HEADPHONES Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 My local Sainsbury's petrol station have this life sized cardboard copper in the cashier's window. If this is to deter people knicking petrol they must think petrol thieves are all short sighted with the memory of a goldfish Are these new high tech "scarecrow coppers" patrolling anyone elses neighbourhood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 My local Morrissons does Everytime I see him I act all sheepish until I walk in the shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 cant say i've ever acted differently with policemen around must be the army brat upbringing, they are just normal people in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 The police over here tried something similar a few years back at road black spots/serial serious accident sites. They put up cardboard cut outs of police cars or a policeman with the Hawk radar detector. It worked, slowed people down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkwright Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 we have them in many local supermarkets, they carry a clipboard which gives details of who the local officer is and snippets of local crime news. Very lifelike until you get used to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 The police over here tried something similar a few years back at road black spots/serial serious accident sites. They put up cardboard cut outs of police cars or a policeman with the Hawk radar detector. It worked, slowed people down. Good idea. I bet they'd be more visible than our live police with radar guns..... Not seen this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 The police over here tried something similar a few years back at road black spots/serial serious accident sites. They put up cardboard cut outs of police cars or a policeman with the Hawk radar detector. It worked, slowed people down. Good idea. I bet they'd be more visible than our live police with radar guns..... Not seen this before. They did it in the nineties on the M6 with cardboard Rangies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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