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Cop cars trashed
4:20pm Friday 15th August 2008
CALNE cops arrived at work this morning to find vandals had smashed up three of their police cars.
Police arrested two men just hours later for smashing the windows to their police cars overnight yesterday.
Officers are appealing for witnesses who saw any suspicious activity between 11pm and 4am this morning.
Sargeant Phil Connors of Calne Police said: "We take any reports of criminal damage very seriously and this type of behaviour will not be tolerated.
"People who commit this type of offence will be caught and taken to court."
Contact Calne Police on 0845 408 7000 with any information.
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Chris, says...
7:11pm Fri 15 Aug 08
mind your own wrote:Very true.
i'm sure they will after all it's the police anyone else would get a crime number and if they were really lucky someone might even come and take a statement about six months after the event it really pees me off
SCOOBYDOO, Yatton Keynell says...
9:23pm Fri 15 Aug 08
who dat?, says...
10:16pm Fri 15 Aug 08
Presumably the local plod were all tucked in with their cocoa and hotties while this was going on!
DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
10:42pm Fri 15 Aug 08
NO CCTV ???
Beggers belief.
Old Bill, Wiltshire says...
11:58am Sat 16 Aug 08
I WISH.
Out on patrol, being sent to the endless number of dysfunctional families who think we can sort their problems out.
Oh, yeh. Just like any member of the public, I am sure there was a crime number for the damage!!
mind your own, calne says...
1:03pm Sat 16 Aug 08
Old Bill wrote:you lot really do amuse me i had my car window smashed and you didn't even bother to come out i told you who done it so the your work was already half done the trouble is some known names in calne seem to get away with everything and as for dysfunctional families who do you think you are if you dont like your job maybe you should consider changeing it
Tucked in with their cocoa and hotties !! I WISH. Out on patrol, being sent to the endless number of dysfunctional families who think we can sort their problems out. Oh, yeh. Just like any member of the public, I am sure there was a crime number for the damage!!
Grant, Marlborough says...
1:34pm Sat 16 Aug 08
I called the police and told them who did it but they said because THEY didn't see it there was nothing they could do about it.
Shamefull!
If I saw someone slashing their tyres or smashing their windows I wouldn't call them....
Anon emouse, Around and about says...
2:01pm Sat 16 Aug 08
mind your own, calne says...
6:35pm Sat 16 Aug 08
DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
7:14pm Sat 16 Aug 08
SargeantSergeant ?
Old Bill, Wiltshire says...
11:54am Sun 17 Aug 08
Perhaps a little close to home.
Anyway, whilst this is a rather humorous story " Cop Cars trashed" and of course the inevitable criticism of the Police ( I know, we can,t win, no point in event trying to defend anything we do).
But, perhaps a small point is being missed.
I am sure the Officers who turned up for work were horrified to see their spectacular Ford Focus and Honda CRvs TRASHED, I mean, that will teach them, they will think twice now before they dare arrest some Yob( Hmm, !!!).
Or perhaps, the only thing that worried them, is the fact ( like all tax payers) It will be ALL OF US TAX PAYERS who will be paying to have the damage repaired.
( This sort of thing falls well below the excess on insurance of the Wiltshire Police)
Or perhaps those responsible will be brought to justice and the Jolly Old Courts will make them pay ( Naa, The Magistrate would have to have some Dysfunctional delusions, to impose a fine on the Misunderstoods!!!!)
pachyderm, says...
7:08pm Sun 17 Aug 08
Posted by: Old Bill, Wiltshire on 11:54am todayFrom reading this, I must ask if you are happy in your work? It certainly doesn't sound as though you are getting much in the way of job satisfaction. Perhaps just waiting for the pension, or promotion to Inspector Corner of the Yard ?
formerdriver, Swindon says...
7:46pm Sun 17 Aug 08
Old Bill wrote:you cant have been out on patrol or the cars wouldnt have been parked up now would they?? you lot never walk anywhere these days you lazy so and so's
Tucked in with their cocoa and hotties !! I WISH. Out on patrol, being sent to the endless number of dysfunctional families who think we can sort their problems out. Oh, yeh. Just like any member of the public, I am sure there was a crime number for the damage!!
mind your own, calne says...
10:31am Mon 18 Aug 08
Old Bill wrote:let me tell you i am quite happy with my family and we are far from dysfunctional my two teenage sons both left school and have worked hard scince and my two younger children are fairly well behaved not angles but they know right from wrong and if you were out on call to such bad familys how come when you turned up to work you found they had been smashed get it it write you cant have it all and also mabe if everyone applyed to the council for a refund of there council tax you might end up having to take notice of the reports being made i mean how much of our bills are for the police to do nothing ???
"Dysfunctional families", Oh dear, appears to be words that has hit a raw nerve with (mind your own, calne). Perhaps a little close to home. Anyway, whilst this is a rather humorous story " Cop Cars trashed" and of course the inevitable criticism of the Police ( I know, we can,t win, no point in event trying to defend anything we do). But, perhaps a small point is being missed. I am sure the Officers who turned up for work were horrified to see their spectacular Ford Focus and Honda CRvs TRASHED, I mean, that will teach them, they will think twice now before they dare arrest some Yob( Hmm, !!!). Or perhaps, the only thing that worried them, is the fact ( like all tax payers) It will be ALL OF US TAX PAYERS who will be paying to have the damage repaired. ( This sort of thing falls well below the excess on insurance of the Wiltshire Police) Or perhaps those responsible will be brought to justice and the Jolly Old Courts will make them pay ( Naa, The Magistrate would have to have some Dysfunctional delusions, to impose a fine on the Misunderstoods!!!!)
walter, wilshur says...
9:34pm Mon 18 Aug 08
me calne, calne says...
11:31pm Mon 18 Aug 08
mind your own, calne says...
9:14am Tue 19 Aug 08
walter wrote:I'm sure i can try that for you sorry . But nobody forces you to read it .
MIND YOUR OWN: please feel free to use commas, full stops and capital letters, also buy a dictionary - I'll pay for it all, just to spare others your 378-word unpunctuated paragraphs!!!
tallyho, nr chippenham says...
12:00pm Tue 19 Aug 08
mind your own, calne says...
3:58pm Tue 19 Aug 08
Old Bill, Wiltshire says...
7:25pm Tue 19 Aug 08
Gets everyone so exited, and opens up a wonderful debate.
mind your own, calne says...
9:17pm Tue 19 Aug 08
Old Bill, Wiltshire says...
9:25pm Tue 19 Aug 08
mind your own wrote:Thats better.
Yes it does it's great !!
You will have to come to Bristol one night and join us on patrol!
Gem, chippenham says...
9:30am Wed 20 Aug 08
mind your own, calne says...
3:44pm Wed 20 Aug 08
Old Bill wrote:I'd love to
mind your own wrote: Yes it does it's great !!Thats better. You will have to come to Bristol one night and join us on patrol!
me calne, calne says...
7:50pm Mon 25 Aug 08
the corner man, calne says...
6:22pm Tue 26 Aug 08
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mind your own, calne says...
6:39pm Fri 15 Aug 08