(20 Jan 2014, 5:45 pm)gtomlinson wrote Suicide attempt. Bloke said he had a gun but he didn't. Police massively overreacted. Nexus 23 was worst affected
Dont know about that, as Mr Malarkey pointed out Raoul Moat will always be on a Bobbys mind when dealing with a call of this nature, they are not to know he is lying and unarmed, it just depends how many were dispatched tk warrant it being an over-reaction...
One of my mates had to face down an Armed Response once after a disagreement with someone else I know, the person who he had been at loggerheads with phoned the law and told them he had a 'carving knife and threatened to die through Suicide by Cop' which turned out to be a load of shite, this was long before Raoul Moat and he was told the Police had to go armed to the teeth just in case he had a weapon...