AnthonyB + 451 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) A bit more sedate than the French style.... Edited January 7, 2015 by Fedster video embeded 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseyLLB 8,426 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Which is probably why they garner more authority than us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soap + 1,575 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Which is probably why they garner more authority than us. When I was in spain recently (salou, so yeah, it's technically Catalan), I was out drinking and the local cops would park up outside the bar I would start off at (clubs stayed open till 7am there). My friend one evening while mucking about said "Oh go over there and stand with your cop mates". Overhearing this, one cop came over and asked what he'd just said, my friend had a moment of terror and then meekly said "He's a copper in england" pointing to me. What resulted was a brilliant bit of banter with some Spanish cops who were saying how things went down in that part of the world. They were literally encouraged to "Hit and move away", which was practically, give a troublemaker a whack with your baton (they carried the rigid 'arnold' style batons) and then push them away. They only arrested if necessary, and if you were drunk and disorderly, and hit and move away didn't work, they'd cuff you and chuck you in their van until they were going home. They also found the idea of a community panel meeting ludicrous, which probably is most representative in the differences in policing there. They almost police through fear and machoism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseyLLB 8,426 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Do people feel safe though? Do they still report crime? Do they look for missing children, take a report of theft etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Marine 247 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 A bit more sedate than the French style.... Good to see that the French police are allowed to get stuck in and do the job. All we can do is stand around and watch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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