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[Marks DTM Calib]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7977654/Crop-car-police-tractor-is-latest-in-1m-of-gimmicks.html

Now I personaly think that is hilarious!

[Jimbob]

saw it on country file the other week!
madness!

[Welung666]

FFS it gets worse the bicyles they have around here are probably faster and yes they have blue light too!

Great find Mark

[Jimbob]

I still like our forces new car :

[Marks DTM Calib]

Leicestershire Police have just got one so its been on the local news today.

Apparantly its a spnsorship thing to display at rural events to highlight the issues of tractor theft (which is a major issue)

But, I would so love to see one going down the road at 40 with the blues and 2's going!

[maria]

That is so cool james, your sam would love one lol

[Jimbob]

apparently these tractors come in at supercar prices....and 90% of em or sommat start using the same key!  madness

[aaronjb]

Comicalness aside.. that is a cracking piece of reporting..

"Let's use this as an example of all this spending!"
"But it wasn't paid for by public funds, it's been loaned to them for free?"
"Ah not to worry, bury that little detail in the article, nobody will notice!"

[tunnie]

To be fair, in rural places in Winter its not actually a bad idea! Its not all about chasing after Ronnie and Bigs, it might be a case of just being able to get somewhere if we have snow like last year

[Omega_Dan]

so thats there our money goes! great

[Dishevelled Den]

Can't see it being of much use in urban areas, but for rural recovery tasks? - yep, I'd give it a try.

The rest of the piece about gifts, trinkets and advertising aimed at promoting a favourable image of the police in the minds of the public is ballicks in my view:  The best way to do that is for police officers to be out and about catching offenders and helping people in need.

It's hardly rocket science - HMIoC please note.

[hotel21]

so thats there our money goes! great

Public money did not purchase it, if you read the article.....   

[Welung666]

I could just see you in one of these Broocie

[24_Valve]

The best way to do that is for police officers to out and about catching offenders and helping people in need.

It'd hardly rocket science - HMIoC please note.

absolutely   HMIC bureaucrats vs common sense  :-/

[hotel21]

I could just see you in one of these Broocie

Driven similar in the past with a 'Kojak' light on the roof, especially for the winter purposes stated in the article. It can get a tad frosty up this aways, sometimes.....