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Police to bring Whistles Back

if theye do bring back the whistles,the coppers here will have to have a good set of lungs,if they want any one to hear them,in these mountings the radios are no good.talk about heartbeat.first pushbikes now whistles,what next tardis boxes
pete
 
I really cannot see the point there are so many people about these days who will know who he/she is whistling at. quite amusing i think.

Whilst we are on the subject, and going off topic a tad, i was thinking the other day about people whistling and thought i have not heard anyone whistle for yonks and what did i hear yesterday. yes, you guessed it.

I was also given a whistle which was made in Birmingham a month ago, just in case i need help when alone. Now i have got to find some-one to blow it. lol
I can manage my own trumpet thank you Alf...Cat x
 
Have got an original whistle. As the article infers £700 for one - please tell me where I apply;)

Now here is an interesting scenario. Cyclist passes bobby who decides to use his whistle to attract. Whistle blown, cyclist distracted and collides with pedestrian or worse. Who is liable? Just a thought.

Oh and the bit about calling colleagues with them:D How are they going to hear with the modern equivilent of the radio head set stuck in his/her (PC Correct) ears. Looks like another gimmick.............. :thumbsdown:
Will.
 
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hello,i have one of them whistles on my life jacket.i think they did make em in brum. they did not do the people on the titanic much good did they.
pete
 
And another thought,... Some of us know what students are like they will be blowing their own whistles. lol...... ( Will students be banned from using whistles.).. It's a mad mad mad world...Cat
 
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Have got an original whistle. As the article infers £700 for one - please tell me where I apply;)

Now here is an interesting scenario. Cyclist passes bobby who decides to use his whistle to attract. Whistle blown, cyclist distracted and collides with pedestrian or worse. Who is liable? Just a thought.

Oh and the bit about calling colleagues with them:D How are they going to hear with the modern equivilent of the radio head set stuck in his/her (PC Correct) ears. Looks like another gimmick.............. :thumbsdown:
Will.
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I've got one also, belonged to my Grandad. Please can i have £700.
 
You've more chance of being struck by lightning.

It'll be determined it's better to let a villain escape than damage their hearing ... & presumably the officers will be requesting ear-defenders on health & safety grounds.
 
When in uniform I carried my issue whistle at all times. Times I used it? Never. It was for pure show.

What a well filled pair of lungs could not propel to a offender, indicating of ones displeasure, was not worth being concerned about. Those who got out of range - well there was always another day.

In a manual of the day it said one could summon assistance of colleagues with three short blasts of the whistle. Very unlikely to hear one over the sound of the tea urn.
It also read that at night one could rap ones truncheon on the pavement to summon assistance. Sort of maypole dancing stuff.

To think someone got paid to write such rubbish. Nothing changes when you consider the subject of all this posting.:rolleyes:
 
Hi
Wil What Do Think About The Police Using Taser Guns On The Crims For Protection
Now They Are Being Issued To Them Now You Have To Admitt The Crims In Your Day Wasnt As Violent They Did Show The Police Respect So The Whistle Aint Noect Are From A TASER And The Officier Does Not Have To Get To Close To The CrimmectGood Todays Event So The Only Lightening These Crimms Can Expect Is From A Taser Of 5000 Volts And No HARM To The Officer Best Wishes ASTONIAN
 
I don't know about bringing back the whistles......bring back the coppers all you see is a C S Os and they have no power of arrest...:DMau-reece
 
i have my grandads police whistle, checked value with whistle company worth a couple of quid.

it was valued by J. Hudson & Co., 13, Barr St, Birmingham
 
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This is a postcard from a set depicting the Jewellery Quarter Pavement Trails. This one is entitled A Titanic Blast- Whistles for the Titanic were made by Jewellery Quarter firm J Hudson Ltd.
 
I don't know about bringing back the whistles......bring back the coppers all you see is a C S Os and they have no power of arrest...:DMau-reece

Just as a matter of interest C S Os have a limited power of arrest but the Ratepayers of the local community pay for that service we have Proper Officers on the Beat CSOs are voluntary officers who give up there own time to police the streets doing routine jobs I E staying with stolen motors till they are recovered etc Leaving Police Officers to do "Proper work" as I understand it:rolleyes:
 
Just had an ear bashing by er indoors By limited power I mean as in citizens arrest :D sorry good job she aint got a whistle:D:D
 
Just to put the record streight. From the Home Office site
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)

As a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) you will support the work of your local police force and provide a visible and reassuring presence on the streets. It is a paid role, although you won't have the same powers as a regular officer.
Police Community Support Officers particularly work to reassure the public and to tackle the social menace of anti-social behaviour.
What you'll do as a Police Community Support Officer

Working under the direction of a police commander, you will find yourself fighting a range of crime and disorder problems. Just some of the problems you might have to deal with include:

  • contributing to the regeneration of local communities
  • increasing public safety
  • dealing with truants, graffiti, abandoned vehicles, litter, missing persons enquiries
  • confiscating alcohol being consumed in a public place
  • helping to support victims
  • controlling crowds at major events
PCSOs spend much of their time on patrol in communities and you should approach them with any questions or worries you have about anti-social behaviour or crime in your area.
Police powers

Depending on your role, you may also be given some police powers, including the power to:

  • detain someone until a constable arrives
  • direct traffic and remove vehicles
 
Cheers for that mike its always nice to be put straight especially as er indoors gives me an ear bashing and now I can show er shes WRONG AGAIN:D
 
Just as a matter of interest if cso s are paid then why for an extra bit of money cant we have real Police Officers and if they have to have whistles :) is it the one with the Pea :) or the old fashioned one :) Dixon of Dock Green Type and is it made in Brum:):D
 
I am just looking for a whistle on e-bay right now. After one of the old type as the little black plastic one,s we are issued with are a little on the cheap side to say the least.
 
the size of some of the coppers these days it,l be a toss up whose the tallest them or there whistles.
 
As young coppers we became very adept at making Clanger calls. Remember those TV characters that lived on the moon with the Soup Dragon and whistled alot ? We had to stop it when the Bishop of Hereford complained to the Chief Supt. that he was being woken up by the racket. Like the police helmet they were a link with the past, of days when beat areas and towns were a lot smaller and no traffic noise at night made the whistle a viable alarm. The whistle was a mere adornment when I joined the job in the 1960s. The early Pye radios and panda cars had heralded Unit Beat Policing and it has been going down hill eversince with ever increasing Corporate Speak.

Mind you only a sticky sweet in you pocket collects fluff better than a police whistle.
 
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