<snip> Greater Manchester Police said Mr Oake had not been wearing a vest because he was meant to be gathering information after the flat had been secured.
Police at the scene have been heavily protected against possible poison Chief constable Michael Todd said there had been no "perceived risk" to any of the officers </snip> Is allegedly why he wasn't wearing armour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2661991.stm -----Original Message----- From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 16:38 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Knives 1 - Guns 0 :) I will comment. A police officer in the US knows his life can end at any time and i think almost all OFFICERS are required to wear body armour in the field. I would think a cop in britain knows he can die anytime and should always wear his gear. But they probably learned a lesson in making sure offciers wear armour ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Knives 1 - Guns 0 > > I wasnt trying to be funny i was being serious. > > They really werent the best terrorists either if they didnt have any nice > > hardware to mow the cops down with. > > > > Well maybe they were bio-terrorists and not the kind who are fond of > > the > old > > AK-47. > > > They are being linked with a bio-terrorist threat. > > > And well its stupid that they didnt come in armed and armoured it > > was a stupid mistake on the cops part and he died for it. > > > Not going to comment. I don't know what the police know, nor do I know > what their investigation is going to find. > > > That would be similar to a cop in the US going out without a > > bulletproof vest on thinking they are a pain in the ass and then > > getting shot and killed. Who can you blame other then the officer > > who didnt want to wear > his > > body armour? > > > Can't comment. I don't know what the police know, nor do I know what their > investigation is going to find. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
