(11 May 2012, 15:17)Pagan-Mist Wrote: I don't really have that much time for the police these days. I have in the past needed their help only to have been badly let down by them hence the reason I'm back in bristol, they seem more interested in cathing speeding cars than anything else, but saying that if I saw one who needed help I would help I should imagine its a thankless job
Same here.
Few years ago I called the police as someone was being assaulted with a padlock on a chain, then someone else joined in and they both attacked this bloke. Called the police, followed the people down the road giving descriptions etc, then they did a runner. Old bill turned up, we had to go make statements, so I sat in the police station giving my statement to a "special" constable. Special was definitely the word. This bloke couldn't type at all (should be a prerequisite when ALL OF YOUR REPORTS ARE TYPED UP!) and couldn't spell for shit. Took at least 2 hours.
We didn't really think much more of it, until I spotted the other policeman in a pub on his night off. I asked him what had happened...
They'd found the bloke that had been attacked (in the hospital having his head stitched up) and the people who had attacked him. It was over an unpaid drug debt. He didn't want to press charges, they denied it anyway.
Turns out I spent more time in the fucking police station that the lot of 'em combined!
Also, I commented on his very practical bright yellow hi-vis vest and jacket. He laughed and said the police force / government had spent millions of pounds on these new hi-vis vests (so coppers don't get run over - or to help you aim
)
Now someone's realised that sometimes the police may need to sneak up on people, so now they're ordering a whole lot of new, black, vests. Being smart, they sold a huge portion of the stock of the old stuff on.
Nice to see they're spending our tax money wisely...
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