Road Patrol N.I. bbc1 Mon @10.35

[AKA STEVIE]

By wearing a Hi Vis makes you a bit of an easy target for a gun man. Sure round the border area some of the cops tape over the reflective police lettering on the back of the coats and vests.

 

[Boydie]

Which, as far as I know, is illegal but yet understandable.

 

[AKA STEVIE]

Around the border areas it was the dark green rain jacket thing not the bright yellow one. I suppose it's up to them to carry out there own risk assessment.

 

[svensktoppen]

Always nice with a local angle

Laughed at the bit where they were talking about lady drivers not paying attention

FF through bits where they give the big lectures on saving lives and all that when pulling someone over for 85 on a motorway ... Just hand over the fine and be done...

Really love seeing the tax/insurance dodgers caught

 

[da.murf]

Always nice with a local angle

Laughed at the bit where they were talking about lady drivers not paying attention

FF through bits where they give the big lectures on saving lives and all that when pulling someone over for 85 on a motorway ... Just hand over the fine and be done...

Really love seeing the tax/insurance dodgers caught

x2

 

[VTEC_BHOY]

Lol at how the van reg belonged to a Fiesta that hasn't been taxed in 8 years... [facepalm]

 

[Steve]

Lol at how the van reg belonged to a Fiesta that hasn't been taxed in 8 years... [facepalm]

i wonder did he get any letters... you would be ragin!

 

[VTEC_BHOY]

I was hoping that the van driver would "start" on that bearded cop again (Officer Saunderson?)... then he whips out his wee baton like last week lol...

"yer a fat b**tard, does yer wife never tell ya that?". I lol'd so hard watching that bit last week. "Get him outty here noooiiiiiiiiiiii!!"

 

[Ghisallo]

Van has no tax, mot or insurance but after taking the particulars they seem to let him go on his way?

 

[CJFR]

Van has no tax, mot or insurance but after taking the particulars they seem to let him go on his way?

Was scratching my head on that one too, surely it should've been impounded. What if he drove 2 minutes down the road and crashed into someone.
Also only getting a fixed penalty for his troubles?!?! Surely him placing the tape on his plate would be under using an instrument to deceive, i.e. fraud.

 

[I R HillBilly]

I was hoping to see Brock riding the wee kids bike down the street

 

[Crimson]

TBH the best part of last night's episode for me was the illegal immigr... I mean the honest hard working law abiding immigrant

who decides it's ok for him to drive through a red light only to be stopped by the cops to discover he could barely speak english (yeah right! ) had no ID whatsoever, no insurance, no tax and no driving licence....and was later discovered to have been previously disqualified and driving a van that was supposed to be SORN'ed off the road

Im so glad they caught that wee fecker, it disgusts me when immigrants move to other countries and don't respect or abide by the laws of the countries they are residing within

Of course that's not to say that all immigrants do this as I know this is not the case.

And what happened at the end of the episode to that lad - oh yeah he never appeared in court what a surprise....

 

[I R HillBilly]

Anyone watch

Cars, Cops and Criminals also?

BBC iPlayer - Cars, Cops and Criminals: Against the Odds

 

[düb]

seen that, quite interesting, good to hear of norn iron developing that tracking camera

 

[Overload]

Anyone watch

Cars, Cops and Criminals also?

BBC iPlayer - Cars, Cops and Criminals: Against the Odds

Aye i did, thats pretty good! Ragin for the people who had bought the stolen cars/caravans!

 

[I R HillBilly]

Aye the guy with the red Audi.... i'd be sick if it was me....

 

[Overload]

Yep that was lovely looking!

 

[B A Baracus]

Just watched it there, the peeler winding the other one up about Valentines was good value. Pity its the last one

 

[Daisy]

Stevie's a good lad, funny too....

 

[seanbob]

Must download this for the craic and see what sneeky maneuvers the local establishment are getting up to these days. Thou according to the article below, not enough from the local residents lol

Are police using all their powers against boy racers?

SECTIONS of the public remain consistently un-impressed with the actions of police to tackle dangerous driving in particular areas throughout Mid-Ulster, and statistics recently obtained by the MAIL suggest a massive difference in the role of two adjacent policing command areas.

New powers introduced last year which would allow officers to call upon the assistance of Road Policing Teams to seize vehicles deemed to be causing alarm, distress or annoyance had been warmly welcomed by the public as a possible strong deterrent against dangerous drivers.

But while the powers have been embraced in the Cookstown Area Command Unit, the MAIL has learned that in the first seven months since their introduction, not one seizure had been recorded for the Magherafelt Area which includes towns such as Maghera and Draperstown.

The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show that from the beginning of April 2009 to the end of October, 24 seizures had been recorded in the Cookstown area while Magherafelt had failed even to implement their new powers.

At the time of their introduction it was anticipated that the powers would act as a deterrent against dangerous drivers, igniting a fear that reckless driving could lead to the seizure of their vehicle.

People from notoriously problematic areas throughout Mid-Ulster however, claim that not enough is being done to stamp it out.

