Mind you, I'm sure your
PR department would manage to put a positive spin on that?
Right, where were we?
As I was saying, sir, obviously we're very restricted in what we can release before any potential court case.
However, the Chief Constable's very keen to issue a press release publicising the successful arrest of such a wanted gang…
We were lucky, rather than successful.
I'm sorry?
We were lucky that a single, resourceful police officer managed to throw her phone onto the back of a pick-up truck.
We were LUCKY that the gunman decided not to pull the trigger.
Otherwise, that would be a very different press release, wouldn't it?
One publicising the death of three police officers.
Sir, if we could just address the Chief's questions... I'd like to address some questions of my own.
Why were the other units so far away?
Why are front-line police officers so thinly stretched?
Why are there never enough helicopters in the sky?
You know... I don't think I'm going to be able to help you with your good-news story, but I'll be certain to forward you a copy of the complaint about the lack of tactical resources that I WILL be sending to the Chief Constable.
OK? Thank you.