"The car was dispatched to the Isle of Wight for its first operation but police refused to comment on the nature of the incident."

To carry cold beers to the plod at the Isle of Wight festival?

Constructed using some of the world's most advanced technology it can withstand gunfire, grenades and bomb blasts.

At last they are doing something about Millbrook and Thornhill.

The car was dispatched to the Isle of Wight for its first operation but police refused to comment on the nature of the incident.

Constructed using some of the world's most advanced technology it can withstand gunfire, grenades and bomb blasts.

Probably some four armed yocal kicking off at his wife-sister.

This is proof we now have a para-military police force. The sort of thing we would look over the Channel at and laugh at in the 70's.

No doubt the boys in blue will use this to gun down members of the public from the safety of their own armour plating.

Dodge City just go more technically advanced.

Yes Fred, Clearly the boys in blue are now paramilitary especially since this is replacing a vehicle that the police have had since 1987, to protect people from disasters such as hungerford. Muppet.

Does it have a hand guilotine in the back?

I hope so, get chopping lads.

Thornhill and Millbrook has it got a benifit cash point on board ?

What is wrong with using a tank?

Joking aside, are we saying that the risks in Hampshire are so significant that the purchase of such a vehicle is justified. And are we seriously saying that the risks that justify the purchase of such a vehicle are significantly greater than Liverpool, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Nottingham (many of which have a history of terrorism and gun crime.

I am not aware of too many rocket attacks or grenade explosions recently....

I may be cynical, but it comes across as "big boys toys" rather than fully representative of value for money for the taxpayers who are funding it. It might however help to explain the high rate precept for the Police...

And given the size of Hampshire, how can a Landrover, a very heavy one at that, (and a vehicle that is hardly noted for it's high speed), respond to incidents across the county in a timely fashion.

Sorry, I just don't get it!

and so the waste goes on and on

Professor Lee-Gate's comments are, of course, very valid. Perhaps he should be asked to assist the Hampshire Police Authority; they have much to learn and even more to save

Family Man, good points completely agree.

Family Man wrote:
Joking aside, are we saying that the risks in Hampshire are so significant that the purchase of such a vehicle is justified. And are we seriously saying that the risks that justify the purchase of such a vehicle are significantly greater than Liverpool, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Nottingham (many of which have a history of terrorism and gun crime. I am not aware of too many rocket attacks or grenade explosions recently.... I may be cynical, but it comes across as "big boys toys" rather than fully representative of value for money for the taxpayers who are funding it. It might however help to explain the high rate precept for the Police... And given the size of Hampshire, how can a Landrover, a very heavy one at that, (and a vehicle that is hardly noted for it's high speed), respond to incidents across the county in a timely fashion. Sorry, I just don't get it!

I bet you'll be the first to moan if an incident did take place and we never had the resources to cope?
In this so called 'modern' world things like this are needed to tackle rising crime. I just hope the windscreen is hard to see through when it runs over the Millbrook and Thornhill lot!

Duh wrote:

Family Man wrote: Joking aside, are we saying that the risks in Hampshire are so significant that the purchase of such a vehicle is justified. And are we seriously saying that the risks that justify the purchase of such a vehicle are significantly greater than Liverpool, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Nottingham (many of which have a history of terrorism and gun crime. I am not aware of too many rocket attacks or grenade explosions recently.... I may be cynical, but it comes across as \"big boys toys\" rather than fully representative of value for money for the taxpayers who are funding it. It might however help to explain the high rate precept for the Police... And given the size of Hampshire, how can a Landrover, a very heavy one at that, (and a vehicle that is hardly noted for it\'s high speed), respond to incidents across the county in a timely fashion. Sorry, I just don\'t get it!

I bet you\'ll be the first to moan if an incident did take place and we never had the resources to cope? In this so called \'modern\' world things like this are needed to tackle rising crime. I just hope the windscreen is hard to see through when it runs over the Millbrook and Thornhill lot!