And in Draperstown, an area the police have described a ‘hot spot’, a Facebook page uniting the views of deeply concerned residents has sprung up with people from right across the district pledging their support.

A member of ‘Safer Streets In Draperstown’ anonymously told the MAIL that the people of the town were regularly disappointed with the actions of the police.

“The people of Draperstown are sick of the police coming in during the day and racking up easy money on minor offences whilst turning a complete blind eye to the thugs who rally and wreck at nightime,” he claimed.

Another of the group’s member was shocked to learn of the figures.

“The relevant authorities who have the power to implement change shouldn't have to be badgered into responding and reacting, but appear more pro-active.

“It seems unsettling that 15mins drive from here the PSNI can and have implemented change in Cookstown, whereas it appears here nothing is changing anytime soon,” he claimed.

“As a collective interest and body of people we need to see the authorities and local council representatives take a more aggressive approach to an ever-escalating problem.

“It's time this problem is addressed, urgently, before this issue takes precedence on the front page of this newspaper, announcing another death.”

Elsewhere on the group’s busy page, people have spoke of their brush with dangerous drivers calling into question the actions of road policing here.

A spokesperson for Magherafelt PSNI said implementation of the new powers is just one available avenue open to police.

“Police in Magherafelt have been working closely with the community and other agencies to address poor driving standards and other vehicle related issues over the last 12 months,” they said.

Are police using all their powers against boy racers? - Midulster Today

 

[avo5021]

I was hoping to see Brock riding the wee kids bike down the street

Reminds me of a time involving a Suzuki LT50 in Legahory,Craigavon lol

 

[avo5021]

Must download this for the craic and see what sneeky maneuvers the local establishment are getting up to these days. Thou according to the article below, not enough from the local residents lol

Are police using all their powers against boy racers?

SECTIONS of the public remain consistently un-impressed with the actions of police to tackle dangerous driving in particular areas throughout Mid-Ulster, and statistics recently obtained by the MAIL suggest a massive difference in the role of two adjacent policing command areas.

New powers introduced last year which would allow officers to call upon the assistance of Road Policing Teams to seize vehicles deemed to be causing alarm, distress or annoyance had been warmly welcomed by the public as a possible strong deterrent against dangerous drivers.

But while the powers have been embraced in the Cookstown Area Command Unit, the MAIL has learned that in the first seven months since their introduction, not one seizure had been recorded for the Magherafelt Area which includes towns such as Maghera and Draperstown.

The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show that from the beginning of April 2009 to the end of October, 24 seizures had been recorded in the Cookstown area while Magherafelt had failed even to implement their new powers.

At the time of their introduction it was anticipated that the powers would act as a deterrent against dangerous drivers, igniting a fear that reckless driving could lead to the seizure of their vehicle.

People from notoriously problematic areas throughout Mid-Ulster however, claim that not enough is being done to stamp it out.

And in Draperstown, an area the police have described a ‘hot spot’, a Facebook page uniting the views of deeply concerned residents has sprung up with people from right across the district pledging their support.

A member of ‘Safer Streets In Draperstown’ anonymously told the MAIL that the people of the town were regularly disappointed with the actions of the police.

“The people of Draperstown are sick of the police coming in during the day and racking up easy money on minor offences whilst turning a complete blind eye to the thugs who rally and wreck at nightime,” he claimed.

Another of the group’s member was shocked to learn of the figures.

“The relevant authorities who have the power to implement change shouldn't have to be badgered into responding and reacting, but appear more pro-active.

“It seems unsettling that 15mins drive from here the PSNI can and have implemented change in Cookstown, whereas it appears here nothing is changing anytime soon,” he claimed.

“As a collective interest and body of people we need to see the authorities and local council representatives take a more aggressive approach to an ever-escalating problem.

“It's time this problem is addressed, urgently, before this issue takes precedence on the front page of this newspaper, announcing another death.”

Elsewhere on the group’s busy page, people have spoke of their brush with dangerous drivers calling into question the actions of road policing here.

A spokesperson for Magherafelt PSNI said implementation of the new powers is just one available avenue open to police.

“Police in Magherafelt have been working closely with the community and other agencies to address poor driving standards and other vehicle related issues over the last 12 months,” they said.

Are police using all their powers against boy racers? - Midulster Today

It's a shame as its a great piece of legislation, all the local police need to do is contact RPU to enforce it, if they dont contact us we don't get to do anything about it..

It curtails a lot of nuisance drivers just by issuing the first warning..

 

[stevieturbo]

to seize vehicles deemed to be causing alarm, distress or annoyance had been warmly welcomed by the public as a possible strong deterrent against dangerous drivers.

Buses do that to me !!!!! Sieze them all !

 

[svensktoppen]

Lol, Stevie for President - buses annoy the hell out of me too

And all the PC 40 mph everywhere brigade...

 

[Brennan]

watched the 2nd n 3rd ep tonite, was funny lol. Which cop is the one that was dealin with the druggie southerner?