Mountain Watch

[GD4ELI]

16 minutes ago, Annoymouse said:

Prone shooting mode, at a guess it’s their attempt at humour.

Just boys with toys and precious little enthusiasm to solve real crime?

[Derek Flint]

They were playing to the stereotype. The reality is very different 

[Annoymouse]

2 minutes ago, Derek Flint said:

They were playing to the stereotype. The reality is very different 

It really isn’t Derek, maybe it was when you were here but it’s not now. You don’t see them all year, then TT comes round and suddenly every copper has a speed gun in hand and they pretend to care about speed limits that are consistently broken the rest of the year, do they actually care about road safety or not?

[P.K.]

Used to see them quite frequently approaching Ballasalla at the Whitestone end. Not so much now the roundabout is finished. Do they use TruCam II ?

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9013677/Police-forces-begin-using-generation-speed-guns-UK-roads.html

[Shake me up Judy]

For two weeks of the year some of them get to be rock and roll coppers. Plenty of overtime, fast cars and nice toys, high adrenaline and quick response. 'We're the Sweeney son and we haven't 'ad our dinner'

The police used to 'calm' the visiting fans, like a sensible parent. Now they just wind them up.

[tuono]

51 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said:

Give that idiot a sniper rifle. It's the police's job to be the visible authority, set a tone, and to be seen. Not lying on the ground in ambush. Get a grip IOM Constabulary. Every T.T. some of them go daft and forget the job.

You need to get a sense of humour, it was clearly just a bit of fun, the cops do a pretty good job all things considered.  

[Omobono]

2 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said:

For two weeks of the year some of them get to be rock and roll coppers. Plenty of overtime, fast cars and nice toys, high adrenaline and quick response. 'We're the Sweeney son and we haven't 'ad our dinner'

The police used to 'calm' the visiting fans, like a sensible parent. Now they just wind them up.

Thats called lack of experience , and if the fans do kick off  they will soon realise  how exposed  the police are , the old time bobbies had a  great relationship with the biker fans , and used that policing skill to maintain order  and mutual respect , 

[hissingsid]

No one cares about speeding for fifty weeks of the year the police do not bother but come TT and they are all over like a rash they should be out for the rest of the year instead of posting stupid condescending remarks on Facebook.

[0bserver]

Passed a couple of cyclists up there this morning. Police must have been too busy posting on social media. They were two abreast though so nice and safe.

[NoTailT]

1 minute ago, Manx17 said:

Now that’s not fair, they had tried little paper cut out children on the pavements last year, but you could argue,  was that to catch a nonce or someone speeding. 

That just means it came out of two different budgets! Tenner each.

[Andy Onchan]

1 hour ago, tuono said:

You need to get a sense of humour, it was clearly just a bit of fun, the cops do a pretty good job all things considered.  

Considering what, exactly?

[Zarley]

1 hour ago, Manx17 said:

Now that’s not fair, they had tried little paper cut out children on the pavements last year, but you could argue,  was that to catch a nonce or someone speeding. 

Manx"17"... Is that your age or your IQ?

[WTF]

3 hours ago, Derek Flint said:

They were playing to the stereotype. The reality is very different 

they're even cuntier ????    😇

[hampsterkahn]

Society gets the criminals it deserves.

A police force also reflects society, but we should not just get  the police we deserve, we should be  able to have the force  we insist on.

If you have been around for a while, you will have learnt that individuals who   are “the Police”are very different.There is not a “generic” policeman/woman any more than other profession.

They range from the extraordinarily decent and humane,  who from my experience, are by far  the majority,  through the reasonably fair , to the ponderous  and prejudiced, on to an  very small,  but evil minority.

- A mirror of us all, really.

[HeliX]

Just now, hampsterkahn said:

- A mirror of us all, really.

Which would be fine if they weren't elevated above us legally. Because they are, they need to be considerably better than the average member of the public. And often aren't, because it's a profession that attracts people who fancy themselves as bullies (and people who want to do good, but you only need a handful of the former for it to create a large problem).