Look! South Yorkshire Police ride Santa Cruz!...

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  • lugsey2k5
    lugsey2k5 Posts: 960
    in californina and florida on the beaches 2
  • fumps
    fumps Posts: 227
    In Leeds there done by crosstrax
    http://www.crosstrax.co.uk/ctsite2/police.php

    i think there SCOTT Reflex but not sure.

    I think it's a good idea to be honest i always like seeing cops on the go.

    But Metalraver dude: you came accross as quiet aggressive then. you will never change peoples attitudes towards the police.....it just is mate.

    but i for one think it's a good thing
    Arrrghhh it's worse than i thought!!!!!
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    edited July 2007
    Red Panda wrote:
    I'm wondering if they have flashing blue lights and sirens on them :)

    You van get Bike Blues and Twos.
    I'm Currently trying to set up a Mountain Bike Patrol Team in Peterborough. Most teams as far as I am aware are completely funded by sponsorship, at least to start with until the dinosaurs that run funding catch on to the benefits of bike patrols.
    Cycle Siren
    http://www.cyclesiren.com/Pages/trooper_siren.htm
    I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!
  • fumps
    fumps Posts: 227
    i wish they could have flashing blue lights on their pointy hats ....that would be smashing
    Arrrghhh it's worse than i thought!!!!!
  • Red Panda
    Red Panda Posts: 269
    :) tommywmb, would they be called 'The Flying 'Roller Blade' Dutchmen'? :)

    Cheers for the link Mithras :) I thought I'd come up with a good idea there but I've been beaten to it again! :)
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    Maybe someone could work on a Flasshing blue set of neons for the front of the helmet!
    I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!
  • tommywmb
    tommywmb Posts: 148
    Surely they can jus shout "NEEE-NORR! NEEE-NORR!..."

    No? :lol:
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    No.....shouting Nee Naw Nee Naw is very difficult whilst trying to breathe out of every orrifice and update control on the radio....... and eat donuts and drink coffee whilst riding a bike :oops:
    I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!
  • fumps
    fumps Posts: 227
    Mithras wrote:
    No.....shouting Nee Naw Nee Naw is very difficult whilst trying to breathe out of every orrifice and update control on the radio:

    no but combined with the flashing light on the pointy hat the comedy value would surely out weigh the brethlessness
    Arrrghhh it's worse than i thought!!!!!
  • MentalRaver
    MentalRaver Posts: 221
    :roll:
    Too enthusiastic about biking for my friends...want to ride somewhere in the SE? TELL ME!!! hamsterscanswim@hotmail.com - and yes they can!
  • MentalRaver
    MentalRaver Posts: 221
    oh, and for your amusement, Niton, a Police supplies stockist does sell bike lights.

    They look totally lame and you need to be response trained believe it or not. Thats dependant on your Chief Constable thinking it's worth it or not.

    http://www.niton999.co.uk/products.expa ... query=1901
    Too enthusiastic about biking for my friends...want to ride somewhere in the SE? TELL ME!!! hamsterscanswim@hotmail.com - and yes they can!
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    MentalRaver wrote:
    oh, and for your amusement, Niton, a Police supplies stockist does sell bike lights.

    They look totally lame and you need to be response trained believe it or not. Thats dependant on your Chief Constable thinking it's worth it or not.

    http://www.niton999.co.uk/products.expa ... query=1901

    I know about that......I'm trying to get that off the ground....might as well be a PCSO on a bike if you can't use blues and two's. Can you imagine the look of suprise on the face of the the motorist on his mobile phone when he gets his 3 points and £60 after being pulled by a cyclist!
    I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!
  • fumps
    fumps Posts: 227
    has anyone left on here actually got a sence of humour ????
    Arrrghhh it's worse than i thought!!!!!
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    fumps wrote:
    has anyone left on here actually got a sence of humour ????

    I need one to do my job!
    I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!
  • MentalRaver
    MentalRaver Posts: 221
    Mithras wrote:
    fumps wrote:
    has anyone left on here actually got a sence of humour ????

    I need one to do my job!

    as well as the ability to realise that most people outside of my station are eligible for the Jeremy Kyle show.
    Too enthusiastic about biking for my friends...want to ride somewhere in the SE? TELL ME!!! hamsterscanswim@hotmail.com - and yes they can!
  • rob cole
    rob cole Posts: 706
    all the Police bikes i have seen in London certainly have the lights and sirens required to get the attention of motorists or other road users

    in addition to a 1st aid kit, and all the items normally carried on a PC's utility belt, which can't be worn as you are doubled over riding a bike

    the lights and the kit is normally carried on a rack bolted to the rear of the bike
    check out my riding - www.robcole.co.uk Banshee Factory Team rider, Da Kine UK Team rider, www.freeborn.co.uk www.eshershore.com
  • Red Panda
    Red Panda Posts: 269
    How about this as an idea?

    Alongside the blues and twos kit...how about a head up display operated Taser gun? as the officer looks round the taser could have servo mounts that enable it to follow the officer's head movement (in real time) :)

    The rider's helmet could have a zero'ed in cross hair superimposed on a monacle and there could be remote fire buttons set into the riser grips!

    All in, it'd be a kind of modest equivalent to an Apache Gunship's HUD controlled machine gun system :roll: I could name it The Anti Chav Let's Make Em Get Jiggy With It System or TACLMEGJWIS for short :)

    ...now then where's me pen and paper and I'll write a proposal letter to ACPO and the Home Office ;)
  • Mithras
    Mithras Posts: 428
    ACPO and Home Office are for pussies, send the finished article straight to me, I'll test it.....shhhhhh no need to tell anyone else....I'll be the one in the black with a big sign acrosss my back "VIGILANTE"
    I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!
  • Red Panda
    Red Panda Posts: 269
    We're right behind you! go on...go for it 'n make 'em dance :)
  • MentalRaver
    MentalRaver Posts: 221
    Red Panda wrote:
    How about this as an idea?

    could name it The Anti Chav Let's Make Em Get Jiggy With It System or TACLMEGJWIS for short :)

    ...now then where's me pen and paper and I'll write a proposal letter to ACPO and the Home Office ;)

    It would get refused as it's not a TLA you would to call it ESM or similar.

    [Edited - no need for that. - JS]
    Too enthusiastic about biking for my friends...want to ride somewhere in the SE? TELL ME!!! hamsterscanswim@hotmail.com - and yes they can!
  • Red Panda
    Red Panda Posts: 269
    MentalRaver wrote:
    Red Panda wrote:
    How about this as an idea?

    could name it The Anti Chav Let's Make Em Get Jiggy With It System or TACLMEGJWIS for short :)

    ...now then where's me pen and paper and I'll write a proposal letter to ACPO and the Home Office ;)

    It would get refused as it's not a TLA you would to call it ESM or similar.

    [Edited - no need for that. - JS]


    I believe that at a push the police are capable of handling abbreviations larger than three letters(albeit marginal), such as VP/FPO, NSPIS, and NMAT etc.

    So things aren't all that bad after all eh :)

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