Author Topic: Police handed kiddies' BMX bikes to bond with hoodies and 'look cool' (Read 1502 times)

ED209 · « **on:** April 30, 2010, 03:46 PM »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1270020/Police-given-BMX-bikes-bond-hoodies.html

Only in Lesta...

MartyC · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2010, 03:48 PM »

You know that will never work

Gish · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2010, 03:51 PM »

next they'll be wanting pads and fullface skid lids

magna13 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2010, 03:52 PM »

Haro's aswell

ED209 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2010, 03:56 PM »

A comment from someone sound...

Firstly, you'll probably find "hoodies" and skaters / BMX'ers are totaly different types of people.
Hoodies in the context of this article are trouble makers.
Skaters and BMXers are very skilled and focused and have an interest in something other than causing trouble.
The police are supposed to be respected (although they generaly arent) wouldn't they be better going to hang out with the skaters looking like a grown up policeman on a grown up policemans bike (mabe a mountain bike)?
You dont have to dress like them to get a rapport with them, just watch their tricks, be suitably impressed when they do some gravity defying trick and take an interest in them.

Any policeman who could be bothered could go to a skate park, get to know the kids, take an interest and become a trusted and respected, these kids are just human beings after all!

- G Mill, Sheffield, 30/4/2010 11:50

Philbert · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2010, 04:03 PM »

shouldn't he be wearing nike 6.0s

moanjam · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2010, 04:12 PM »

those stunt pegs look well used

Swivel · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2010, 04:32 PM »

spesh · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2010, 05:12 PM »

this has got to be a joke right!?

what a load of bollox
it didnt impress the boy racers when the rozza,s turned up with impreza,s did it?

oldschool rider · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2010, 05:20 PM »

This would only maybe work if the cop ridin the bike was BLYTHER......LOL.

Steve

hunterdubber · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2010, 05:33 PM »

Quote from: MartyC on April 30, 2010, 03:48 PM

You know that will never work

It would work if the copper was Stu Thomsen

They'd not get away from Big Stu the Sheriff

meticulous · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2010, 05:39 PM »

Quote from: MartyC on April 30, 2010, 03:48 PM

You know that will never work

i agree!!!! his bars are too far back!

firebird4130 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2010, 05:44 PM »

Imagine the hilarity when he's down the skatepark and someone suggests a game of pig

moanjam · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:11 PM »

Quote from: Hunterdubber on April 30, 2010, 05:33 PM

Quote from: MartyC on April 30, 2010, 03:48 PM
You know that will never work

It would work if the copper was Stu Thomsen

They'd not get away from Big Stu the Sheriff

fook me chris didn't know ST was a sherrif

hunterdubber · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:12 PM »

Quote from: moanjam on April 30, 2010, 10:11 PM

Quote from: Hunterdubber on April 30, 2010, 05:33 PM
Quote from: MartyC on April 30, 2010, 03:48 PM
You know that will never work

It would work if the copper was Stu Thomsen

They'd not get away from Big Stu the Sheriff

fook me chris didn't know ST was a sherrif

That's why you need to watch this bud

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BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2010, 01:04 PM »

fleccy's still on the bike - that's cool with the kids

no ass hanging out the back with trousers half way down

bars bit back - that the turning screwed

no pro tec lid

grinds both ways does he

bike must weigh as much as a burner

a miss is as good as a mile on this one

bmx and skaters - hoddies and chavs - police and milkman

scott250 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:39 PM »

What a waist of our money

Kids who ride BMX just ride BMX mostly, chavie little twats tent to ride around on any bike they can get hold of doing bow leged wheelies up the street

maybe the police should knock a ghetto ride up with odd sized wheels and maybe no tyers on the rear rim,, i've seen it for me self

twoc a few cars to get in with 'the hoodies'

Police, much like politician, are mostly vastly out of touch with most things in every day life

trickydeno · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:09 PM »

i saw the stench on 1 of these last week ed....in wigston(leic) at first i thought gotta be a piss take!

but hey here we have it.......old bill on haro's

proper!

HARORIDER · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2010, 09:31 AM »

nice to know our council tax is being spent wisely

oldtired · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2010, 06:44 PM »

already logged on to Bumblebee , they should go cheap "selection of good condition boys cycle's"

, the poor sods are just gona get laughed at by the people they're supposed to be interacting with, ie the so called "hoodies" , fook imagine the first ten mins of conversation if they tried to "interact" with a bunch of us 40+'s

, all respect for the law and the job the officers have been told to do, but realy? mountain bikes yes no problem with that, in fact a couple of bobby's that have pulled me for being a "hoodie" have had realy nice Kliens, and the fact that the bike was a conversation starter was a good thing ,the fact they new nothing about the bikes or that i was older than both of them didn't seem to impress em much, but on a badly set up bmx i think i would have had trouble taking them on board, certainly little billy joe twunt would be laughing about it for weeks

spooky69 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 02, 2010, 08:57 PM »

Their on Specialized MTB's round my way, is it a different brand in every county?

ED209 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 02, 2010, 09:12 PM »

Quote from: trickydeno on May 01, 2010, 07:09 PM

i saw the stench on 1 of these last week ed....in wigston(leic) at first i thought gotta be a piss take!

but hey here we have it.......old bill on haro's proper!

Alright Richie

Lets hire some 'copper' outfits and get down Western Park with some tazers... show 'em some old school 'policing'

try and get Mark 'Munnyella's bikes back

Broggie · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:16 AM »

Bars too far back, droopy, poorly adjusted chain...complete lack of skillz...

and much as I like my BMX's, my GT chucker MTB/jump would piss all over them for speed, so that argument is crap too...

oh well, at least someone is promoting BMX.

Ray.