You are correct unless of course you are at an airport or other such similar site then will be armed all the time.

Are you saying I misread? If that is the case then I am sorry for misreading. I have to go out so I have not got the time to go back and check.

TDH has not clarified what he saw. We are not sure if he was saying there was an armed response vehicle in the street or he actually saw officers with guns which to be fair if that was the case Nwn would have something in the news section .

That's a gross over-reaction to my comment.

I expressed surprise that armed police officers would attend an ordinary incident. Surely I am entitled to be surprised, since we don't live in the wild west, and the police here when I last looked are not routinely armed.

No there not so i'm not sure why the surprise that they would muck in, surely you wouldnt want them sat around waiting for an incident that required them.

Of course not! I was only surprised that they would go in armed (hence "armed police" = "police carrying arms" as opposed to "unarmed police") if arms were not required for the incident being attended.

I think we are talking somewhat at cross purposes here!

Perhaps its just a question of semantics: to me an armed policeman (or woman!) is one with a gun in his/her holster, or carrying a firearm.

So we're still going with the laughable notion that Ossy is a copper then??? Despite being barely able to write in English, showing up a complete lack of knowledge regarding the roads, especially with the trucks on motorways thread, and basically throwing a strop anytime anyone mentions the police, be it TVP, transport, or traffic.

lorrys on the motorway? What are you talking about?

And why not? They can't all have degrees!

When people come on here with aliases it is almost impossible to find out what they really are/ do, some will come on here because forums are the only way to play Superman or girl. Some lead dull boring lives and by being on here they can spruce those lives up by saying whatever they like. It gives some a tingle, a feel of superority. If Ozzy wants to come on here and be a policeman/ girl (whether she is or not) then why not? We don't have to accept it and anything they say (i.e. if they claim to be a policeman etc) can be verified or challenged. Nevertheless, and saying that, there are those that are easily taken in by what people say and it is the vulnerable we've got to be concerned about.

Ozzy did allow us to know that she is a policeman/ girl so she obviously has a motive for letting us know; i.e. bringing her profession on here. I suppose it all adds to the spice of things. I've been on many forums where I've been privilaged to debate with Tony Blair, the Queen, Stalin and even God himself, so a policewoman is only a couple of steps down the ladder.

If we still had a labour government then that might have changed.

Oh GMR please get over this, it is in danger if cropping up in every post and is now getting really boring. I really do not care who does what for a living.

Actually there is nothing to get over. I replied to the previous post. Forums are not there for one mans liking, but for various ideas, thoughts, rants, debates and many other reasons. However, as free thinking people we all have a right to choose which posts we wish to read or ignore.

There are many posts on here and other forums where I think we are going down the same road again, or this is boring... but I recognise the posters right to express themselves as they see fit (so long as they are not abusive). So I either ignore certain named threads, the poster or something else, but what I won't do is dictate what I expect from another member; I recognise that he or she is a free agent on a free forum, and without that free expression we have a dictatorship by the few.

That should teach Jayjay from piping-up!

Too right. I'm have no interest in who anyone is, just the opinions they post.

If you read the post; albeit carefully (!), don't think GMR is either. I take by that he means Duke or Dustman he feels at liberty to take a tilt. Thats the way it is with freedom!

GMR i assume your rant is about me again?
In which case it may be wise if you refer to me by actual name, thats ossy not ozzy.

May sound pedantic but there is another forum member called ozzy, best not to confuse those that don't know better or upset ozzy.

Thanks, ossy!!

It wasn't a rant, but just responding to another poster. I see these forums as just a tool; we are all here for different reasons, but whatever they are we shouldn't get upset, but enjoy. The beauty of forums is their differences. Nothing more, nothing less. Your worth, is the same as my worth; to entertain, educate, learn, debate and enjoy.


You are correct, i wrote without really taking in the names. I know that can be annoying, but wasn't intentional and I can only apologise and try not to let it happen again.



Don't worry about being 'pedantic' as we all suffer from that from time to time. Again your point taken and I'll try to be more observant next time.

Regards,

Glenn

I am just suprised that this has not made the News. The windows are now boarded up on the house that was raided so they did not just 'knock on the door'. Come on NWN - get to the bottom of whats going on in Newbury. There are also steel shutters over the Windows of a house in St Michaels Road. Are the Police by chance carrying out some sort of dawn raids operation on a certain 'element' that now frequents South Newbury...

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=14392

The Armed Police were not armed....