So one beefed up Land Rover is the answer to all our problems, is it?

I take your point, though, about Millbrook & Thornhill.

get used to seeg these,habeus corpus disapears in january,all rioters will be shot dead,resisting arrest shot dead,all in the lisbon treaty.

Duh wrote:

Family Man wrote: Joking aside, are we saying that the risks in Hampshire are so significant that the purchase of such a vehicle is justified. And are we seriously saying that the risks that justify the purchase of such a vehicle are significantly greater than Liverpool, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Nottingham (many of which have a history of terrorism and gun crime. I am not aware of too many rocket attacks or grenade explosions recently.... I may be cynical, but it comes across as "big boys toys" rather than fully representative of value for money for the taxpayers who are funding it. It might however help to explain the high rate precept for the Police... And given the size of Hampshire, how can a Landrover, a very heavy one at that, (and a vehicle that is hardly noted for it's high speed), respond to incidents across the county in a timely fashion. Sorry, I just don't get it!

I bet you'll be the first to moan if an incident did take place and we never had the resources to cope? In this so called 'modern' world things like this are needed to tackle rising crime. I just hope the windscreen is hard to see through when it runs over the Millbrook and Thornhill lot!

Given a choice, I would far rather see vehicles like this deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq where our loved ones are facing danger every day, with large numbers being killed. At least then I could reconcile myself to money weel spent. And our soldiers are crying out for equipment like this..
But then our soldiers are often not payed as much as traffic wardens.., and there is a risk these vehicles would be damaged by those nasty rockets, roadside bombs, bullets and grenades.....we must after all protect our pretty little policemen...

Steve wrote:
Yes Fred, Clearly the boys in blue are now paramilitary especially since this is replacing a vehicle that the police have had since 1987, to protect people from disasters such as hungerford. Muppet.

Oh I see it protects us from another Hunderford. Shame they didn't have one in Scotland on 13/03/1996. I thought disarming the public prevented another Hungerford?

In fact the best way to prevent another Hungerford or Dunblane is to allow ordinary members of the public to be armed.

I bet this story goes down with our troops out in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Latest news of the young female soldier blown to pieces with her mates when travelling in inadequate 'snatch' vehicles.

Why cant we follow our European forces and use water cannons and dye guns on the feral scum that pollute our streets?

Get blasting away at rowdy footy matches or down any High St on the weekend orgy of drinking, puking, fighting, urinating etc?

Other countries tend to have much less trouble as they are afraid of the heavy handed cops. A healthy respect methinks. It works

euro sceptic wrote:
get used to seeg these,habeus corpus disapears in january,all rioters will be shot dead,resisting arrest shot dead,all in the lisbon treaty.

Remeber Noah's Castle (Southern TV late 70's)?

"IT is the first vehicle of its kind to be used by a police force in the UK."

Northern Ireland is part of UK and police over there have been using armoured landrovers for decades - incorrect reporting yet again

I'd have thought they'd need at least 5 of these to deal with the inbred vermine that inhabit that god forsaken cesspit down the M27 alone!

Tony wrote:
I'd have thought they'd need at least 5 of these to deal with the inbred vermine that inhabit that god forsaken cesspit down the M27 alone!

AND THATS JUST FOR CREW 657 & FAMILY.....

Big boys toy for sure - and no doubt the company producing this has a job vacancy in sales for a senior police officer just about to retire.....

Manic Mav wrote:
Big boys toy for sure - and no doubt the company producing this has a job vacancy in sales for a senior police officer just about to retire.....

And no doubt retired early with a full pension as well!

Maybe £120k is a lot to spend.. but a Landrover Defender currently costs about £40k anyway.

Do you really think our 'boys' in Afghanistan would appreciate this?? Its exactly the same as a Snatch which is causing all the problems when they drive over mines anyway...

It was probably an old RUC type Snatch, that Hants had before anyway.

Its got armour .. sorry Dyneema http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Dyneema -- used for skateboarders and ice hockey players.