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Another issue is that our unique policing system here in the UK is built heavily on trust and approachability. As theocd pointed out, when people feel that the police are no longer trustworthy, an "us and them" feel can easily develop which is actually one of the main factors of those massive nationwide riots we had a few years back. Those high up in police will be extremely careful to avoid a repeat of that.
PS Sparky - if there's anything specific you want to know, you can PM me I'll try to help
Yeh, I see in documentaries about british police, that no body likes you, lol. They try and make ya look bad to make you public enemy #1.
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1 grand!?! That is one really nice guy!
Well, he was homless until MagicofRahat decided to help him, and then Eric (the guy in the video) decided to help a homeless person, as he was once one!
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Urrrk....I've lowered all meh settings down. That don' work. Don't have editor, lost it somehow. Sooo
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I dread to think what would have happened if one of the officers had been armed in the lovely tussle we saw in the most picturesque of English towns - Luton (lol). The officer lost hold of his CS Spray and couldn't get his TASER out of its pouch (interestingly both Sect. 5 Firearms in the UK) within the first few seconds and if you were, as Hoppah put it, the 'fattier', would you by trying to put a couple of shots into the suspect as he wrestles with your buddy, fingers crossed for that overpenetration? In a crowded street? What would the IPCC and the Media think of an officer gunning down a man armed with a motorbike key? They have enough trouble in this country when we shoot armed suspects! Had that been an ARV crew I doubt they would have drawn for the following reasons:
2. CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN WEAPONS MAY BE FIRED
2.1 Firearms may be fired by AFOs in the course of their duty only when absolutely necessary after traditional methods have been tried and failed or must, from the nature of the circumstances, be unlikely to succeed if tried.
2.4 The test of using ‘force which is no more than absolutely necessary’ as set out in Article 2 (2) of the European Convention on Human Rights, should be applied in relation to the operational discharge of any weapon.
(ACPO Manual of Guidance on the Police Use of Firearms, 2003)
One assumes the talking, tussling and the attempt at TASER-ing were the attempts at traditional methods, and in the end, they worked, and nobody got shot.
I wholeheartedly agree with Hoppah, two officers were struggling to restrain one guy, I'm sure that happens in the US, Netherlands, Spain, Canada etc. too. I would just like to point out that glasses guy gets punched in the head by the patrol car and is rapidly losing consciousness throughout the fight, so its one and a half officers at best!
The OC-D
Completely different in the United States, lol. If they have a weapon they are either tased or shot, especially when they have a knife and you cannot get close to them with CS. I have no idea why, but I recently have gained A LOT of interest in the Law Enforcement in England, specifically the Roads Policing Unit. So, I am highly interested in finding anymore information on the police force, you think you have any links you can shoot me in a private message?
I also find this quite interesting (the first bit)...CO19, wow.
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If you don't think this is right, I think there is something COMPLETELY wrong with you! I think this is amazing...I've watched Penguin Magic's videos for a while...and he decided to give this homeless man a home and then that homeless man gets famous from this and he decides to spend 1 grand of his OWN money in order to get ANOTHER homeless person a home! Jesus, I think this is amazing....
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Ello, I have recently been encountering some FPS drops when I encounter lights while playing a modification, is there any settings in the .cfg for the max fps, I have tried fiddling with moviefps but that is for cutscenes?
If you have any solutions for me, I would greatly appreciate it
Here are my specs:
Processor: AMD A4-5000 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit.
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I just read the front page, it says it's going to be a public mod as of today! Stoked!
ooo, can't wait
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Love it
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Looks good! I hope you can get this public, looks pretty nice for a private mod.
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In my city we have different sections they are the following: Hanover Section, Central, Honeypot.
Engine 2, Ladder 1, Rescue 1, Brush 1, Engine 3, and Fire Command are stationed in Centrail (Main City), while Engine 4 is stationed in Hanover Section and Engine 1 was in Honeypot but has been ridden of it. Now, Attack 6 is stationed in Honeypot. ((Don't have pictures of Engine 1, Attack 6, or Engine 3)) We also have three ambulances within the city, they are known as Medic 25 A-B-and C they cover my city and the neighboring township. And, the ambulances look all the same.
Engine 2
Ladder 1
Rescue 1
Brush (Fire Support) 1
[Fire Command
Engine 4
Medic 25
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Some of the most intimidating people I've ever ran into are insanely small build, but the things they can do if need be is downright horrifying.. Size aint everything, its about knowing how to use your size and leverage.
Yeh, the cop that I am talking about is muscular, and yanno' sometimes the more muscle you have - you may be stronger, but it is hard for you to move/run.
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Ah, okay. I see, city type like NYC, LA, and Chicago. I don't see many American volunteer mods, all you see is european mods where the firefighters are actually paged to station and have to put their gear on
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You'd cry in shame if you'd find out physical requirements to be a police officer.
