Sky cops

[_Will_]

Its on bbc 1 now about bikes this week.
Showin all the chavs who nick bikes and whatnot really giving us bikers a bad name
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[0ddball]

And the coppers taking it in their usual light hearted way. Don't want to chase them because god forbid they should get hurt. After all, "they are just young lads out to enjoy themselves".

[scott666]

I noticed the bad name thing as well. Bikers this bikers that. Its shocking. What kind of message is it giving to people about bikers.

[Finglonga]

Thing is none of them were bikers except for the last medivac patient, they were all chavs racing accross feilds on stolen bikes.
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[Cillit-BANG]

Turned over to watch Fred Dibnah from 8.30. Was pretty crap, a solid 15 mins watching 2 kids riding round the streets and the odd park was hardly captivating. Fred Dibnah on the other hand was spot on as usual

[Squiffy_The_Wombat]

They really did hammer home the "bikers" thing didnt they, silly really when, as everyone has said they were just chavs!

It did make me laugh with the kid lying on the ground waiting for the coppers and then jumping about a foot when he didnt realise they were behind him! gotta love chavs sometimes!
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[meenie]

[Johnny GSX-R]

You lot make me PISS!

If the cops do noithing then we're lazy bastards, but when we do, we're picking on 'bikers'.

So what is the definition of a 'BIKER' ??
Would it not be someone on a BIKE??

Would a Chav in a stolen Corsa not still be the Car Driver?

There's so many people on here with a view yet nothing constructive to say......... Those moto X bikes belonged to somebody and the cops recovered them, is that not good enough?
Maybe the cops should stick a post on here 24 hrs before attending a job just to see what the public think they should do
If those scrotes had taken YOUR bike you'd be on here saying the cops are crap they do nothing.......but when you get stopped coz your riding like a arse you say the cops are hounding bikers..
GET A LIFE!

Oh, and please please please NO MORE PM's asking for help!!!!!!!

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[SoulRider]

[Johnny GSX-R]

I'm not tarring the forum with anything, i'm merely pointing out that some people on here are slagging the cops for targetting the off road bikes, many of which are stolen / used in crime.

THEN

People come on here saying the cops are shit, their bike got nicked and cops did nothing about it. You can't have it all ways.

I'm open to being judged, as long as its fairly and justified....
Some are bad at how they deal, openly i'll admitt to knowing this, but on the whole Traffic cops are pertol heads and well into bikes / cars.......beat bobbies in vans are not.
You'll get a better deal with a Traffic cop if you don't start ranting.
Anyway, i don't wanna talk shop now, i'm bored of it, i'll change peoples minds, its like pissing against the wind.

[T1z3R]

ive never been hounded by cops for anything but i can sure as hell give a rant about the lack of use cops are when it comes to stolen bikes.

mines was stolen recentley and i gave them every bit of info they could need including where the bike would have been taken in order to hotwire it, where it was likely to be ridden and even gave them pics of it.

were they helpful? anything but...they phoned me two weeks later to ask if I had heard anything??? WTF

i even went to the the place i told them about the day after and low and behold theres all the wiring from my bike scattered about the ground.

>justified rant over<
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[bazza]

[G]

More pissing against the wind ....

[Mr.Everready]

[T1z3R]

[Mr.Everready]

You only need one arm to hold a bat.
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[T1z3R]

[Mr.Everready]

Would be glad to. Might be a wee while before I'm there mind, I've a long way to come.
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[Johnny GSX-R]

Fair doos 'G', i may have read the post wrong but , HEY, i'm only human.

At least i'll admit when i may / have got things wrong

The cops are not allowed to pursue motorcycles at the best of times, if its found that the rider IS under the legal age then the pursuit WILL stop!

The rules came in force because a few poor child theives were hurt being chased on someone elses bikes and the Human Rights Act forced an IPCA investigation...... the cops now, quite rightly, say 'Sod that, we're not chasing if everytime someone gets hurt there's gonna be a major investigation'.

Air support officers are worth every penny they cost the tax payer, you only see a fraction of their role on TV.

[Squiffy_The_Wombat]

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I suspect he was using it in the colloquial-sarcastic sense of 'aww, you poor darling', rather than suggesting specificaly that the bike thieves are lacking in money.

Ie, this is the sort of thing that tabloid papers have targetted in the past "Police cause horrific injuries to young children in brutal chase" or whatever. Sadly society is very fickly and will give pity to all sorts of rather odd causes.

[Johnny GSX-R]

It is sarcasm 'Squiffy'

Do you honestly think i mean 'POOR'

[michaelryland]

[Steve_k]

I reported one of these chavs up and down our street to the police the operator could hear the bike while i was on the phone for a good ten minuites, the police did not bother turning up. If the police want to catch these chavs the first thing they need to do is turn up lack of resources is not good enough, its poor use of resources thats to blame. There will have been officers within a few minuites travel time doing outher things like taking statements, doing paperwork, traveling to victims houses etc all things that could be delayed a few minuites to catch the criminal red handed if they want to.