No Regrets
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Tims just dreaming. it fell orf a few years ago 
No Hiding from the EA
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Celica
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In response to police waste of time on the river when they should be out looking for real crime etc etc.. the police on the Medway that day were a special Marine unit from Kent police made up from volunteers, who give up their time for free!!! With the same powers as regular police they were actually there to prevent public order offences. All operations were carried out by the EA.
Three specific areas of were targeted for speeding offences, and the actual area the photo was taken at is actually a speeding hot spot.
Hope this clears up a few things!!!
Three specific areas of were targeted for speeding offences, and the actual area the photo was taken at is actually a speeding hot spot.
Hope this clears up a few things!!!
Captain Coochie
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Off duty police or did the EA do them up the special sheriffs badge 
oldgit
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(2) No-one said anything about dumping s*it in anyone's river. (I have the necessary equipment to commit rape, but that doesn't mean I have the slightest intention of ever doing so).[/QUOTE]
Getting yourself a girlfriend just might help in that dept ?
Getting yourself a girlfriend just might help in that dept ?
Latestarter1
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Same powers as police, so we assume Special Constables in the marine unit, mmmmmmmm.
People giving up their free time on a Bank Holiday to put on a uniform and assist with the prosecution of people enjoying their free time......Some people have very worrying motivational interests.
Presence of Special Constables required to prevent public order offences, so the assumption was that EA action was going to be unpopular from the start.
oldgit
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"People giving up their free time on a Bank Holiday to put on a uniform and assist with the prosecution of people enjoying their free time......"
Interesting that anyone would regard the habit of speeding as "enjoyable" use of free time ?
Doubt that this is a concept much shared by people who have spent anytime at all on enclosed waterways and suffered from this problem ?
Unfortunatley people do need a reminder sometimes that they are not the only boaters entitled to enjoy the peace and quiet the river has to offer.
Plenty of places to open that throttle below the lock..
Interesting that anyone would regard the habit of speeding as "enjoyable" use of free time ?
Doubt that this is a concept much shared by people who have spent anytime at all on enclosed waterways and suffered from this problem ?
Unfortunatley people do need a reminder sometimes that they are not the only boaters entitled to enjoy the peace and quiet the river has to offer.
Plenty of places to open that throttle below the lock..
Latestarter1
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Quite agree, however the manpower and legislitive framework already exists within the EA with properly paid wardens, what to these civvies of questionable motivation add to the picture other than a slightly sinister tone to enforcement of the river bylaws.
I was brought up on the Thames, spending all my free time on the river, remind me to never go near the Medway, appears to be used by speed mad criminally inclined nutters!
Celica
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I think mate, that you would create a wash offence , if the chip on your shoulder fell off and landed in the river.
What is your problem really? have you been prosecuted for speeding or being unregistered?
I bet you would be the first one to moan if your tea ended in your lap or you've paid registation but the boat on the next mooring hadn't.
oldgit
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I was brought up on the Thames, spending all my free time on the river, remind me to never go near the Medway, appears to be used by speed mad criminally inclined nutters![/QUOTE]
Enforcement on the Medway has always been very low key and knowing most of the staff,would doubt any off them go out to deliberately entrap the local boaters and to cause problems,far more likely to be a quiet word in your ear.
Just a wild guess,but suspect many Thames boaters would be very grateful indeed to see an increase in the number of patrols undertaken by the EA on their navigation.
Enforcement on the Medway has always been very low key and knowing most of the staff,would doubt any off them go out to deliberately entrap the local boaters and to cause problems,far more likely to be a quiet word in your ear.
Just a wild guess,but suspect many Thames boaters would be very grateful indeed to see an increase in the number of patrols undertaken by the EA on their navigation.
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timbartlett
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Interesting that you equate "getting a girlfriend" with committing rape. That must tell us something ... but I'm not sure what!Getting yourself a girlfriend just might help in that dept ?
Even more interesting that anyone would regard setting out to p155 people off so much that they are likely to be provoked into "committing public order offences" as an enjoyable use of their spare time.
I know it happens at football matches and in city centres late on Friday nights, but that's generally between groups of like-minded individuals -- and even then I've never understood it. Fascinating that you appear to condone it if those causing the provocation have shaven heads and fluorescent jackets.
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Latestarter1
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Enforcement on the Medway has always been very low key and knowing most of the staff,would doubt any off them go out to deliberately entrap the local boaters and to cause problems,far more likely to be a quiet word in your ear.
Just a wild guess,but suspect many Thames boaters would be very grateful indeed to see an increase in the number of patrols undertaken by the EA on their navigation.[/QUOTE]
I think we are all in violent agreement.
Just a funny twist, as mentioned was brought up on the Thames, started apprenticeship in boatyard before moving on to become professional seafarer. Had a career break due to the early death of my father and joined the police as there was little else available ashore. I left on a medical pension several years later returning to engineering industry.
On a promotion I inherited responsibility for the marine unit. Not effective use of manpower so advocated disbanding it. I also had responsibility for training Special Constables for a while, a few good guys, but many were spookey individuals.
EA have all the tools in their armoury to do the job required of them. We have lost a mass of our civil rights over the last twenty years, lets keep the police out of enforcing boating bylaws, they have already abdicated responsibility for more the more useful role of enforcing on street parking.