For the past week I've been binge watching this fascinating series from Derbyshire, UK. I am very impressed with the extreme professionalism of these police constables!

I've always wondered why folks from the UK refer to the ground as the "floor." Well, at least one of these cops was heard calling the ground the ground, live and on camera. "Get on the ground NOW!"

What is still a mystery however is why the "e" in Derby is pronounced as an "a"... 😇

 

"Folks from the UK" do not normally refer to the ground as the "floor", just the ones who cannot tell when they are outside or inside a building.

Edited August 31, 20223 yr by Reader

Floor??  It is a deck!  Walls are bulkheads.  Left is port and starboard is right!  C'mon, get with it!

I also have watched several episodes lately, as YouTube decided I might be interested in this. Interesting watching how police do their job in other parts of the world. Professionalism is definitely there. Enjoyed watching it.

 

36 minutes ago, charliearon said:

Floor??  It is a deck!  Walls are bulkheads.  Left is port and starboard is right!  C'mon, get with it!

And the hat  on your head is a Dixie cup..............

52 minutes ago, Reader said:

"Folks from the UK" do not normally refer to the ground as the "floor", just the ones who cannot tell when they are outside or inside a building.

Well, there in only one - I believe it is Alex Boniface - who actually yelled loudly "Get on the ground NOW" The others would call out "Get on the floor" even when the legger was hip deep in the weeds! 🤣

42 minutes ago, rickjake said:

I also have watched several episodes lately, as YouTube decided I might be interested in this. Interesting watching how police do their job in other parts of the world. Professionalism is definitely there. Enjoyed watching it.

The YouHooTube algorithm flagged some of their episodes to my attention as well. It may simply because it's being filmed, but I have yet to hear any profanity from any of the officers, unlike the Arkansas State Police and local county or city police who are constantly dropping "f" bombs towards their suspects.

One person made a comment that he was planning to have sex that evening, and one of the constables laughed and said "Afraid I can't help you with that mate!"

I was astonished at the serious national problem of young people stealing from HGV's and auto thefts.  More astonishing however are the relatively light sentences they are given. 🥺

1 hour ago, W2DR said:

And the hat  on your head is a Dixie cup..............

Squid lid! 🦑

@n4gix  Bill, I have seen several episode of UK-Cops!  Reminds me of the show here in the States!

"Bad boys, bad boys!  Wharcha gonna do when they come for you?"

 

1 hour ago, n4gix said:

I was astonished at the serious national problem of young people stealing from HGV's and auto thefts.  More astonishing however are the relatively light sentences they are given. 🥺

I didn’t know we had a serious national problem with young people stealing from HGV’s and auto thefts?😮

I do know we have a serious national problem with a lack of police officers and we certainly have a problem with how we deal with repeat young offenders.

Just be rude to someone on Facebook and they'll be round your house like a shot!

3 hours ago, charliearon said:

Floor??  It is a deck!  Walls are bulkheads.  Left is port and starboard is right!  C'mon, get with it!

And a kitchen is a galley, and a toilet is the heads, and your room is a cabin. and your bed is a bunk.

6 hours ago, charliearon said:

It is a deck!  Walls are bulkheads.  Left is port and starboard is right! 

And ceilings are overheads and staircases are ladders.

Noel

4 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

I didn’t know we had a serious national problem with young people stealing from HGV’s and auto thefts?😮

Yes, according to the narrator, young boys and girls (as young as 12!) are recruited by organized crime bosses to steal cars and lorries to use while stealing from parked up HVG's at motorway services overnight. They walk around the parked tarpaulin curtain lorries and very quietly slice a peep hole to discover what goods are being carried. 

Once a "good haul" is located they communicate with their own confederates who then try to park close to the target vehicle. I don't recall the exact figure quoted, but it amounted to around €112,492,666 annually! Since the actual thieves are all juveniles, they rarely receive any actual prison time. 😟

21 minutes ago, n4gix said:

Yes, according to the narrator, young boys and girls (as young as 12!) are recruited by organized crime bosses to steal cars and lorries to use while stealing from parked up HVG's at motorway services overnight. They walk around the parked tarpaulin curtain lorries and very quietly slice a peep hole to discover what goods are being carried. 

Once a "good haul" is located they communicate with their own confederates who then try to park close to the target vehicle. I don't recall the exact figure quoted, but it amounted to around €112,492,666 annually! Since the actual thieves are all juveniles, they rarely receive any actual prison time. 😟

Hello,

indeed, this is common practice and is why one can routinely see lorries parked up for the night with either a back door of the trailer open, or the 
curtain left partly open so that the would-be thief can see what is in the trailer without resorting to the knife.
Using young and often disposable people to commit crime is as old as crime itself.