Rare Sighting in Bristol tonight

redvee

The lesser spotted cycling policeman on a couple of black Specialized MTBs. Didn't get too close as they were busy with some oik on a BMX. Think this is the first sighting for me of such a rare species. Alas they were camera shy and the ACT2K failed to pick them up.

DevUK

I get them going around in pairs quite often on my local high street. Odd really, as I live in a reasonable area without too many (though still some) oiks messing about in the day. At night it's another story, but are the police anywhere to be seen? Not usually (though, to be fair, sometimes...)

Bassjunkieuk

I saw a couple of policeman on bikes last night on my way home. One of them didn't really look like the type that is usually out on a bike, more used to driving around in a police car!

alfablue

I saw a Police Community Support Officer (if that's the proper name) on a Police bike in Bath the other day. It was quite encouraging to see, he seemed to be checking out the bike racks at the supermarket, got to have some deterrent value if they loiter around now and then.

Greg T

The city of London Bike Fuzz are a always tooting around busting bikes mainly.

They did me for cycling 20 M up a very quiet one way street to get into the garage at work....

"Are you know to the Police Sir?" the full put the frightners on you P check. I mean it's not as if there's a knife murder let's all kill each other epidemic or anything....

graham_g

Bizarre! I wonder if they are loaded up with all the standard kit or whether they get a bit of leeway for a hilly beat.

marchant

If they get a puncture, does their pepper spray double up to fill their tyre? And do they use their cuffs to lock the bikes up?

attica

Looks like the entire Bristol Police force are in Portland Square at the moment, there's 6 police cars and a police van outside my office window - not a bike to be seen.

redvee

Attica wrote:

Looks like the entire Bristol Police force are in Portland Square at the moment, there's 6 police cars and a police van outside my office window - not a bike to be seen.

Cause of the carnival tomorrow. Going thru there in a mo myself. All the coppers about will annoy the local 'workforce' when they start work later

robmanic1

A sometime riding buddy of mine is head of the local constabulary and has purchased a number of CB Cape Wrath's for the local force, "stealth", matt black paint job with the high-viz chequered stickers, really looks the biz (he used it for a recent charity ride, purely for publicity and not his own benefit of course!).

attica

redvee wrote:

Cause of the carnival tomorrow. Going thru there in a mo myself. All the coppers about will annoy the local 'workforce' when they start work later

Glad to know my taxpayers money is being spent well, drastically overpolicing the day before a carnival, mind you those portaloos do look a bit threatening!

mtb.boy

My dad saw a guy getting into his car. Before he opened the door he put a pair of gloves and a helmet on the roof. But of course he forgot to take them off the roof before driving off. When my dad picked up the helmet he noticed the POLICE signs on it. He followed the policeman until he stopped and gave them back to him.

ThatGuyOnABike

i see them all the time, i've had my panniers sniffed by a drug/bomb dog once and was stopped and told to wear helmet (i was on very very short ride to shops, i usually do). then again east london...

redvee

ThatGuyOnABike wrote:

i see them all the time, i've had my panniers sniffed by a drug/bomb dog once and was stopped and told to wear helmet (i was on very very short ride to shops, i usually do). then again east london...

Diesel/petrol works wonders for drug dogs. Makes them think something herbal has/or is in the panniers etc. Confuses the hell out of them on prison visits when the visitor fills up on the way to the prison

redvee

Stanley222 wrote:

Who told you that?! (about the dogs & diesel)?!

Read it in Prison Times when I spent some time inside.