 Major Helicopter Activity Last Night; What was going on? |
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 Aug 9 2011, 08:28 AM
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Last night, just after 1am, a helicopter I am pretty sure was a police one, was circling the area above where I live in eastern Thatcham.
It covered the area about six times for about 20-25 mins. Anyone know what this was for? |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:33 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 15-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (Blake @ Aug 9 2011, 09:28 AM)  Last night, just after 1am, a helicopter I am pretty sure was a police one, was circling the area above where I live in eastern Thatcham. It covered the area about six times for about 20-25 mins. Anyone know what this was for? It was over my area for about 2 bloody hours and it was flying low enough to keep me awake. I presume they were after some of our more feral members of the community. It is the School holidays..... |
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Aug 9 2011, 10:20 AM
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yeah... It was definitely longer than 25 minutes. Had a few people round my way poking their heads out of the window... They had the searchlight going and got quite low at some stages... I was expecting to see some of our shops with broken windows this morning...
But thankfully nothing to report.... |
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Aug 9 2011, 11:27 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Aug 9 2011, 09:33 AM) It was over my area for about 2 bloody hours and it was flying low enough to keep me awake. I presume they were after some of our more feral members of the community. It is the School holidays..... Priceless. One the one hand you want more robust policing, but not that robust that it keeps you awake! |
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Aug 9 2011, 11:56 AM
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"What do we want"?
"Law and Order" "when do we want it"? "not whiile we're trying to sleep" |
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Aug 9 2011, 12:32 PM
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QUOTE (Dodgys smarter brother. @ Aug 9 2011, 12:56 PM) "What do we want"? "Law and Order" "when do we want it"? "not whiile we're trying to sleep" Quite happy for the Helicopter to be out actually if they were trying to apprehend criminals. Hopefully they had some Dogs as well. My lack of sleep is an irrelevance in such matters. A bit like you. |
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Aug 9 2011, 12:35 PM
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Quit moaning about it then until you have the full facts. (that'll be a first)
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Aug 9 2011, 12:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 15-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (Dodgys smarter brother. @ Aug 9 2011, 01:35 PM) Quit moaning about it then until you have the full facts. (that'll be a first) I'm not moaning. You really are quite sanctimonious. Have you actually ever got anything constructive to say? Do you offer or contribute anything to the forum or are you just here to pick holes in peoples views and be self-righteous? What would 'dodgy' the font of all knowledge do about the ills of society????? Come on - As Delia would say - 'Let's be aving you....' |
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Aug 9 2011, 01:07 PM
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Getting back to the point,
What was going on? |
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Aug 9 2011, 03:30 PM
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heard rumours of two stabbings.......... but cannot find any news articles to back it up
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Aug 9 2011, 03:51 PM
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Yup same as Simon. Heard Rumours of stabbings in Greenham..... can NWN follow up???
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Aug 9 2011, 07:26 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Aug 9 2011, 01:32 PM) Quite happy for the Helicopter to be out actually if they were trying to apprehend criminals. Hopefully they had some Dogs as well. My lack of sleep is an irrelevance in such matters. A bit like you. That's the trouble with those pesky criminals, they don't keep the same hours as the rest of us. |
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Aug 9 2011, 07:35 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Aug 9 2011, 08:26 PM) That's the trouble with those pesky criminals, they don't keep the same hours as the rest of us. Be careful what you ask for or they'll go on strike. -------------------- Know your place!
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