Why Nobody Likes RAF Police
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Originally Posted by Comp Charlie
I think Laar must have gone AWOL from pprune. Seems he couldn't bear the thought of being caught red-handed being factually incorrect and being legitimately asked for an apology!
(I'm not usually this pedantic but when it comes to getting one over on a copper in a public arena then I'm like a dog with a bone
)
CC
(I'm not usually this pedantic but when it comes to getting one over on a copper in a public arena then I'm like a dog with a bone
)CC
The pearls of wisdom continued on the nights 31/01 - 13 posts and 01/02 10 posts. We may attribute the flurry on night 1 to catching up on the earlier messages.
If the off-duty interval repeats the first gap we might expect a further response about 2000 on 5 Aug. Unless of course he allows the thread to die a death.
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Thankyou Pontius, and may I commend you on your splendid investigative work.
This leads me to conclude that YOU are not an RAF Policeman, as your answer was factually correct, concise and to the point.
You did not adopt a condescending tone, and I actually listened to, and digested what you said with a large degree of respect for you, even though we have never met.
Please do not consider joining the RAFP, you will never fit in...
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This leads me to conclude that YOU are not an RAF Policeman, as your answer was factually correct, concise and to the point.
You did not adopt a condescending tone, and I actually listened to, and digested what you said with a large degree of respect for you, even though we have never met.
Please do not consider joining the RAFP, you will never fit in...
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In what way
Back to my sunday school days I seem to remember that Pontius was a pilot, and therefore could not have smelt of wee
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
Back to my sunday school days I seem to remember that Pontius was a pilot, and therefore could not have smelt of wee
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
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That is the problem with us Secondary Modern produce, we inevitably end us as factually innacurate Baldricks
Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways and I promise to try and do better
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways and I promise to try and do better
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I also attended the police school before L72 which naturally goes with the idea that I was navigator to Pontius Pilate!
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Back on thread
Mrs TW (serving airwoman) at secret oxon Helo base gets a tel call today.
Mrs TW, "Hello"
Acting Cpl snowdrop. "Hello, I want to talk to you about a very serious incident of which you were involved"
MTW " Sorry, say again?"
ACS " Yesterday, somebody reported you to us for driving the wrong way down a one way street."
MTW " Sorry, please expand?"
Acting To$$er " you could have killed people in a hit and run"
MTW " Sorry, I do not recall driving down a one way street, please tell me where it was?"
Acting bigger to$$er " Near the Naafi stroke spar shop"
OBSERVATION. A road which is about 12 metres long.
MTW " Well I certainly do not remember."
Even bigger now To$$er. " Believe me, you did and could have killed somebody"
MTW " Who was the person who had nothing better to do than to report me for doing something that I did not do anyway?"
Acting SAC,flight sergeant, Marshall of the Royal Air Force " Well do not do it again or I will do yer."
To$$eR
If I get hold of the little scrote, I might have to educate him in the way of etiquette and the way life really is. By involving my solicitor!
RAFP.THEY DO, Do a good job in REAL mil work.But get rid of TO$$ERS like the gadget described .
Thanks,
TW
Mrs TW, "Hello"
Acting Cpl snowdrop. "Hello, I want to talk to you about a very serious incident of which you were involved"
MTW " Sorry, say again?"
ACS " Yesterday, somebody reported you to us for driving the wrong way down a one way street."
MTW " Sorry, please expand?"
Acting To$$er " you could have killed people in a hit and run"
MTW " Sorry, I do not recall driving down a one way street, please tell me where it was?"
Acting bigger to$$er " Near the Naafi stroke spar shop"
OBSERVATION. A road which is about 12 metres long.
MTW " Well I certainly do not remember."
Even bigger now To$$er. " Believe me, you did and could have killed somebody"
MTW " Who was the person who had nothing better to do than to report me for doing something that I did not do anyway?"
Acting SAC,flight sergeant, Marshall of the Royal Air Force " Well do not do it again or I will do yer."
To$$eR
If I get hold of the little scrote, I might have to educate him in the way of etiquette and the way life really is. By involving my solicitor!
RAFP.THEY DO, Do a good job in REAL mil work.But get rid of TO$$ERS like the gadget described .
Thanks,
TW
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Originally Posted by Lon More
Could they even make a mess of this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5152740.stm
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WOW. I have been away for a while earning a crust or two and upon my return have witnessed a total decimation if not a complete hatchet job of our brethren. ????
OK. Let me declare an interest. I am of the RAFP (Many Years Since). I did escape in 87 and I have posted on this thread a total of 4 times until this offering.
I am, quite honestly, appalled at some of the posts from so called (ex) members of the RAFP entered since my last humble offerings.
I will not, and will never justify or excuse the postings of some members of this forum, nor will I engage in petty insults to any of the comments made by forum members. I have in my previous posts made my position perfectly clear. Feel free to ridicule and abuse but please be prepared to accept a reciprocal arrangement. I for one can accept and agree with most of the reasonable comments made on this forum. However !!!!
A gent by the handle of Two Boats has given us an in depth account of his service and when abused has retreated in the face of superior aggression. Now call me a sceptic, but by my understanding and real life experience (albeit I left the fold in 87) I would suggest that any RAFP WO would have served at least 22 years in the RAF if not more. This would mean joining the local constabulary as a probationary constable at an age of over 40 years(Minimum). I will probably be corrected but I do not know of any Police Force that in recent years accept recruits over that age. If any local agreements are in place to facilitate such a recruitment age then I concede to superior knowledge. What I am trying to point out is that certain facts as offered by individual posters should be investigated to confirm relevancy.
