UK riots..

[bungarra]

Originally Posted by flappist

Northern Yorkshire Police Department ??

Maybe they have a few loaners like we lend AFP out occasionally

May have been doing a course at Hendon Police College and was seconded/volunteered to help, this would explain him trying to hide his face.

[Mr Hardware]

[thedutchman92]

Originally Posted by b2tf

Bring in the army and belt the little punks back into submission.

And to think they sent us 'criminals' out here..........

You know that won't work, the only reason the army would be used on citizens is martial law, meaning shootings. the army posseses no less than lethal weaponry (and why would it) so it simply can't be used. Beter riot police with more water cannons, tear gas, bean bag (batton) rounds or pepperball rounds and more aggressive training and man power is what is needed.

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by thedutchman92

You know that won't work, the only reason the army would be used on citizens is martial law, meaning shootings. the army posseses no less than lethal weaponry (and why would it) so it simply can't be used. Beter riot police with more water cannons, tear gas, bean bag (batton) rounds or pepperball rounds and more aggressive training and man power is what is needed.

Have tried to explain this same thing several times over in this thread, but everyone just keeps posting "bring in the army"

[flappist]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Have tried to explain this same thing several times over in this thread, but everyone just keeps posting "bring in the army"

And they get sorted accordingly.

I see no problem with suggesting the use of military personnel and equipment in a support or advisory role.

Implying that military personnel be used in a tactical or aggressive capacity is what will draw the crabs....

[SteveJH]

Originally Posted by thedutchman92

You know that won't work, the only reason the army would be used on citizens is martial law, meaning shootings. the army posseses no less than lethal weaponry (and why would it) so it simply can't be used. Beter riot police with more water cannons, tear gas, bean bag (batton) rounds or pepperball rounds and more aggressive training and man power is what is needed.

Unless they've thrown it all away in the last couple of years the British Army definately have riot equipment, most of it might be in storage in NI though I guess.

Not that it matters, they werent needed in this case, this was a law and order issue, and while there were a lot of different incidents, going from the youtube video's they were all *relatively* small groups. They weren't 10,000 people moving down the street as a mob.

[thedutchman92]

Bloody riots though, taking the world's attention away from the News of The World scandal. Rupert Murdoch, the single worst thing Australia has ever produced.