UK police in hot water for "recreating car chase for 'petrolhead porn TV'
For an episode of the show Police Interceptors, which airs on channel five in Britain, the producers wanted to recreate a police chase. But instead of throwing together some archive clips and fast-cut footage of police cars caroming through empty streets, the show gave presenter Natalie Pinkham (right) a Lamborghini and told her to take off. Then the Essex police gave Pinkham a 20-minute head start and they took off after her – speeding, blue lights flashing, the works.Because the Lamborghini had a tracking device, the police knew how to find Pinkham, but it took them an hour. Other police forces are upset that the Essex men in blue were shown "Sitting round swapping silly jokes, drinking cups of tea and chatting up young women drivers." For their part, road safety campaigners are fuming that innocent drivers could have been put at risk, and a taxpayer's group doesn't like the Essex police subbing as extras instead of protecting the public.
In reply, a police spokesman said the chase was "a training exercise for officers in using a new tracker device." If Ms. Pinkham ever needs to try out a tracking device on this side of the world, please, let us know. We'd like to get that kind of training, too.
[Source: Daily Mail | Image: NataliePinkham.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dave 2:38PM (4/16/2009)
Now THIS is reality television I can get behind!
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Blackstar 4:40PM (4/16/2009)
Not to mention the hostess.
Slade 2:39PM (4/16/2009)
Interesting. Nice cover up with " a training excercise." And chatting with the ladies.
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Fritz 2:44PM (4/16/2009)
Imagine that, cops are corrupt everywhere. And you always hear the parasites make fun of people for their lame excuses...
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Geeky1 2:50PM (4/16/2009)
"...road safety campaigners are fuming that innocent drivers could have been put at risk..."
Saw that one coming. These idiots need to find something better to do with their time. The whole "yeah, but something COULD have happened" movement must have Orwell spinning like a top.
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Polly Prissy Pants 4:30PM (4/16/2009)
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, to quote dear old gramma Pants. And this is exactly why so many places have 'no pursuit' rules in place. Speeding police cars have killed plenty of innocent bystanders and hopefully next time it won't be anyone you love. And no, this wasn't a training exercise.
Big Rocket 5:25PM (4/16/2009)
Geeky1 wrote: "These idiots need to find something better to do with their time."
Absolutely. Time for the cops to do what cops are meant to do: Catch bad guys, not hitting on beautiful women.
Acefighter 2:47AM (4/17/2009)
@ Polly
So, because some dumb@$$ tried to run, and the police tried to do their job and catch a criminal, it's the police officer's fault that someone gets killed? NO. It is the fault of the idiot who ran. NOT chasing is not the answer, STOPPING the chase is the answer. Oh, but the bad guy might get hurt? Too damn bad, he shouldn't have run.
BoxerFanatic 2:52PM (4/16/2009)
Leave the tracking devices out for me, thanks. When cars start (and they have already started, like onStar, black box recorders, etc...) reporting on their owners and drivers, I stop buying those cars.
I don't intend to appreciably break the law, but I certainly don't tolerate my own equipment reporting on me, regardless. My equipment either belongs to me, or it is rented.
The redhead is good looking, though, I will say that.
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Trent 2:53PM (4/16/2009)
maybe this should be listed just one more time... http://www.nataliepinkham.com/photogallery.asp
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Alex 2:59PM (4/16/2009)
I have no constructive comments to make, i just want the record to show that Natalie Pinkham makes my pants fit funny.
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The FedEx Man 3:21PM (4/16/2009)
I'm sorry but....what???
If that is the case does this mean people are really concerned about Police cars doing...err... police-y-things...something that happens every day, and yes, sometimes for training purposes (all be it without the flash sports car and the rather lovely Ms Pinkham to chase)?
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NA2R 3:51PM (4/16/2009)
I want video
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Rich 3:55PM (4/16/2009)
It's a good job she wasn't Brazilian, eh? Did they beat her up when they caught her? Or just attack her from behind causing her to fall to the ground and die 20 minutes later?
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Brother_Will 3:57PM (4/16/2009)
We have to make things exciting in this country we dont have those mad chases you have across the pond.
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TomdeTomTom 5:19PM (4/16/2009)
Well mad is right....but exciting? More like strange is the word...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoKZbOSvVa0
Silly Pickle 10:52PM (4/16/2009)
Hahahahaaa....that's too funny. I can just see it on Worlds Wildest Police Videos with John Bunnell saying in that serious voice..."watch as the high powered SUV accelerates to 120 mph as the driver...blah blah blah" and all his other useless bull shi7.
As for Ms. Pinkham...the shown pic is as good as it gets. She aint no Jessica Alba dat's fo sho! Some nasty pics in her gallery.
Alex 4:06PM (4/16/2009)
I gotta say the WRX's look pretty sweet as police cars. I went over there during spring break, went to the ocean (not sure exactly where, I believe I was still in Lincolnshire) and saw one there.
I agree with some of the above comments, she's smokin.
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jv2k 4:07PM (4/16/2009)
So people are mad that the police put their sirens on and sped for a training exercise. Who gives a damn?
It isn't like most of the populous wasn't already speeding and it's not like anyone was harmed or in harms way as a result.
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Mobius_1 4:12PM (4/16/2009)
She's hot.
That is all. Thank you.
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