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Posted by Richard Dewsbery on 09/09/05 10:25
> On 2005-09-08 10:02:26 +0100, "Richard Dewsbery"
> <richard@dewsbery.freeserve.co.uk> said:
>
> >> Secondly - you never use blues and twos to a burglary.
> >
> > What if the caller reports that the burglar is still in the house? From
> > what I've seen, while a blue light response certainly is called for, it
> > wouldn't surprise me if there was a policy of never using them.
> >
> >
> > Richard
>
> What's better than shouting at the top of your voice "here come the
> cops"? Blues would be used purely to advise traffic on the way to the
> scene, but sirens and lights are switched off withing sight/sound of
> the location to avoid the offenders being spooked and increase the
> chances of their eing apprehended.
Ah - I see. I was hoping that the Police *would* use their sirens and
lights to get there really fast, but I'd interpreted your earlier post as
meaning that they wouldn't. Classic case of misunderstanding on Usenet :)
Richard
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