Oxford Police

[dan_ict]

:D Great wee vid. Aperently they got in trouble for this wich i find ridiculous

[Heilandee]

It's no PC for PC's to be seen havin fun.

[PullMyFinger]

Not ridiculous if they should have been elsewhere. If they got a shout would they leave one at the bottom of the hill and then be a man short or would they take an extra 5 minutes to respond? The riot shield would no doubt be covered in scratches rendering it unfit for service. Emergency services are paid for by us to do a job. They can have a carry on when they're off duty using their own sledges.

We pay their wages, we can't sledge at work so why should they?

[Yngwie]

There could be occassions where criminals make their getaway on a sledge, so training in this area is vital!

[tm4tj]

:D :) :015:

[+CaleyD]

When I was a kid it was fairly common for the community bobby to come join in with a kick around, take a turn at batting in a game of rounders or insist on checking your rope swing was safe by trying it out. "Billy (Hargreaves) we're getting beat 7-0, can you play on our team for a bit to even it up"

Some people might see that as wasting time or not doing the job, but he knew every kid in the area and we all knew him. This allowed him to deal with us as individuals whenever we got caught up in a bit of mischief and we all knew we could approach him if we had a bit of bother or wanted to report something....somehow telling something to Billy was never the same as "grassing" to the police.

[Scotty]

I remember Billy well ... good guy, not to mention his wing-walking exploits :D His replacement, Hazel was also good ... and far prettier than him :)

[Fanoffooty]

Not ridiculous if they should have been elsewhere. If they got a shout would they leave one at the bottom of the hill and then be a man short or would they take an extra 5 minutes to respond? The riot shield would no doubt be covered in scratches rendering it unfit for service. Emergency services are paid for by us to do a job. They can have a carry on when they're off duty using their own sledges.

We pay their wages, we can't sledge at work so why should they?

Och i dont see the harm in it , theyre only having a laugh & anyway i'm sure many of us do things we shouldnt at work !

[PullMyFinger]

Not ridiculous if they should have been elsewhere. If they got a shout would they leave one at the bottom of the hill and then be a man short or would they take an extra 5 minutes to respond? The riot shield would no doubt be covered in scratches rendering it unfit for service. Emergency services are paid for by us to do a job. They can have a carry on when they're off duty using their own sledges.

We pay their wages, we can't sledge at work so why should they?

Och i dont see the harm in it , theyre only having a laugh & anyway i'm sure many of us do things we shouldnt at work !

If a member of your family was in an accident and the ambulance needed a polce escort to clear the path to hospital, how would you then feel? They should be poised like a coiled cobra ready to spring into action. :(

[Heilandee]

Good to see them showing a human side rather than the homogonised Robocop image many seem eager to portray, alienating Joe Public in the process. Good PR if not PC IMHO

[TopSix]

Cross anyone's mind that they might have been on their lunchbreak?