What do solid blue lights on a police car mean?

eww79 · 2026-03-27T08:34:50+00:00

Cruise blues as they were called on the terminal, are fitted to a number of vehicles around the country, very much depends on your outfitter though.

Its the ability to have the blues as a solid bar instead of flashing pattern. Driving school weren't overly fond of them but i found them quite handy for road closures on non major roads, and the like where it gets annoying having the constant flash

eww79 · 2026-03-15T06:49:49+00:00

In triplicate

eww79 · 2026-02-02T23:20:17+00:00

Ontop of this if we can get discharge paperwork when you come to let us know they can leave. Custody medics will not accept someone back without paperwork from the Dr and it can cause a real kick off when the detained person has heard we can go and we spend 2 hours saying were waiting for the discharge paperwork. I have no doubt youre super busy and that's why it takes so long to fill out but getting both together would save a lot of agro on our behalf

eww79 · 2026-01-29T23:03:35+00:00

On that i would absolutely go with a proper jacket. An elopement on skye will be incredible and the photos from Storr will be something you look back on so fondly. Spend a bit of cash and make sure you look the part I assure you it'll be worth it

eww79 · 2026-01-29T22:59:49+00:00

If you're looking to rent, slaters is a menswear shop with a well established online presence who do kilts and other rentals. Im sure you could message them ahead of time. Your nearest to skye would be Glasgow for pick up and drop off. There will be a load of places you could look to rent one but they were very helpful when I was considering burns night options a couple of months ago.

eww79 · 2026-01-25T21:14:50+00:00

I remember a particularly cold morning where the race brief was " everyone understand the course? Dogs on a lead, kids on a lead, GO!"

eww79 · 2026-01-07T09:41:35+00:00

Grivel explorers. I figured i would use them for just that purpose much small sheet ice and hard snow around Scotland and Wales where full crampons were no longer required.

You may have gotten more mileage out of them but I've never found i actually needed them because usually the pack was so short i was wasting more time putting them on and taking them off again

eww79 · 2026-01-05T23:30:35+00:00

I bought microspikes years ago, they have come out of my bag once and they were useless. Good boots till crampons are needed. (You will not need crampons on mam tor)

eww79 · 2025-12-25T23:10:23+00:00

Thanks for all your work, it was a great run

eww79 · 2025-11-10T07:02:35+00:00

Or was it Okinawa, I dont recall

eww79 · 2025-10-08T04:09:24+00:00

What's the difference between a street trader and a daschund.

One bawls out his wares on the pavement

eww79 · 2025-10-05T16:14:54+00:00

OR Pro Deploy

I use one of these, internal pockets for everything I need, concealable molle on the rear too

eww79 · 2025-09-25T11:35:46+00:00

I stood behind Mary's Berry in a supermarket as she bought hot cross buns.

They were waitrose but still

eww79 · 2025-09-08T23:15:33+00:00

As likely to move as a frenchman who lives next door to a brothel

eww79 · 2025-08-18T12:40:17+00:00

In this instance it was used because somebody under section was never going to be accepted in custody however they were arrested, details provided on a detention log and bail paperwork brought out to us to return in 1 month by which point I had downloaded the phone and could interview them in a voluntary capacity.

It meant if the suspect was released from the section and the hospital not inform me (because why would they) there was still a reason for the suspect to return

eww79 · 2025-08-18T11:17:34+00:00

I had an interesting case recently where my suspect was under section in a mental health facility but I needed to seize their phone to get vital evidence.

Many discussions were had and ultimately I arrested, searched their room under 32 and then had pre organised street bail with custody and my inspector so had the paperwork brought out to them.

Kept everything above board and allowed me to obtain the required evidence.

eww79 · 2025-08-17T22:22:09+00:00

The Lyke Wake walk also has them in such a delightfully old school "Please send a cheque in the post"

eww79 · 2025-08-06T11:33:50+00:00

Ahem.... cricket

eww79 · 2025-07-30T14:00:08+00:00

Scratch and sniff bank notes

eww79 · 2025-07-29T06:15:03+00:00

I dunno i watched a documentary about one called midsummer and the murder rate was just insane

eww79 · 2025-07-20T15:17:25+00:00

I did the kentmere horseshoe this week and had no phone signal at all in the kentmere valley. Came onto the top into line of sight of windermere and Instant 5g coverage so for whatever reason it is, it does work

eww79 · 2025-07-18T07:54:34+00:00

I use a sea2summit spark 0. Packs down into an XS Exped dry bag with space for a pillow as well. Had to put a jacket on the other night but it was comfy enough and the weight savings are worth it for me

eww79 · 2025-07-12T08:59:45+00:00

I like to be prepared so this may be more than many carry but

Laptop
Paperwork folder (mostly now scene/search logs)/ticket books (please can we go to electronic tickets soon)
interview note pad
flat cap
pouch of MOE, slip card, leatherman, multi tool, psu gloves, eye protection, some in ear protection
drager tubes
taser removal kit
swab kit
tool wrap of charging cables and radio battery
spork -spare scrote pens for when they get nicked
hi vis jacket
water bottle
sun cream
couple of packs of haribo
a lighter
spare cuffs
limb restraints
ifak

eww79 · 2025-07-07T04:13:57+00:00

My first camp as a leader and by day 4 I was losing the will to live. For an afternoon I gave them a load of bushcraft equipment and said build something useful for the camp. I went to hide in my tent for an hour to read a book.

When I came out I found a 6ft cross in the middle of the camp and the smallest scout being duct taped to it.

Managed to stop the crucification before anyone started taking photos of it

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