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What about a show on road workers.... "Lollypop Men: Slow or Go...."

orrrrr Crosswalk attendants..... infact im going to write to CH7, 9 & 10 now. haha

kilmo wrote:Will do Max....

Donks - That sucks, when do you graduate?

Graduate Jan 14th mate!. not far now!

Max-Brown wrote:Congrats Kilmo! It's a great feeling but even better when you pass that physical! No doubt I will see you around the campus, come and say hi to the gold squad....

one of my good friends is in gold squad too! will make sure Green squad comes to welcome you guys! =)

congrats mattttteeeee!..... now the wait til Jan!. good luck with the PPE... you will be fine! shame i will be graduating just before you start! the academy will be the best 6months so enjoooooooyyyy! =]

what i was refering to is that when the boot is open (car is stopped, not driving) the boot does in fact cover the light bar. Particularly at crashes when officers are in and out of the boot getting cones, paint etc, it can become a hazard. A few LEDs installed in the boot could fix this. Sometimes...

singkenten wrote:You should be doing a mirror check every 3 to 7 seconds... sound proofing is NO excuse!!!

my words EXACTLY!... a good driver is always aware of their surroundings...

no high vis = danger open the boot, the emergency lights are covered!! crazy! I'm sorry but what on earth are you on about.... Its not like they race to calls with the boot open is it? The boot is open to uses such as what Tyranus stipulated. LOL.. yes i have never ever known an open boot to be a s...

TADIS. -Motorola touchscreen monitor and keyboard. a rather small computer hard drive mounted under passenger seat. runs Windows XP.

great system that needs a lot of upgrades. takes its time starting up and regularly boots the user out which is a pain in the a..

LOL.. Academy vehicle... used for driver training too.. has dual accelerator/brake pedals haha

Fireguard wrote:the guy in the vest and thongs is a WAPOL officer who was off duty and on the train at the time.....

correct. off duty at the time.. feel sorry for the driver/passengers and witnesses.

only pics i was able to take on the day as i was pre occupied with other tasks but pls enjoy. This thing is 9tonnes of awesome and is based off the Ford F550 series, Built by LENCO... i know there are some other pics on the forum. http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/111/p9190005.jpg http://img844.ima...

correct. it was held today.. changed from fathers day... it was quite a large event actually.. TRG were there with the LENCO (pics to follow), TRG Bomb Squad were there with their robots, some cars on display, Scenario Village was open for everyone to check out, Moot court sessions, tours of the OST...

I just received some good news, I got selected for the Gold Squad. Starting on the 15th November. Got a busy week ahead next week with fitting and what not. Really excited and looking forward to it. congrats mate. a friend of mine also got into one of those squads. not sure if gold or blue though. ...

robbage wrote:OK gotcha. I was imagining Gold Squad was some sort of elite team or something

Green squad are the "elite" squad lol!

it is structured as follows..

Blue and gold always go through together...
Green and Grey are together
Red and White are together.

I agree. Police should be given more protection rgarding pursuit driving.. i personally know a lot of officers who will not engage in high speed pursuits. Its the main thing we are having drilled into us at the moment, its not worth chasing, because a death in custody is the LAST thing you want to b...