From Hot Fuzz:
Spotted by VFTS in The Telegraph:
Three officers and a riot van tackle a roaming swan
A police force condemned as heavy handed for shooting dead an escaped cow is facing criticism again, after sending three officers, a patrol car and a riot van to tackle a lost swan.
Police rushed to the scene to deal with the errant swan, which was spotted wandering along a road near student accomodation in Lincoln. Fearing it may disrupt traffic, two PCSOs in a patrol car and an officer in a riot van attended the scene to find the bird wandering in the car park.
Witnesses reported seeing them attempt to coax the swan to a more appropriate home for around half an hour, before eventually snaring it with a sheet and bundling it carefully into the back of the van. It has since been returned to a nearby river, where it is said to be unharmed.
Baffled bystanders have now said they had "no idea" why police became involved in the operation, claiming the bird seemed "perfectly happy" where it was.
So What Will Be Done About The Officer?
1 hour ago
6 comments:
Well they can break a mans arm with their wing. Or so my Grandad told me
>Baffled bystanders have now said they had "no idea" why police became involved in the operation,
Hopefully because they had nothing better to do. Which is ABSOLUTELY fine by me, I'm a Peels 9 Principles person and the police are there to deter crime.
PC, and apparently a man can break a swan's wing with a well aimed kick.
SB, agreed. But it will probably turn out that legalised abortion and unleaded petrol contribute far more to crime reduction than any amount of policing.
Bad news for you, Mark
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/geneticmodification/10023561/Scientists-design-health-and-safety-cow-with-no-horns.html
VFTS, thats not bad news, that's great news for everybody, farmers, ramblers etc.
the three greatest contribution to crime reduction:-
1. The ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) car. Drive a stolen car past a police car with ANPR and you're nicked. It's basically wiped out a lot of joyriding.
2. China. DVD players got to be so cheap that burglaries have gone down hugely. They were the one item of value that you could steal and fence easily. When a player costs £50, you can't fence it.
3. Phone locking. A stolen phone is now basically worthless. You call your phone company and they "brick" it.
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