She's got the gun

[Patti]

 
The larger question was why he rang local police and not 999

They were closer.... :D :D :D

[Lugg]

He was actually told to wait for the police. Incidentally they got there faster than if he had phoned 999. He obviously slowed down for them to pass. Most people do and even pull over when a blue light is behind them.

[lookout]

 
The larger question was why he rang local police and not 999

At that hour of the morning,it's was as broad as it was long being out in the sticks. One car reached WHF a minute or so before a second car,,,so work that one out.

[Jane]

He was actually told to wait for the police. Incidentally they got there faster than if he had phoned 999. He obviously slowed down for them to pass. Most people do and even pull over when a blue light is behind them.

Lugg, I think that must be the first time that sound piece of common sense has been used

[Patti]

He was actually told to wait for the police. Incidentally they got there faster than if he had phoned 999. He obviously slowed down for them to pass. Most people do and even pull over when a blue light is behind them.

Once a copper stopped me    in a bus lane and asked me to pull over in Netto car park.  We both got out of our cars and I acted so so innocent and asked him if there was anything wrong with my tyres.  He gave me a funny look and asked me to get in his panda car. I went to get in the seat next to him, but he told me to get in the back.  Well, I refused  Then I asked him to show me his ID...He was not a happy bobby, I can tell you.....He said, for gods sake woman, I am sat in a police car and wearing a police uniform 

I said, yeah, but you could have nobbled a copper and stole his car.......I got a fine £60....lol

[Alias]

Once a copper stopped me    in a bus lane and asked me to pull over in Netto car park.  We both got out of our cars and I acted so so innocent and asked him if there was anything wrong with my tyres.  He gave me a funny look and asked me to get in his panda car. I went to get in the seat next to him, but he told me to get in the back.  Well, I refused  Then I asked him to show me his ID...He was not a happy bobby, I can tell you.....He said, for gods sake woman, I am sat in a police car and wearing a police uniform 

I said, yeah, but you could have nobbled a copper and stole his car.......I got a fine £60....lol

REALLY!! Isn´t he required to show legitimation whenever asked by the public?? Actually I was thinking while reading your accout that is was risky behaviour to agreeing to get in the car at all! Not unheard of that criminals/killers pose as cops...
NEVER GET IN THE CAR, is a splendid rule to follow! (I have read too much True Crime - can you tell?)

[big-goolies]

REALLY!! Isn´t he required to show legitimation whenever asked by the public?? Actually I was thinking while reading your accout that is was risky behaviour to agreeing to get in the car at all! Not unheard of that criminals/killers pose as cops...
NEVER GET IN THE CAR, is a splendid rule to follow! (I have read too much True Crime - can you tell?)

 
Have you seen what happens to people who refuse to cooperate with police ? they get bundled into the back of the riot vans.
Ive been threatened by the police for not even getting out of my car. they said they would smash the windows and drag me out

[Patti]

REALLY!! Isn´t he required to show legitimation whenever asked by the public?? Actually I was thinking while reading your accout that is was risky behaviour to agreeing to get in the car at all! Not unheard of that criminals/killers pose as cops...
NEVER GET IN THE CAR, is a splendid rule to follow! (I have read too much True Crime - can you tell?)

he showed me his credentials in the end...lol  I got done twice in one week in the same bus lane...I claimed I didn't know it was a bus lane and flashed my false lashes at him....lol still got fined though!

I know what you mean....I am very chatty to coppers, I get regular visits...Once they wanted to search my house for a gun....hahahahah  its a long story! And once I wouldn't let one in, he went off in a huff...

Hard to believe that most of my friends are coppers....they just laugh at me...

[-Harters-]

They were closer.... :D :D :D

A 999 call would have resulted in the operator contacting Witham police station to send a unit, Jeremy did not save time by searching for phone numbers in yellow pages, then after receiving no answer at Witham, speaking to Chelmsford, who put him on hold whilst speaking to HQ (also in Chelmsford where 999 calls are answered), then remaining on hold whilst Chelmsford contacted Witham.

A 999 call would have resulted in a quicker response, perhaps not by much, but even the time spent looking for numbers would have been saved (up to 10 minutes).

The slowing down for the police to pass doesn't bother me, unless he went at that speed for the entire journey.

[Alias]

 
Have you seen what happens to people who refuse to cooperate with police ? they get bundled into the back of the riot vans.
Ive been threatened by the police for not even getting out of my car. they said they would smash the windows and drag me out

 

I have, I have! They can get nuts over the "power" that silly uniform gives them. Not all, mind, but I have had a run in over something very trite - a traffic thing. We knew we were in the right so we took it to court and won the stupid case swiftly. Waste of time and tax-payers´ money, but who wants to pay a fine for something you shhould NOT pay for?

[Lugg]

Once a copper stopped me    in a bus lane and asked me to pull over in Netto car park.  We both got out of our cars and I acted so so innocent and asked him if there was anything wrong with my tyres.  He gave me a funny look and asked me to get in his panda car. I went to get in the seat next to him, but he told me to get in the back.  Well, I refused  Then I asked him to show me his ID...He was not a happy bobby, I can tell you.....He said, for gods sake woman, I am sat in a police car and wearing a police uniform 

I said, yeah, but you could have nobbled a copper and stole his car.......I got a fine £60....lol

I never argue with coppers iof they stop me. If you begin to argue with them they could go over your car with a fine tooth comb.
Who was it who said, "It only costs you £60 to drive in the bus lane". ?

[big-goolies]

 

I have, I have! They can get nuts over the "power" that silly uniform gives them. Not all, mind, but I have had a run in over something very trite - a traffic thing. We knew we were in the right so we took it to court and won the stupid case swiftly. Waste of time and tax-payers´ money, but who wants to pay a fine for something you shhould NOT pay for?

 
perhaps they think they can use the uniform if they think they dont know your own rights....
 
they tried to tow my car and i knew they could move it if i was sat in the car , so they threatened me 
in they end i let them take it as i realised they would have taken my 2nd car too and i was able to move it before they came back , if they had arrested me like they threatened it meant they would have been able to take both cars unimpeded

[Lugg]

he showed me his credentials in the end...lol  I got done twice in one week in the same bus lane...I claimed I didn't know it was a bus lane and flashed my false lashes at him....lol still got fined though!

I know what you mean....I am very chatty to coppers, I get regular visits...Once they wanted to search my house for a gun....hahahahah  its a long story! And once I wouldn't let one in, he went off in a huff...

Hard to believe that most of my friends are coppers....they just laugh at me...

I can remember when coppers used to give you warnings instead of fines. What a rip off 60 quid for driving in the bus lane. Since when have the government spent the whole of what we pay to drive on the road? A small fraction of that road tax goes to pay for our roads. If they spent the whole lot on our roads they would be as good as German roads.

[Lugg]

A 999 call would have resulted in the operator contacting Witham police station to send a unit, Jeremy did not save time by searching for phone numbers in yellow pages, then after receiving no answer at Witham, speaking to Chelmsford, who put him on hold whilst speaking to HQ (also in Chelmsford where 999 calls are answered), then remaining on hold whilst Chelmsford contacted Witham.

A 999 call would have resulted in a quicker response, perhaps not by much, but even the time spent looking for numbers would have been saved (up to 10 minutes).

The slowing down for the police to pass doesn't bother me, unless he went at that speed for the entire journey.

So what was the purpose of him not dialing 999 if the police got there quick anyway? I doubt very much if they would have got there any quicker than they already did?

[big-goolies]

i must point out that JB claimed to have heard a gunshot in that brief phone call  , in such an emergency why would someone not call 999 !?!