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I wouldn't know this bike cop but if he's MetPol SEG, Special Escort Group, then he's quite likely a very skilled rider and possibly an authorised firearms officer. In which case he's doing annual AFO fitness tests too so not a doddery old fucker. I've been involved in similar escorts and chases and the public usually see the first plod vehicle but don't expect a second or third. It's a high risk job for all concerned but it does often beg the question why all that just to cut a ribbon on a shopping centre?
When the non-perspiring one was trade envoy and was going somewhere in any official capacity he went with a posse of SEG. In the good old days of roadside bombs and mortars you needed to get through pinch points quickly but I'd say they need to complete another risk assessment as to the safety of escorts in built up areas. They don't seem necessary nowadays.
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I'm a special escort group fanboi. Spent time being being taught to ride as a group escort.
Peds are fucking lemmings, have seen Peds run across a junction in to a motor bike holding the junction.
Also a few times, doing silly speeds on the west way A40 elevated section, with cars under taking and overtaking bikes with flashing blue lights.
They are assessed regularly, and they are the highest skilled riders. To be a bike cop you have to go through a lot of the training from car, pursuit and then to bikes. These aren't your regular plod drivers either.
Also went on track days with them, they taught me a lot of what I know about riding and driving.
lynx
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