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Mark McNeill
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From The Register -
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Rollerskating coppers defeated by turf
Think 'Daleks and stairs'...
A top-notch UK crimebusting initiative - which saw London's Royal Parks
Constabulary issued with in-line rollerskates - has ground to a halt
after crims realised they could escape simply by scarpering across
grass, the Telegraph reports.
<snip>
Supt Derek Pollock, of London's Royal Parks operational command unit
admitted: "It just didn't work. The moment people realised they were
being chased they would switch to a soft surface.
"If the criminal went on to the grass, the officer giving chase had to
stop, take off his skates then follow him without proper footwear while
carrying his skates."
Pollock, whose officers have returned to their traditional perp-hunting
bikes, further confessed: "Not an awful lot of officers were interested
because it hurts when you fall over."
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Mark, UK
"'Michael Gilhaney,' said the Sergeant, 'is an example of a man that is
nearly banjaxed from the principle of the Atomic Theory. Would it
astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?'"
http://tinyurl.com/ojkf6
Rollerskating coppers defeated by turf
Think 'Daleks and stairs'...
A top-notch UK crimebusting initiative - which saw London's Royal Parks
Constabulary issued with in-line rollerskates - has ground to a halt
after crims realised they could escape simply by scarpering across
grass, the Telegraph reports.
<snip>
Supt Derek Pollock, of London's Royal Parks operational command unit
admitted: "It just didn't work. The moment people realised they were
being chased they would switch to a soft surface.
"If the criminal went on to the grass, the officer giving chase had to
stop, take off his skates then follow him without proper footwear while
carrying his skates."
Pollock, whose officers have returned to their traditional perp-hunting
bikes, further confessed: "Not an awful lot of officers were interested
because it hurts when you fall over."
--
Mark, UK
"'Michael Gilhaney,' said the Sergeant, 'is an example of a man that is
nearly banjaxed from the principle of the Atomic Theory. Would it
astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?'"