tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1633935934738396107..comments2024-03-18T15:08:44.116+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: The Phrase That's Surprisingly Ubiquitous...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15695109751164429092010-04-06T06:15:49.466+01:002010-04-06T06:15:49.466+01:00"Seems to be a standard police response too t...<i>"Seems to be a standard police response too these days.<br /><br />Keen? Yes, like an aspiration? Something the police would rather like to do but...""well, its just so inconvenient at the moment. Maybe we'll get round to it one day?""</i> <br /><br />Maybe, if we are lucky. <br /><br />But <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263734/Shopkeeper-asked-policeman-help-chased-thieves-told-You-better-police.html" rel="nofollow">the signs aren't good</a>...<br /><br /><i>"I received several voicemails, reassuring me that everything was ok, nobody was killed. I felt as if I was being put on the psychiatrist's couch by the police. I shouldn't be worrying, was their message."</i> <br /><br />Doubtless there's a target for this sort of thing. It's the kind of 'policing' that causes great anguish over on the police blogs.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63326791610623608352010-04-06T01:50:25.981+01:002010-04-06T01:50:25.981+01:00I saw a bloke getting kicked by gang of youths few...I saw a bloke getting kicked by gang of youths few months ago. I expressed concern that he may have even been kicked to death, as was somebody else recently in the same area.<br /><br />I received several voicemails, reassuring me that everything was ok, nobody was killed. I felt as if I was being put on the psychiatrist's couch by the police. I shouldn't be worrying, was their message.<br /><br />They seemed to have much more emphasis on 'reassuring' the public than, it appeared, thsn actually trying to enforce the law.marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220360546519492355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-57658662452964968212010-04-06T00:46:58.606+01:002010-04-06T00:46:58.606+01:00"we are very keen to track down those respons..."<i>we are very keen to track down those responsible"</i><br /><br />Seems to be a standard police response too these days. <br /><br />Keen? Yes, like an aspiration? Something the police would rather like to do but...""well, its just so inconvenient at the moment. Maybe we'll get round to it one day?"John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90082031165985924492010-04-05T17:54:50.343+01:002010-04-05T17:54:50.343+01:00"You can't beat the police but they sure ..."You can't beat the police but they sure as hell can G20 you at will"<br /><br />..... but I'd like to stress that police assaults and executions leading to convictions and punishments for the uniformed, are thankfully rare.....Smellie by professionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38879551459098725162010-04-05T14:45:49.065+01:002010-04-05T14:45:49.065+01:00You can't beat the police but they sure as hel...You can't beat the police but they sure as hell can G20 you at will.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48305847159161461952010-04-05T13:41:14.632+01:002010-04-05T13:41:14.632+01:00Well spotted. You really are the expert in police ...Well spotted. You really are the expert in police bullshit.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-1491864180972603832010-04-05T13:26:43.633+01:002010-04-05T13:26:43.633+01:00You CAN beat the police...but you're going to ...You CAN beat the police...but you're going to jail if they catch you... ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23072755077400154692010-04-05T13:07:37.723+01:002010-04-05T13:07:37.723+01:00"This was a terrifying experience for the vic..."This was a terrifying experience for the victim, who is really young."<br /><br />You can't beat the police (maybe the wrong choice of phrase?) for stating the bleedin' obvious....microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-60047976195660767432010-04-05T10:56:17.484+01:002010-04-05T10:56:17.484+01:00All part of their community relations training, tr...All part of their community relations training, trying to minimise the obvious to anyone circumstances of increasing community violence.<br /><br />They have targets and quotas to meet you know and can't be having with the inconvenient facts getting in the way.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.com