Quirkies
Scilly Parking Ticket Prank
A local reveller dressed as Traffic Warden issued tickets to vehicles parked on New Year's Day. Residents on the Isles of Scilly complained after being given parking tickets on New Years Day - only to discover it was prank by a local reveller. Police on St Mary's, the largest of the five islands off the coast of Cornwall, were a
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Naked Man Arrested After Tower Stand-Off
A naked man who climbed to the top of a 220ft police tower has been arrested following a four hour stand-off. A naked man who climbed to the top of a 220ft Los Angeles police tower has been arrested following a four hour stand-off with emergency services. The unknown man scaled the lofty communications tower, ripping off his clo
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Firefighters Hose Down Riot Police
Belgium police get a dowsing from Blue-light colleagues. Hundreds of firefighters hosed down riot police and the prime minister's office in Brussels in a protest over retirement plans. The firefighters want to keep their early retirement age at 58, arguing their arduous job does not allow them to work into their 60s
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'Zombies' Given Dressing Down By Armed Police
As film pitches go, the idea of students playing zombies being hunted by armed police has all the makings of a blockbusting zom-com. As film pitches go, the idea of students playing zombies being hunted by armed police has all the makings of a blockbusting zom-com. But in reality, the teenagers were in real trouble – from officer
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Woman 'Robbed Bank To Buy Dentures'
A woman has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank because she needed money to buy false teeth. A toothless woman arrested for allegedly robbing a US bank told police she did it because she needed money to buy false teeth. Police say the 49-year-old woman was captured on CCTV robbing the bank in Waynesburg, Pennsylvan
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Cop Capers
Straight From the Forces' Mouth
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Sudden death.....
John (Met)Funniest blooper I've ever heard in my 23 years in the Met so far was when a probationer PC attended a 'sudden death' in a flat in Whitechapel, East London. The probationer was unsure of what to do and so called the section sergeant down. The sergeant duly walked into the flat where the young PC was standing and said to the PC " find some air...
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Insp Nick Owen - Cleveland PoliceDuring a recent missing from home enquiry in Redcar in Cleveland a lady was reported missing and was last seen heading towards local marsh land by a concerned witness....
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