Moat Watch

[Lady Whistledown]

You're quite right but in this ridiculous blame culture we live with these days the media will move on to massively criticising the police once he's captured and the 'exciting' chase is over

I know and it pisses me right off, I'm quite prepared to concede when they've screwed up, but in this case it appears to me that it's very much by the book.

But the media are desperate for some kind of angle in the absence of any updates so they just come up with any old crap simply to fill the airtime and make it look like they have a something new to say.

 

[portlock seagull]

He was in the allotments all along!

He's DIGGING himself in apparently....

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I doubt it.

They do, you've only got to look at all the Facebook pages set up. They seem to be worshipping him as a modern day Harry Roberts. Though he didn't actually kill a copper anyway, albeit not for the want of trying. He-allegedly- murdered an innocent man because he thought he'd been seeing his ex.

No hero in my book.

 

[Mackenzie]

Police trying the CARROT and stick approach.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

He's DIGGING himself in apparently....

More like digging his own grave. Quite literally.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Firstly he could have been all over the place- after all they already suspect him of robbing a chippy in another town on Monday, and secondly you have no idea how difficult it is to conduct a methodical search of a wide area, especially in such circumstances. Especially in open country.

I've had to do it under very different circumances and it's bloody hard, it's not just a case of wandering along in a line whistling a merry tune. It has to be systematic or you might miss something crucial, and in the situation here, knowing that a suspected armed murderer is out there, possibly seeing you before you see him, with countless obstacles to hide behind, on top of or under, well it's got to be pretty hairy.


It's all so easy when you're watching Sky News on the sofa.

It was a question more than a dig to be fair - you know a lot more about the processes than I do, that's why I'm interested in your take on it, and as usual it's all very informed and common sense stuff. A lot of 'normal' people will be thinking what I am, though, about the time it has taken though I did stress IF he's been there the whole time, which he may well not have been.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Well what would one of County Durhams funiest actors have thought ! After could he do any worse ?

 

[hitony]

They do, you've only got to look at all the Facebook pages set up. They seem to be worshipping him as a modern day Harry Roberts. Though he didn't actually kill a copper anyway, albeit not for the want of trying. He-allegedly- murdered an innocent man because he thought he'd been seeing his ex.

No hero in my book.

I very much doubt he is a hero in anyone's book, i think the main criticism comes with the fact the Police have had all the tools required, and the guy is in the locality, taking the piss basically.

How much has this cost? and I dont mean that police womans hair style...

When you look at all the comments from people saying.......if he had parked on yellow lines.....give him a car... etc etc......i think it shows how much confidence there is in the police force from the general public, they are the one utility who have all the funds available when necessary, but when it does not go just quite right, it's always the fact they are underfunded........and understaffed......

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Hitony. Spot on. Well said.

 

[manilaseagull]

Question......why are the armed guys in civilian clothing and not police fatigues?

 

[Super Gus!]

they got a taser on him!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

"in the locality"? The locality you're talking about was potentially several hundred square miles of countryside and urban area.

And a suspect who was probably getting assistance from mates, and countless helpful or otherwise calls from the public. Yeah, it was well easy to find him, I don't know why they didn't pick him up on Sunday in fact.

They should all resign now frankly.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

How fit is the policewoman in the cordon on sky news?!

 

[skipper734]

Before everybody had a car, they found Richard Hannay easily enough.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

they got a taser on him!

They look a bit far away to Taser him. Baton round maybe, but they'd want to give him plenty of time to give up first.

 

[manilaseagull]

They look a bit far away to Taser him. Baton round maybe, but they'd want to give him plenty of time to give up first.

No its a Taser the sky news expert said so.....

like the Tornado used its RADAR!!!!! FFS

 

[skipper734]

Question......why are the armed guys in civilian clothing and not police fatigues?

SHHH! They are in mufti, so that they blend in. Very strange that they all have the same jeans on though.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Michel Platini has had a heart attack

 

[Taybha]

i hope she pulls through

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

No its a Taser the sky news expert said so.....

like the Tornado used its RADAR!!!!! FFS

"Raoul Moat: Police negotiate with man resembling gunman" - BBC

Dont they know if it's him or not? I hope it's not a very unfortunate looky-likey.