Lol i know a detective from one of the local towns down here i'll ask him what he thinks of that but whenever i see him hes always got a vest on. Personal safety is personal safety maybe the UK will get some better rules and require all officers in the field to wear a vest detective or not.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Townend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: RE: Knives 1 - Guns 0 > <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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