I think there should be more strict requirements, like you have to be strong, can't be fat and eat donuts all the time (lawl). Theres one cop around where I live, everyone is scared of him cuz he is bulked up
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Love the look of Engine 6, keep up the good work! Now, is River Falls a volunteer type thing, or is it gunna be a city?
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Indeed, it will always be debated, even if they ever issue guns to police officers in the UK. It remains a matter of weighing the pros and cons. The investment of issuing guns to officers to save extra lives, increase defensibility and to deal with certain situations more effectively versus the risks of innocent people getting shot, trigger happy officers or weapons being stolen and/or used against officers. The latter happened in the Netherlands in 2011, resulting in the death of a police officer who was killed with his own gun which was taken from him during a struggle. There's no perfect solution and there never will be. Even tasers aren't that non-lethal as they are supposed to be and batons can be used to beat someone to death too.
Well, don't they have the straps around the holster of their weapon? This way it is hard to unclip when you are tussling around with a Officer who is probably 10x stronger than you?
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cuz' as they say in the video the suspect did have a key in his hand which was used to cause the injuries to the Officer that had a concussion and had to be transported. If that has happened in the United States a Officer's sidearm would have been drawn and they would've been yelling at the suspect to drop the key as it is a dangerous weapon and it could kill somebody. Here, if there is a danger to the public and/or an Officer's life, they draw their sidearms and will shoot at the suspect to injure them and make them drop said weapon.
Like I said above, if this were to happen a sidearm would be drawn in the US and if the suspect proceeded to stab the officer in the face like that he would've been shot and he would've been detained. Police Officers are taught to shoot if they are being presented with a suspect with a weapon, I.E a knife being pulled on an officer or another weapon being pulled out, if that happens a PO has every right to shoot to injure.
I think this is how it should be in England, but as you said, it is debated all the time. -
Respect to those police officers who have to deal with that. However, it does kinda shows how defenseless unarmed police officers actually are. The ones in the video are panicking (especially the one calling it in) and to me it just looks like they weren't trained to deal with a situation like this. Why the hell wasn't the suspect restrained before they put him the police vehicle? That's asking for an escalation/an attempt to run. Anyway, those police officers basically relied on backup once it escalated
. Even funnier, you would expect that bystanders would provide help, especially if nobody apparently owns guns in the UK.Anyway, its an interesting subject to talk about. I'm sure the whole unarmed police deal works fine in the UK, but I'm just constantly wondering if they're really willing to take those extra risks, which may result in deaths which could've been prevented
Bystanders in the United States rarely help either, I find it kinda poopy when they don't, even if they are just sitting there fighting the Officer - if I seen that I would jump in and push the suspect over and attempt to pin him to the ground and help the Officer, and you can clearly see in that video that the one officer was bleeding very badly, so they needed help. There was a person with a dog behind the incident, I would've thought that the dog would've gone mental
.I also agree with the deaths being prevented, and I think it would be better if cops in England had some sort of sidearm, cuz' as they say in the video the suspect did have a key in his hand which was used to cause the injuries to the Officer that had a concussion and had to be transported. If that has happened in the United States a Officer's sidearm would have been drawn and they would've been yelling at the suspect to drop the key as it is a dangerous weapon and it could kill somebody. Here, if there is a danger to the public and/or an Officer's life, they draw their sidearms and will shoot at the suspect to injure them and make them drop said weapon.
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It is very strict and there's a pretty thorough background check you have to keep ammunition under lock and key in one part of the house and the firearm itself in another under lock and key its strict but affective your waiting a good few years until you actually get your license as well. It is also hard to get one illegally most gun owners in the UK are farmers anyway.
EDIT: Just something that irks me is that you said England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland along with England make up the UK, unless you were being specific to England then i apologize.
The UK in general, they all don't carry weapons, init? If they don't carry a sidearm they got my mad respect.
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I got mine for free
Runs like a charm on my laptop when I have it all to low, and the graphics don't look that bad either ;3 -
Mmm, so what are the gun restrictions in the UK? DO you need a permit? Is it easy to obtain an illegal weapon easily? In the US you have dealers right around the corner where ever you go
I give major props to the police of England, in my mind they are 10x better than the police in the US, as all you have to do over here is aim a weapon/taser at a suspect and they will go down. But, in England you have to drag the suspect to the ground, watch this video -
**BE ADVISED, GRAPHIC VIDEO ONCE AGAIN.*
No one in this video has died, it is just graphic in what has been done to a Police Officer.
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I tried playing the survival, but got too lost with trying to figure everything out. I would love to check out towny though..
I am on the Teamspeak now, usually on all day to help whoever needs it - come on and I can help you out
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No, sorry sir.
may luck be wif' you, yeee? yaaaa. -
Looking good, big fan of Chicago FD and Chicago PD - would love to go to Chicago and just tour the fire stations some day - can't wait to see this mod after it is done!
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And, I can't lower my resolution cuz' it will screw up my game
Had to go in the config file and edit it so the game would actually load.