The real issue is that policing is a career that attracts, by and large, low
grade and low calibre people and certainly not those with an under graduate
degree level of capacity and intellect. Training is measured in only a
matter of months. It's the same the world over. In New York City not long
ago a beat cop issued a ticket to a very elderly lady who stopped on the
unbusy steps to city hall to re-tie her shoe laces. She was charged with
causing a public disturbance. Here in Canada a couple of years ago four or
five RCMP tasered to death a Polish immigrant at Vancouver airport who had
done nothing more than pick up a desk sized paper stapler.
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From: "Donald" <d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] your smile of the decade
> Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>> Looks to be good fodder for a Monty Python skit. Is there really a rule
>> against blowing ones nose or just some vaguely worded rule about full
>> control of your vehicle. Looks like Barney Fife has moved to the UK.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>
> It's in the Highway Code. The advice isn't prescriptive; that is to say
> that, although blowing your nose is not specifically mentioned, if, in
> the opinion of a police officer, you do not have full control of your
> vehicle, you may be subject to caution.
>
> This particular flatfoot has form, though. But the fact that he's not
> been quietly told to be less zealous is worrying. He's obviously a
> prick, and it brings the whole legal system into disrepute.
>
> IMHO.
>
> D.
>
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