I am not convinced by the postings of Two Boats.
Far be it for me to discuss OpSec. I am so far out of it I don’t even know what you are talking about nor do I particularly want to know. . However, Laar72 has displayed an attitude that portrays the worst aspect and ignorance of the “Need to Know” principle. The petty retorts and insults show an amazing lack of judgement and control, exactly what other members of this forum have identified as the worst attitude within the RAFP trade. Please discuss.
Yet again I am opening myself to incomming. !!!!
Regards to all genuine posters
OK. Let me declare an interest. I am of the RAFP (Many Years Since). I did escape in 87 and I have posted on this thread a total of 4 times until this offering.
I am, quite honestly, appalled at some of the posts from so called (ex) members of the RAFP entered since my last humble offerings.
I will not, and will never justify or excuse the postings of some members of this forum, nor will I engage in petty insults to any of the comments made by forum members. I have in my previous posts made my position perfectly clear. Feel free to ridicule and abuse but please be prepared to accept a reciprocal arrangement. I for one can accept and agree with most of the reasonable comments made on this forum. However !!!!
A gent by the handle of Two Boats has given us an in depth account of his service and when abused has retreated in the face of superior aggression. Now call me a sceptic, but by my understanding and real life experience (albeit I left the fold in 87) I would suggest that any RAFP WO would have served at least 22 years in the RAF if not more. This would mean joining the local constabulary as a probationary constable at an age of over 40 years(Minimum). I will probably be corrected but I do not know of any Police Force that in recent years accept recruits over that age. If any local agreements are in place to facilitate such a recruitment age then I concede to superior knowledge. What I am trying to point out is that certain facts as offered by individual posters should be investigated to confirm relevancy.
I am not convinced by the postings of Two Boats.
Far be it for me to discuss OpSec. I am so far out of it I don’t even know what you are talking about nor do I particularly want to know. . However, Laar72 has displayed an attitude that portrays the worst aspect and ignorance of the “Need to Know” principle. The petty retorts and insults show an amazing lack of judgement and control, exactly what other members of this forum have identified as the worst attitude within the RAFP trade. Please discuss.
Yet again I am opening myself to incomming. !!!!
Regards to all genuine posters
Last edited by Wilders85; 4th Aug 2006 at 06:07.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Wilders, good analysis. When I looked at L72's initial entry I was amazed at the sheer pace of his postings.
He dipped his toe in the water at 2140 and next at 2218. Then it came fast and furious with 7 3 5 5 2 5 1 4 6 5 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 10 4 6 3 3 8 11 4 3 9 11 6 3 3 3 11 15 16 6 3 7 20 88 minutes between posts.
The last post at 0330 and the next at 1835 seem slight aberations. Given the timing and pprune being on Zulu, it has all the hallmarks of someone pulling a boring night shift somewhere hot and sunny.
It this a record?
He dipped his toe in the water at 2140 and next at 2218. Then it came fast and furious with 7 3 5 5 2 5 1 4 6 5 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 10 4 6 3 3 8 11 4 3 9 11 6 3 3 3 11 15 16 6 3 7 20 88 minutes between posts.
The last post at 0330 and the next at 1835 seem slight aberations. Given the timing and pprune being on Zulu, it has all the hallmarks of someone pulling a boring night shift somewhere hot and sunny.
It this a record?
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Maybe he is currently serving on a non-24 hour unit and has realised after many months of trying that attempting to apprehend foxes and rabbits for speeding on the main drag is a battle he will never win, so is consoling himself with posting arse comments on this forum, in order to while away the hours until the doughnut shop opens again?
Comes to something when even other RAFP (ex or otherwise) recognise that you are talking out of your hoop!!
But I don't want to see Laar verbally battered and bruised and leave these pages...I feel he makes a very worthwhile contribution, and entertains me no end personally!
CC
Comes to something when even other RAFP (ex or otherwise) recognise that you are talking out of your hoop!!
But I don't want to see Laar verbally battered and bruised and leave these pages...I feel he makes a very worthwhile contribution, and entertains me no end personally!
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Wilders is wrong in his assertion that someone in their early 40s cannot join the civil police. I can personally name more than a few who have done so in recent years, all ex RAFP who I have worked with at some time or other. There must be others.
I wonder if 'TwoBoats' could tell us when he was stationed in Ascension Island? Those who have been there will know the connection between ASI and TwoBoats.
I wonder if 'TwoBoats' could tell us when he was stationed in Ascension Island? Those who have been there will know the connection between ASI and TwoBoats.
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Originally Posted by stillagoodguy
Wilders is wrong in his assertion that someone in their early 40s cannot join the civil police. I can personally name more than a few who have done so in recent years, all ex RAFP who I have worked with at some time or other. There must be others.
IF he made it to WO in the RAFP, I am surprised he would have left much before his early/mid forties. The police also retire at the age of 55. Not bad going to get abouve Sgt in a max of 15 years, despite joining at the age of at least 40 (and being more unattractive for promotion than a young thruster who has time to get to the top).
Or perhaps his fantasies are running away with themselves and he is actually a 'retired' SAC/A/cpl who is a 'revenue protection officer' at the local Arndale centre.