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Pursuits
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:46 pm
by Avtur50_exVet
The bloke from the gong
I was a RAAF crew member at Richmond and you are correct and the sandgroper is 100% correct my brother is a member of WAPOL
Pat
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:52 pm
by Tyranus

right yes fair enough, don't know about anyone else but that didn't make a lot of sense
Re: Pursuits
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:30 pm
by westernwedgey
Avtur50_exVet wrote:The bloke from the gong
If it helps people in WA or anywhere outside NSW understand, this means the bloke from Wollongong, i think he's referring to Steve NSWP.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:10 pm
by CHEV4EVR
Bobby wrote:SteveNSWP wrote:Here they also take perticular note of the officers voice. If they sense that u are succumbing to the excitment of it all they will call "terminate". U definately need someone whose not there and not affected by it all to monitor all aspects of the pursuit.
I think that the same thing happens here. I have noticed a few times when the officer has sounded a bit excited, or even super stressed, they have been told to abort.
As a scanner listener, it can be really frustrating, because you get caught up in 'the thrill of the chase' too.(which is probably coming from the officers voice) But as you say, the DI, with all of their experience, are sitting there being subjective, and realise that it is probably getting dangerous.
Duty Inspector, experience, objective. Four words never to be used in one sentence. Experience, yes at looking out windows over their desk, operational policing experience...no
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:57 pm
by Lucas_arts_182
woobla wrote:In the US they rarely ever abandon a pursuit regardless of the outcome
yeah, on wildest police chases you often hear them saying "hes gonna crash, hes all over the road" , then within seconds they vier off the road and hug a tree.
But even under these cercomstances they still chases , we need a happy medium in between AUS and US..... agreed?.
because we cant alwas have PolAir, TK's and CD's in the area and ready to go , some one has to chase untill they get there.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:17 pm
by Bobby
CHEV4EVR wrote:Duty Inspector, experience, objective. Four words never to be used in one sentence. Experience, yes at looking out windows over their desk, operational policing experience...no

Police & Vehicle Pursuits
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:33 am
by crewman
Let's leave it to the 'real' Police Guys ...
Armchair scanner listeners should be just that.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:22 pm
by Lucas_arts_182
i agree crewman , its funny how every one has theit oppinion on what the police should have done.
but you dont tell a paramedic how to splint your broken arm
or tell i firefighter how to put out the fire burning your house down.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:36 pm
by Markmywords
Lucas_arts_182 wrote:i agree crewman , its funny how every one has theit oppinion on what the police should have done.
but you dont tell a paramedic how to splint your broken arm
or tell i firefighter how to put out the fire burning your house down.
Ive seen bystanders tell paramedics what to do haha...
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:47 pm
by Millsy
Lucas_arts_182 wrote:i agree crewman , its funny how every one has theit oppinion on what the police should have done.
but you dont tell a paramedic how to splint your broken arm
or tell i firefighter how to put out the fire burning your house down.
hahah just last weekend i had a bloke tell me how to put out a poletop fire ?

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:04 pm
by donks
Millsy wrote:Lucas_arts_182 wrote:i agree crewman , its funny how every one has theit oppinion on what the police should have done.
but you dont tell a paramedic how to splint your broken arm
or tell i firefighter how to put out the fire burning your house down.
hahah just last weekend i had a bloke tell me how to put out a poletop fire ?

haha... backseat drivers are bad enough... but now it seems we have 'backseat firies'... now i find that funny...
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:22 pm
by Toottoot
Millsy wrote:Lucas_arts_182 wrote:i agree crewman , its funny how every one has theit oppinion on what the police should have done.
but you dont tell a paramedic how to splint your broken arm
or tell i firefighter how to put out the fire burning your house down.
hahah just last weekend i had a bloke tell me how to put out a poletop fire ?

I heard the other night freo 1st called to a pole top fire in spearwood where vandals had cut a lock and operated a switch which caused arcing. The firies had called for western power but operated the switch again while waiting.
As an electrician this is abig no-no and can cause safety issues for operators and the public so I was horrified when they said they had done that.
Do the firies do any high voltage training or electrical safety training?