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Title: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: Turk on 16 December 2010, 22:36:54
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Swansea-Police-Use-Bouncy-Castle-To-Save-Man-Threatening-Suicide-By-Jumping-Off-50ft-Building/Article/201012315856571?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_2
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: vauxfan2k on 16 December 2010, 22:39:36
what would have happened if he bounced straight back out and SPLAT!! on the deck.  hmm has its flaws i guess
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: Debs. on 16 December 2010, 22:46:03
If he`d jumped they`d all be shouting "Oi, take your shoes off" as he came down. ;D
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: skyblue on 16 December 2010, 22:46:35
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what would have happened if he bounced straight back out and SPLAT!! on the deck.  hmm has its flaws i guess


The do gooders would have blamed them for this death aswell ::)
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: dad1uk on 16 December 2010, 22:50:54
I wish West Midlands Police had used this idea when we had a bloke threatening to jump in the City centre a few months back.
Instead they closed a major road in the City for about 40 hours. It caused chaos and must have cost a fortune. :'(
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: skyblue on 16 December 2010, 22:55:30
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I wish West Midlands Police had used this idea when we had a bloke threatening to jump in the City centre a few months back.
Instead they closed a major road in the City for about 40 hours. It caused chaos and must have cost a fortune. :'(
It was only 40 mins of your life that may have been distrupted by this poor sods cry for help :(
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: Nickbat on 16 December 2010, 23:02:35
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If he`d jumped they`d all be shouting "Oi, take your shoes off" as he came down. ;D

Priceless, Debs.  ;) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: Lioned on 16 December 2010, 23:28:23
They would need to do a risk assessment first ?
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: vauxfan2k on 16 December 2010, 23:30:27
risk assessment = toss of the coin.. head he jumps tails he doesnt.

 :o
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: HolyCount on 17 December 2010, 10:15:26
Can you imagine them trying to shift it in a hurry if he'd decided to run to the other corner of the car park !!!!
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: Richie London on 17 December 2010, 12:15:03
hired it my arse!. its the one from the station they use in there breaks.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Police use bouncy castle to halt suicide bid.
Post by: bluey on 17 December 2010, 12:49:44
When I was a kid the old man was running a building site in a bit of a down-at-heel part of the town.  One day a chap in the block of flats next to it went off his trolley and began hurling abuse from his balcony, throwing stuff off it at people below and eventually clambered over the wall and threatened to leap from his flat.  The Police were of course called and began trying to talk him down as the area was sealed off. 

As the old man continued working in his portakabin a wooden top came rushing in, his face flush with annoyance.

"Are you in charge here?" he enquired.
"Yes I am," the old man said.  "Why?"
"If you don't keep the people on your site under control we will close you down and you'll be under arrest!" the copper said.

Just as the old man was about to start his usual argument with someone in authority on the merits of his allegation, through the now open door he heard the rythmic chant of assorted labourers, chippies and roofers as they stood on the scaffolding round the newly constructed building outside;

"Jump, yer fat b*****d!!!!!!!!!!"

And the motto of the story?  Well, if you're thinking about meeting your maker, don't do it in the vicinity of people from Tipton or the Wren's Nest Estate as they have a strange concept of entertainment. ;)

(I should add that the person did not jump and eventually was talked down)