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Originally Posted by Derek
At a rough guess it could be:
- Placed there from a previous incident
Then why wasn't it removed, I doubt very much senior officers would allow a thing to still be on one of its vehicles, whilst it was still in service.
- Taken from the glove box and placed there by a cop when it broke down
I wouldn't have thought riot vans would carry such things as a matter of course, it is normally traffic that would have hose things.
- Taken from the glove box and put on the van by a protestor for a laugh
It could have been, but it is seemingly less likely.
- Put there by cops as part of a huge conspiracy designed make the students look bad although nothing would be written down or transmitted by radio in case the transcripts are released by a FOI request
In my opinion, the FOI is not worth the paper is printed on. We are only told what they want us to know. As far as a conspiracy is concerned, I wouldn't know about that. I am only addressing the fallacy that the van was a serviceable vehicle.
Obviously the likelihood decreases as you go down the list.
If it was a knackered van do you think they would have repaired it just enough to be drivable just until it breaks down in the middle of the street? |
As long as it is driveable, it can be put anywhere they want it to be, but it can still be a scrapper. I have driven loads of vehicles to the auctions and scrap yards. But then.....
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Placed there from a previous incident
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....if the thing had been there because it had broken down at an earlier point, it would have been repaired, wouldn't it.