"Protestor Removal Teams"

[speedstar]

I wonder if this recent addition to Greater Manchester Police will be deployed to "handle" forthcoming Bedroom Tax evictions? They might want to brush up on their grammar first though! ProtestOR - Doh!

http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=2079

 

[DaveCinzano]

It's a dictionary-recognised spelling.

 

[DotCommunist]

can't work out if this is specialisation or part of an ongoing casualisation-pcso, the rise in hobby bobbies etc

 

[xes]

they sound like fair game for bricks in the face.

 

[DaveCinzano]

can't work out if this is specialisation or part of an ongoing casualisation-pcso, the rise in hobby bobbies etc

Protest(or) Removal is a function executed under the aegis of ‘specialist resources’ defined by the Approved Professional Practices of the College of Policing (formerly the NPIA) - see here: http://www.app.college.police.uk/ap...mmand/#public-order-command-structure-diagram

Individual forces will have their own specific policies or protocols on how they deliver that function - eg Sussex Police provides a two day initial course on protestor removal, with four days of refresher courses per year: http://www.sussex.police.uk/policin...nd-method-of-entry-establishment-and-training

 

[Frances Lengel]

They're wearing fucking baseball caps.

 

[DaveCinzano]

They're wearing fucking baseball caps.

They have a dress code!

Protest Removal Team (PRT)

Flame retardant overalls
Blue issued long sleeve t-shirt
Head gear appropriate to deployment

 

[Pickman's model]

They're wearing fucking baseball caps.

are you making a supporting point to xes's well made point above, about the ease with which a brick flies past a baseball cap, and the poor protection afforded the head by that sort of hat?

 

[8ball]

They have a dress code!

It seems like one that can be quite easily copied for lulz too.

"Chief - we have twice as many protestor removers than expected but no protestors..."

 

[Frances Lengel]

are you making a supporting point to xes's well made point above, about the ease with which a brick flies past a baseball cap, and the poor protection afforded the head by that sort of hat?

Not to mention the compromised peripheral vision due to the visor.

 

[SpookyFrank]

can't work out if this is specialisation or part of an ongoing casualisation-pcso, the rise in hobby bobbies etc

They've been around for time. I've never seen them actually wearing jackets saying 'protestor removal team' before but that specialist role must date back to the early 90's at least. If you lock yourself to a block of concrete, they're the ones who know how to get you out.

There are also specialist bailiffs that know how to remove people from tunnels, treehouses etc. If you've fortified your flat against bedroom tax eviction and welded yourself into a steel cage suspended from the bathroom ceiling or something, it's them who will come to get you. Provided the housing association can afford them, coz their time is not cheap.

 

[SpookyFrank]

PCSOs probably couldn't do this sort of stuff because much of it requires opposable thumbs.

 

[8ball]

They've been around for time. I've never seen them actually wearing jackets saying 'protestor removal team' before but that specialist role must date back to the early 90's at least. If you lock yourself to a block of concrete, they're the ones who know how to get you out.

Wonder if protesters ever go on Dibble forums in pig-face and speak to these people about hypothetically what the most difficult removal possible would be...

 

[SpookyFrank]

Wonder if protesters ever go on Dibble forums in pig-face and speak to these people about hypothetically what the most difficult removal possible would be...

I've seen some good ones, including people just sitting down and tipping paint over their own heads. The plods couldn't shift them because they weren't allowed to get their uniforms dirty. Took them half a day just to find some coveralls

 

[Frances Lengel]

I've seen some good ones, including people just sitting down and tipping paint over their own heads. The plods couldn't shift them because they weren't allowed to get their uniforms dirty. Took them half a day just to find some coveralls

So if you covered yourself in shit they'd have to send out for those biohazard suit efforts. Which would probably take a while.

 

[DaveCinzano]

So if you covered yourself in shit they'd have to send out for those biohazard suit efforts. Which would probably take a while.

They never seem to have much trouble nicking this chap

 

[SpookyFrank]

Wonder if protesters ever go on Dibble forums in pig-face and speak to these people about hypothetically what the most difficult removal possible would be...

