Metropolitan Police given permission to buy water cannon

[dazdon]

Metropolitan Police given permission to buy water cannon

Approval has been given for the Metropolitan Police to purchase three water cannon for London.

Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime, authorised the force to buy the cannon from the German Federal Police.

The mayor's office said: "By purchasing them now we are able to save over £2.3m compared to buying new devices."

The water cannon will not be deployed until the home secretary authorises their use in England and Wales.

In a statement, the mayor's office said purchasing the cannon now for just over £218,000, before Theresa May approves them, meant they could be bought at a "considerably reduced rate".

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We might not be a police state in the real sense at the minute but by jove it's not for the lack of effort ;-)

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Metropolitan Police given permission to buy water cannon

Approval has been given for the Metropolitan Police to purchase three water cannon for London.

Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime, authorised the force to buy the cannon from the German Federal Police.

The mayor's office said: "By purchasing them now we are able to save over £2.3m compared to buying new devices."

The water cannon will not be deployed until the home secretary authorises their use in England and Wales.

In a statement, the mayor's office said purchasing the cannon now for just over £218,000, before Theresa May approves them, meant they could be bought at a "considerably reduced rate".

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We might not be a police state in the real sense at the minute but by jove it's not for the lack of effort ;-)

Give it time...after all we have to protect ourselves against the ruffians

Actually this is outrageous as the Home secretary hasn't yet given her permission for either the purchase or the use of these weapons. I wonder what would happen if i bought one of these and tried to import it into the UK?

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Excelent news. Now the protesting, work shy ne'er do wells can have a wash for free as well.

 

[dronefromsector7g]

Eau my God

 

[nelsons willie]

Will they be able to use it if there is a hosepipe ban.

 

[Cheesy]

Excelent news. Now the protesting, work shy ne'er do wells can have a wash for free as well.

Students will be kicking off just in order to have their yearly bath.

 

[TCIB]

Fair enough, people moan about them cracking skulls so this is a reasonable alternative it seems.

 

[nelsons willie]

Fair enough, people moan about them cracking skulls so this is a reasonable alternative it seems.

Until a protester is blasted into a wall and cracks his/her skull.

 

[dronefromsector7g]

They should do it on Sunday mornings, they can clean up all the piss and puke off the city streets, and wake up the homeless.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

You can't have kettling without water.
Sooner or later it will probably kill some blameless fucker, probably a Brazilian electrician, and the Met will launch a cover up, as usual.