Saturday 10 December 2016

"Because It's OK When We Do It!" Part 587419

Armed police stormed a quiet rural village after a passerby mistook a pensioner's speed gun for a real weapon.
This one does at least look a little bit like a gun, despite being bright orange.
He claims Dorset Police have been aware of his campaign for some time and have asked him to stop before, although he is legally allowed to do it.
Well, why not? It seems to be OK for schoolkids, after all.
'They asked if I had been out with my speed gun that day and then started lecturing me.
There were about four policemen in each car and they were all carrying these big guns. It was very intimidating
'They radioed the helicopter to say "we don’t need you" and then moaned about the cost of them all coming out.
'I said the cost was nothing to do with me and that I hadn’t called them out.'
Police do get a bit irked about wasting police time sometimes. Odd, since they waste so much of it themselves.
In the months prior to this incident PCSOs had asked Mr Wallis to stop what he was doing over fears he could cause an accident.
Funny. They don't seem to worry about that when they want to run an approved campaign.
Police have also told him he needs to phone them to tell them when he's going out and that he must wear a high visibility jacket.
Clearly, these have some sort of mystical power.
Mr Wallis maintains he is acting within the law and said he would not waste money on phone calls or risk being accused of masquerading as a policeman.
No chance of that, Mr Wallis. You're actually out there, on the streets, doing something.

4 comments:

The Jannie said...

The rozzers - or what passes for their management - really don't get it, do they? There are so many occasions where they seem intent on proving Joe Public's sinking image of them. The fixation with "hate crimes" - name calling as we grownups call them - just reinforce it.

Anonymous said...

Cut and paste from the Daily Mail? Oh dear. I like the use of the word "storm" instead of "driving to". I also find it hard to believe that Dorset has 24 armed officers on duty at any one time-even with fully-automatic rifles.
Embarrassing story full of holes but it will stir up this blogs resident village idiot and self-proclaimed expert on everything to pontificate in a pompous and sneering way as usual.
Jaded.

Curmudgeon said...

Mind you, pensioners with speed guns are one of the worst kinds of sanctimonious busybody ;-)

JuliaM said...

"The rozzers - or what passes for their management - really don't get it, do they?"

Nope!

"I also find it hard to believe that Dorset has 24 armed officers on duty at any one time-even with fully-automatic rifles."

Yup, me too. But even allowing for that, this story doesn't paint a pretty picture, does it?

"Mind you, pensioners with speed guns are one of the worst kinds of sanctimonious busybody ;-)"

Heh!