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@ritchinparadise @YoungBobRB That’s a reach. He’s pushing the megaphone.

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@sherlock_comms @ajrgd Oh, and he gets out on the left! The steering wheel is on the right in England. 👌🏻

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@sherlock_comms @ajrgd Hey bud - he’s not!

He tells the driver to pull off, pull off, and also identifies the driver separately to himself by collar number. Typically the “operator” (passenger) covers all comms. The driver just drives.

Still impressive!

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@DannyBoySaga Sorry mate, he absolutely rinsed you.

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@AVintenAuthor You’re a deliberately provocative creator with a public profile that you proactively promote. You have several thousand followers. Your content is widely discussed by police officers because you’re obsessed with them.

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@AVintenAuthor @Lewie75 What exactly possessed you to respond to his plain acceptance of your decision not to progress the relationship several hours later (and in fact the next day) with a weird, baseless jab about trust? And then post your private conversation online?

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@smalltxyy @MrTeddyBrukShot @Kent_Online https://t.co/13nyDzei76

You were saying…

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@smalltxyy @ReAxion_ @Kent_Online You really have absolutely no idea.

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@kingkapoor72 As it happens, videos posted to X with “a couple of names” is not how you report a crime to the police.

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@InvertTheWing Can we see the huge cut?

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@OpenChiswickW4 @JohnSmi51639986 @PC_Angry Oh look, he’s blocked me.

Nothing to say, because he knows he’s being daft.

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@OpenChiswickW4 @JohnSmi51639986 @PC_Angry While I appreciate the sentiment that sipping coffee and browsing SM looks like “doing nothing”, merely being on standby is, in this context, in fact, “doing something.”

I’d be interested too in precisely which “traffic offences” you suggest are being committed.

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@OpenChiswickW4 I’m afraid the only tangible delusion here is your impression that a specific operational command decision was made to statically place an ARV *exclusively* for cyclist red light deterrent, instead of/in spite of any other task. You must know that simply isn’t the case.

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@OpenChiswickW4 @JohnSmi51639986 @PC_Angry Precisely what things are you referring to?

There isn’t just an endless bucket of tasks waiting for ARV attention (fortunately).

Part of the ARV model is an intentional excess of available resource so that deployment can be effectively instantaneous.

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@geoff_slee @TheNorskaPaul It’s easy to shrug and suggest they should just drive carefully.

Not so easy when you’re getting hounded by your inspector for missing the charter time on a job.

On a huge geographical patrol area, with declining staff numbers and increasing demand.

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@geoff_slee @TheNorskaPaul There will be grumpy conversations right the way up the chain of command, and those statistics will be reported and used to assess the effectiveness of forces.

For the lowly Constable in the car, they are under tremendous pressure. Beat the clock. That’s the job.

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@geoff_slee @TheNorskaPaul From the moment 999 call is connected, a little imaginary countdown starts. Fifteen minutes. If police aren’t AT the incident when that time runs out, the percentage of calls reached within charter time drops and a raft of consequences begin.

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@TheNorskaPaul @bennywhosdat @JayJayDaDog He was referring to the moron members of the public causing crashes.

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@geoff_slee @TheNorskaPaul Do you know what a charter time is, Geoff?

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@DigBipper188 @ravens_flown @TheNorskaPaul Most of those cars are response team IRVs. They have absolutely no special interior fixtures apart from the light control and the radio main set. No clear tone, no radar/lidar, no MDT. They’re 1.6 PHEV estates with flashing lights on the roof and shiny stickers on the doors.