ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by bigeye

Damned cheek! Calling me a reporter is like accusing an NCO of being an officer.

Ah, so reporters can write without using a ruler, do not think that alligators make allegations and are overall in charge of things

Originally Posted by scalieback

Have a look at this: MPA: Committees: Communities, Equalities and People Committee reports - 03-Mar-11 (0

Sounds similar to the Prevent counter-terrorism initiatives that have been undertaken.

Four posts on the team. Fantastic for PDR I suppose, or spots for the "old and bold" or recuperative duties. Winsor recomendations will make sure that they're replaced by civillian staff.

About 17-18 years ago I lived in Leathwaite Road, SW11 - and opposite a house which came under some serious police scutiny one Sunday morning.

20 -odd armed plod hard-targeted the building, and eventually 3 or 4 of them with MP5's shuffled up to the front door behind a ballistic shield. I was expecting them to use a frame charge at least, but, being UK plod - they knocked on the door. They eventually kicked it in , and came out empty handed 5 mins later.

I found out afterwards that the bloke - a loony with an air pistol - had seen the OB outside, so he dropped his mattress out of his 1st floor window into the back garden, dropped on to it, climbed a few garden fences and then broke into a house. He walked out of the front door, through the police cordon, and scarpered.

Back on the ID stuff I'm a bit concerned about that. Why carn't each team have an assigned 3 number code so that within a team you could ID an indivdual. Their mums could sew it on their ski masks or if they Have to have police on the BA why not on that. It would also stop some walt nutter joining in the fun.

Sometimes SF are their own worst enemy (not saying that this lot are - especially since it is Glocks and not SIGs). What's wrong with wearing full on crye mtp, military issued plate carriers and helmets, all the kit plus plus. At least you'll look the business, scare the crap out of everyone, and people will know exactly who you are. You can still conceal identities easily enough.

SWAT analysis! (geddit?)










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Originally Posted by Boumer

I'd love to see that defended in court.

(Oh, but it never will be!)

Carry on! More guns! Bigger caliber!

(I've heard some very intersting stories about their shooting standards. I feel safer on my TA APWT!)

I can't comment on marksmanship, however I was witness to a uniformed firearms copper at a annual public military event wander into the smoking area (it was indoors so this was a few years ago), prop his MP5 against a wall where it promptly fell over, revealing that the safety was off. A large Bootie WO2 who was also having a fag in said area wandered over, and calm as you like asked whether the weapon was made ready, the copper responded with something along the lines of "non-of your business" - cue a massive explosion as the WO2 informed the unfortunate plod that it was very much his business and if there had been an ND in his presence lots of very unpleasant and violent things would have happenened to him etc etc.

I would have enjoyed the whole thing a lot more if it hadn't been as a result of dangerous behaviour.

Originally Posted by theblindking

I can't comment on marksmanship, however I was witness to a uniformed firearms copper at a annual public military event wander into the smoking area (it was indoors so this was a few years ago), prop his MP5 against a wall where it promptly fell over, revealing that the safety was off. A large Bootie WO2 who was also having a fag in said area wandered over, and calm as you like asked whether the weapon was made ready, the copper responded with something along the lines of "non-of your business" - cue a massive explosion as the WO2 informed the unfortunate plod that it was very much his business and if there had been an ND in his presence lots of very unpleasant and violent things would have happenened to him etc etc.

I would have enjoyed the whole thing a lot more if it hadn't been as a result of dangerous behaviour.

Not an isolated event. Was minding my own business in my nick one day, when I heard the sound of a pistol being made ready.

I put my head around a corner to look down the corridor to see a copper with a self-loading pistol in his hand, pointing at an office door.

The door opened and a friend of mine (who was ex-RGJ) quietly asked if he had just made ready pointing at his office door.

There was a frank exchange of views.

Maybe it's me, and I'm not plod-bashing. These are full-time AFOs and the drills do not seem as rigorous as the forces from my admittedly limited exeperience of both green and blue.