I just had a look at one of the dibble forums. There's someone there suggesting that if Alan Turing got a posthumous pardon then Jimmy Saville should too

Starting to remember why I don't spend a lot of time on plod boards.

e2a: I note that the post about Savile was made on Christmas day, how lovely.

 

[speedstar]

Protest(or) Removal is a function executed under the aegis of ‘specialist resources’ defined by the Approved Professional Practices of the College of Policing (formerly the NPIA) - see here: http://www.app.college.police.uk/ap...mmand/#public-order-command-structure-diagram

Individual forces will have their own specific policies or protocols on how they deliver that function - eg Sussex Police provides a two day initial course on protestor removal, with four days of refresher courses per year: http://www.sussex.police.uk/policin...nd-method-of-entry-establishment-and-training

Oh there's me thinking it was a G4S/Serco outfit!

 

[SpookyFrank]

I just had a look at one of the dibble forums. There's someone there suggesting that if Alan Turing got a posthumous pardon then Jimmy Saville should too

Starting to remember why I don't spend a lot of time on plod boards.

e2a: I note that the post about Savile was made on Christmas day, how lovely.

If nothing else you'd think a plod would know that you can't pardon someone who was never convicted.

 

[SpookyFrank]

The idea of having a 'protestor removal team' does rather clash with that beloved plod soundbite, 'facillitating peaceful protest' doesn't it?

But then we've all seen the pictures of police medics beating defenceless people with batons so clearly cognitive dissonance is not a huge problem for your average plod.

 

[Mr Smin]

The idea of having a 'protestor removal team' does rather clash with that beloved plod soundbite, 'facillitating peaceful protest' doesn't it?

But then we've all seen the pictures of police medics beating defenceless people with batons so clearly cognitive dissonance is not a huge problem for your average plod.

It's not so hard to rationalise either of those points. From the police POV they _are_ facilitating peaceful protest precisely because they are removing only 'troublemakers'. Their medics are like military combat medics: primarily a fighting force but with an extra skill set.

 

[SpookyFrank]

It's not so hard to rationalise either of those points. From the police POV they _are_ facilitating peaceful protest precisely because they are removing only 'troublemakers'.

Having been on the recieving end of police protest facillitation tactics many times, I can confidently say that they don't think like that. All protestors are troublemakers, and the only two categories are the ones they can get away with beating the shit out of and the ones they can't.

As for the medics, anyone with any kind of medical knowledge must know how dangerous head injuries can be. Yet still they do those overarm swings with their batons. The military are supposed to kill and maim people, the police are supposed to keep the peace remember? They're not supposed to be a 'combat force' at all.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I "know" a bloke who set up a door staffing company in the light of incoming legislation back in the 90s. He has also branched out into this field as part of his portfolio and taken on bailiff duties as well. Hes a top drawer cunt by the way. And Ive known right some cunts in my time.

 

[kenny g]

I wonder if this recent addition to Greater Manchester Police will be deployed to "handle" forthcoming Bedroom Tax evictions? They might want to brush up on their grammar first though! ProtestOR - Doh!

http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=2079

Either is correct. Both er and or, as a suffix, mean one who [transitive verb]s
An actor acts.
A calculator calculates.
A prospector prospects.
Investors invest.
Protestors protest.
Protesters protest.
Senders send.
A messenger messages.
A killer kills.
A digger digs.

The spellings reflect a preference in dialect as both are correct words.

http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic32050.html

So your pedantry is misplaced.

 

[DotCommunist]

hators gonna hate

 

[Mr Smin]

Having been on the recieving end of police protest facillitation tactics many times, I can confidently say that they don't think like that. All protestors are troublemakers, and the only two categories are the ones they can get away with beating the shit out of and the ones they can't.

As for the medics, anyone with any kind of medical knowledge must know how dangerous head injuries can be. Yet still they do those overarm swings with their batons. The military are supposed to kill and maim people, the police are supposed to keep the peace remember? They're not supposed to be a 'combat force' at all.

When I say 'police POV' I mean the one with the shiny epaulettes who makes the statement on the TV news.
Regarding the skull-truncheon-interface, _every_ cop is trained about what parts of the body they should and should not assault with a metal bar. I was trying to suggest that police riot squad medics are there to cause injuries _more than_ to heal injuries, I just didn't express myself very well.