PSNI cars 'unsuitable for use'

[BobSpounge]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-33257543

So "new" psni cars are not up to the job. Namely the Vauxhall Vectra which hasn't been in production since 2008 so how the hell can they be new ?

Also "completely unsuitable for policing in west Belfast, Londonderry or south Armagh" because the cops can't get in or out of them with body armour on.

Do they send fatter cops to these areas or something ?

Would a cop responding to trouble in east belfast with body armour on have no trouble getting out of a vectra ?

 

[Pumesta]

It's the BBC they never get their facts correct. The PSNI have just taken delivery of 1.2 Vauxhall Adam's

 

[Dub_cub 89]

Rapid response isn't really an option with one of them lol

 

[Ruairi83]

Passed the cops today at Foreglen and they where in a 64plate golf r... They had a lorry and jeep with trailer pulled... Seen this story on BBC after and thought, Poor them in golf r

 

[Ace_vaux]

It's the BBC they never get their facts correct. The PSNI have just taken delivery of 1.2 Vauxhall Adam's

It's gonna end up like Japan where if the cops can't catch you they won't bother!!

 

[G N K]

It's gonna end up like Japan where if the cops can't catch you they won't bother!!

Hopefully

 

[Gavlar]

http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/police-car-doors-too-small-30430825.html

 

[BobSpounge]

Neck injuries now. Surprise surprise.

 

[karron]

Passed the cops today at Foreglen and they where in a 64plate golf r... They had a lorry and jeep with trailer pulled... Seen this story on BBC after and thought, Poor them in golf r

was it the darkish blue one that seems to be based in maydown or another colour?

 

[BarryPort]

Too small to commit adultery in

 

[Sharkman]

Rapid response isn't really an option with one of them lol

Rapid response from the psni in general is laughable lol

 

[Ruairi83]

was it the darkish blue one that seems to be based in maydown or another colour?

That's it bud, dark blue

 

[Dave..]

They didn't seem to have this problem when they drove hard skin Cortinas, Granadas and Sierra's.
Maybe cops were harder back in the day.

 

[PeteM]

They didn't seem to have this problem when they drove hard skin Cortinas, Granadas and Sierra's.
Maybe cops were harder back in the day.

It's hearing loss claims for back in the day.

 

[Pumesta]

http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/police-car-doors-too-small-30430825.html

Shows just how stuck in the past the BBC is, the Belfast Telegraph story pre dates the Beeb's by almost a year, and given how good the Telegraphs journalism is, it was actually probably an issue when they replaced the Cavalier with the vectra

 

[Jethro]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-33257543

So "new" psni cars are not up to the job. Namely the Vauxhall Vectra which hasn't been in production since 2008 so how the hell can they be new ?

?

When was a Vauxhall Vectra ever up to any job never mind with the PSNI ?

 

[Ace_vaux]

They didn't seem to have this problem when they drove hard skin Cortinas, Granadas and Sierra's.
Maybe cops were harder back in the day.

And capris for a while

 

[stevieturbo]

http://www.injurylawyers4u.co.uk/

 

[Lyons]

Poor Vauxhall is getting a hard time here.

 

[Dub_cub 89]

Between inadequate adams and flying blue Astras im surprised they're still in business

 

[Rob1sp]

Ridiculous seeing the plod driving about in bloody A4 avants and Golf Rs, surely there's be something out there that would be more financially viable since its all of us that are paying for all this perceivably reliable German metal at the end of the day? The procurement division must base their purchases on the latest reviews on Pistonheads.

 

[Paddy_R]

They mean the Insignia not the Vectra, the additional armour added to them makes the door opening tiny plus the inflexibility of the body armour means it's hard to get into and out of. Was talking to a police mechanic recently who expressed the same concerns and he doesn't wear the body armour when getting into and out of them. Said they cost something like £120k each too!

 

[Ace_vaux]

To be honest I don't care what they drive as long as it is suitable for the job.

If it takes a fiesta or an Audi I'm all for it as long as it's fast enough to catch joyriders.

 

[Lyons]

Ridiculous seeing the plod driving about in bloody A4 avants and Golf Rs, surely there's be something out there that would be more financially viable since its all of us that are paying for all this perceivably reliable German metal at the end of the day? The procurement division must base their purchases on the latest reviews on Pistonheads.

They pay about £46 for the cars though. I remember hearing how much the Range Rover was- Focus money from memory!

 

[brendy]

They need interceptors. If they're good enough for the American forces....