Armed police stopping drivers in Kettering.

Antaletriangle · 02-02-2009, 03:20 PM

http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Ar...tPageLength=10

Published Date: 28 January 2009
Armed police are stopping drivers in Kettering this afternoon in a traffic check point.
Drivers were being pulled over on the A43 northern bypass near Telford Way industrial estate in a check for motoring offences such as driving without insurance.

The check point would not usually have been manned by armed police officers but Northamptonshire Police used the operation as a training exercise for the firearms team.
Armed police would normally be used in a check point as part of a
counter terrorism operation.

Firearms commander for the operation Mark Lacey said: "All our officers are highly trained but there comes a point in training where we have to exercise in a real a situation as possible.

"We hope people won't be overly concerned - perhaps they might be reassured that people are there preparing should it be necessary to protect anybody."

Jacqui D · 02-02-2009, 03:40 PM

When i saw this i could not believe it!
Just what are they playing at.
If they wanted to do a practice run for armed police why not put it in a safe environment, it did not say whether these armed police were actually using dud bullits but i would have been terrified if i was pulled over by one of these police.

Okay you see this sort of thing happening in other countries but here, with our strict gun laws it makes you wonder if they are getting us ready for the future (maybe) chaos on the roads when this whole agenda thing takes form.

02-02-2009, 04:52 PM

Two possibilities spring to mind immediately.

1- They are just getting us used to being stopped and questioned by armed police officers, conditioning us to accept it as normal.

2- They are looking for someone specific, perhaps some dangerous, evil terrorist who was handing out leaflets without a permit.

I'll go with number 1, but wouldn't rule out number 2.

scanner · 02-02-2009, 05:17 PM

Hi, just another dot in the grand scheme of things in the name of anti terrorism .

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN PROCTION

. To go with NO POTO'S TO BE TAKEN OF THE POLICE

and a number of stoke city fans beeing locked in a pub by the GMP because they thought they MAY be holigans, police have apologised to them

. I hope they sue them for wrongful imprisonment. was that you ?

Swanny · 02-02-2009, 11:10 PM

Thats definately not good.

Jacqui the guns would have been loaded with live ammo, they carry guns and ammo in the cars.
It's a shame to see our country going like this, it used to be a great place to live.

02-02-2009, 03:20 PM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Armed police stopping drivers in Kettering. http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Ar...tPageLength=10 Published Date: 28 January 2009 Armed police are stopping drivers in Kettering this afternoon in a traffic check point. Drivers were being pulled over on the A43 northern bypass near Telford Way industrial estate in a check for motoring offences such as driving without insurance. The check point would not usually have been manned by armed police officers but Northamptonshire Police used the operation as a training exercise for the firearms team. Armed police would normally be used in a check point as part of a counter terrorism operation. Firearms commander for the operation Mark Lacey said: "All our officers are highly trained but there comes a point in training where we have to exercise in a real a situation as possible. "We hope people won't be overly concerned - perhaps they might be reassured that people are there preparing should it be necessary to protect anybody."

02-02-2009, 03:40 PM	#2
Jacqui D Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kent,England Posts: 1,267	Re: Armed police stopping drivers in Kettering. When i saw this i could not believe it! Just what are they playing at. If they wanted to do a practice run for armed police why not put it in a safe environment, it did not say whether these armed police were actually using dud bullits but i would have been terrified if i was pulled over by one of these police. Okay you see this sort of thing happening in other countries but here, with our strict gun laws it makes you wonder if they are getting us ready for the future (maybe) chaos on the roads when this whole agenda thing takes form.

02-02-2009, 04:52 PM	#3
Steve_G Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Armed police stopping drivers in Kettering. Two possibilities spring to mind immediately. 1- They are just getting us used to being stopped and questioned by armed police officers, conditioning us to accept it as normal. 2- They are looking for someone specific, perhaps some dangerous, evil terrorist who was handing out leaflets without a permit. I'll go with number 1, but wouldn't rule out number 2.

02-02-2009, 05:17 PM	#4
scanner Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sea level England ,I must move Posts: 195	Re: Armed police stopping drivers in Kettering. Hi, just another dot in the grand scheme of things in the name of anti terrorism . IT'S FOR YOUR OWN PROCTION . To go with NO POTO'S TO BE TAKEN OF THE POLICE and a number of stoke city fans beeing locked in a pub by the GMP because they thought they MAY be holigans, police have apologised to them . I hope they sue them for wrongful imprisonment. was that you ?

02-02-2009, 11:10 PM	#5
Swanny I dont need a label ! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Shire of Wilt Posts: 2,889	Re: Armed police stopping drivers in Kettering. Thats definately not good. Jacqui the guns would have been loaded with live ammo, they carry guns and ammo in the cars. It's a shame to see our country going like this, it used to be a great place to live.