police tractor
[Edited on 26/9/10 by graememk]
Heres the story
police tractor
[Edited on 26/9/10 by graememk]
Could have painted the wheels.....
I've seen this in the flesh. Total waste of time. I asked the copper what good is it chasing stolen tractors across fields if it is stationed in
skegness and someone is stealing a tractor in spalding when the top speed is 50kph????
Dan
surely a bowler wildcat would be better?
seems a waste of our money just to prove that the police force are serious about crime.
they could proove there serious by fighting crime, not telling us about it.
I agree with all of the comments, but i think that they are trying to show that they are in partnership with rural areas, and trying to show that
rural crime is something that they are cracking down on.
Personally, i think that the taxpayers money could have been better used for this, rather than buy a tractor that will do less than 1000 miles per
year, have kids crawling all over it (though thats not a problem) and sitting in the police yard rotting for five years before they get rid of it for
silly money.
Ive worked with the met on a regular basis, and they have vehicles all over the place, just unused and rotting away.
I'd expect John Deere have loaned them the tractor on some sort of deal, it goes to shows etc & gets more of their product on display so I
doubt it actually cost much. Good job too because it'd be about £40,000, not good use of budget in a time of cutbacks!
Rural crime is a real problem & we'd like the police to be more active as they do little more than show face but how does this show us
they're serious? I think it looks comical!
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Originally posted by hillbillyracer
I'd expect John Deere have loaned them the tractor on some sort of deal, it goes to shows etc & gets more of their product on display so I doubt it actually cost much. Good job too because it'd be about £40,000, not good use of budget in a time of cutbacks!
Rural crime is a real problem & we'd like the police to be more active as they do little more than show face but how does this show us they're serious? I think it looks comical!
Just watching Countryfile, where John Craven has just said that 80% of all tractors / farm machines share a common key!!
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Originally posted by Guinness
Just watching Countryfile, where John Craven has just said that 80% of all tractors / farm machines share a common key!!
for the cost of a set of stickers, its a good way to raise awareness of rural theft. Watching John Craven earlier too, he says lots of people dont realise farm machinery is a target for organised criminal gangs.