un said:

I will let the link do the talking

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7rznlpllo

I wonder who reported that armed children were loose in the park

[old'un]

 

makes me wonder how these armed officers would have reacted if the young lad had pointed the toy gun in their direction????

what!!..A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: "Toy guns should only be used on private property, with permission from the landowner."

[scarecrow243]

the uk is getting worse and there replies A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: "Toy guns should only be used on private property, with permission from the landowner      what utter nonsense

[Scully]

I despair at times, I really do. 
There is no obligation by anyone to only play with toy guns on private property. The spokesperson is clearly trying to deflect criticism due to an over-reaction. 
The police have no option other than to respond, and they obviously soon realised they were kids playing with toys, but I’d be having an in depth talk to whoever reported it. 
 

[enfieldspares]

T'is my reaction also. I think that the kids have been "SWATTED" as the Americans term it. Look it up. That is a "Karen" (another American term) be it male or female has taken umbrage to these children playing and has called the police with malicious will and so scripted her call to 999 as to get the response that arrived. It should be that the person who made the call is also visited by the police.

15 minutes ago, Scully said:

The police have no option other than to respond, and they obviously soon realised they were kids playing with toys, but I’d be having an in depth talk to whoever reported it. 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 12:08 by enfieldspares

[beatie]

is this the police making it up as they go along  or is it any report of a firearm is training for them at whatever cost  

[hawkfanz]

the dipstick that foned the cops needs lockin up.

[den5008]

I’ll take this with a pinch of salt. The press do like to blow stories out of proportion to make a story, can’t imagine like what the mum said “armed police running towards the children shouting “ get down, armed police” , there not that stupid that they can’t see two kids playing with bright orange or blue nerf guns🙄

[Yellow Bear]

2 minutes ago, den5008 said:

there not that stupid that they can’t see two kids playing with bright orange or blue nerf guns

Would not bet on that!!

[ph5172]

It would be interesting to see if they actually were nerf guns. 
the press bit says reminder for toys, airsoft and BB

 

Notice there is not the usual ‘poor old me’ picture of a child and his prized nerf gun which I thought would have taken pride of place on any story 

Edited Wednesday at 13:04 by ph5172

[clangerman]

this is what police training gets you people who would have made perfectly good officers now unable to tell fact from fiction their common sense gone along with the ability to think for their self removed and our taxes are paying for it! 

[BobbyH]

Mental!

When i was a kid, i was lucky enough to have Cap Guns, Spud Guns and then those cheap multi Coloured BB guns from the seaside shops.

BUT....Its the same as any media coverage, i wasnt there, i dunno if they were NERF guns or not?

[Westley]

ALL of these comments on the strength of a news report    ??

I smell a claim for compensation and a month in the Bahamas coming up  ?

By the same score it is only last week a Police Officer was stabbed in the arm and a female Police Officer run down by a car. A 14 year old has just been charged with murder.........and so it goes on. Not surprising that the 'ello, ello, ello, what's going on ere then"  ? approach no longer applies. I know nothing about these plastic guns,  but a news report below the linked one, reported that a kids party was interrupted after someone rang the Police saying they could hear the sound of gunfire. That was a different setting, but 2 armed response vehicles were sent and RIGHTLY so. They ended up having photos taken with the kids involved. 

Edited Wednesday at 13:49 by Westley

[Rim Fire]

48 minutes ago, den5008 said:

there not that stupid that they can’t see two kids playing with bright orange or blue nerf guns🙄

if this is the case why did 4 other cars with between 8 to other officers arrive on scene if they got that much sense  

[old'un]

58 minutes ago, Westley said:

ALL of these comments on the strength of a news report    ??

I smell a claim for compensation and a month in the Bahamas coming up  ?

By the same score it is only last week a Police Officer was stabbed in the arm and a female Police Officer run down by a car. A 14 year old has just been charged with murder.........and so it goes on. Not surprising that the 'ello, ello, ello, what's going on ere then"  ? approach no longer applies. I know nothing about these plastic guns,  but a news report below the linked one, reported that a kids party was interrupted after someone rang the Police saying they could hear the sound of gunfire. That was a different setting, but 2 armed response vehicles were sent and RIGHTLY so. They ended up having photos taken with the kids involved. 

“ALL of these comments on the strength of a news report    ??”….so what's unusual about that??

[ph5172]

I know. Imagine telling a reporter (who gets paid to sensationalise the subject)  exactly the bits you want to tell them knowing that the other party is limited in the response it’s allowed to give. 
 

 

[Scully]

It was on the radio also; repeating the same old tripe of the police spokesperson, that toy guns should only be played with on private property. 
Why hasn’t any journalist asked ‘why’? 

[Westley]

4 minutes ago, Scully said:

It was on the radio also; repeating the same old tripe of the police spokesperson, that toy guns should only be played with on private property. 
Why hasn’t any journalist asked ‘why’? 

Maybe the fact that some people have been justifiably shot by armed police, when waving a 'toy' gun around. I shall await, but will probably never see, the outcome of the body camera's videos of the Officers attending.  I am not going down the road of 'at what point do pull the trigger '........it's been done to death. (Pun intended)

[Bigbob]

Sorry we are far too busy to attend the robbery in your shop we are stopping kids playing with PLASTIC GUNS IN THE PARK 

[old'un]

21 minutes ago, Westley said:

Maybe the fact that some people have been justifiably shot by armed police, when waving a 'toy' gun around. I shall await, but will probably never see, the outcome of the body camera's videos of the Officers attending.  I am not going down the road of 'at what point do pull the trigger '........it's been done to death. (Pun intended)

well in that case we might as-well lock kids away and never let them out with anything that might be mistaken for a real gun.

Unless of course its on private property as suggested by a police spokesperson, then its never likely to happen is it???

[Dougy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-45412616

 

This report from 2018 paints a completely different picture,  what a difference in how we react to a story and how it should have been handled and reported. 

[old'un]

33 minutes ago, Scully said:

It was on the radio also; repeating the same old tripe of the police spokesperson, that toy guns should only be played with on private property. 
Why hasn’t any journalist asked ‘why’? 

its no wonder kids are screwed up, its a bloody park where kids play, as most of us did, mind you I don't expect kids get cowboy and Indian outfits for Christmas any more.

 

[Dougy]

2 minutes ago, old'un said:

its no wonder kids are screwed up, its a bloody park where kids play, as most of us did, mind you I don't expect kids get cowboy and Indian outfits for Christmas any more.

 

I dont think i would be here now with the policing and the gun culture they have to deal with today, we used to go out with air pistols and rifles down the road to a filed and shoot at all sorts, a treat was down the tip shooting at cans. Nobody battered an eyelid if they saw a load of kids out playing as we did. 

But we had nothing like the crime we have now, getting to sound like my Dad "when i was a kid"