Re: Worrying moment

["Roger Stenning \(G1LIW\)" <g1liw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles -

> Cool thinks I the Royalty & Diplomatic Protection Squad
> (? name) in action.

Given the action (or rather, lack of it) you describe, it's unlikely to be the DPS (RDS are same breed, different
animal); they travel in marked vehicles, and stop traffic with solos (motorcycle cops) at junctions et al, so that their
charges can get from point A to point B without a single stop inbetween.

> Now I make no claims to know anything about
> bodyguarding Royalty but the whole thing struck
> me as terribly British.

Terribly civilian, actually, old boy!

By the way, DPS cars are marked police cars, but red, instead of white. Solos are on normal Police motorbikes, but carry
Glock 17s overtly on their belt kit, and NEVER go about on their own - they're always in pairs at the very least.

> Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Three times
> is enemy action.

"It's not the damn bullet with your name on that you have to be concerned about. It's the one with "to whom it may
concern" that you ought to have nightmares about."


Best regards,

Roger Stenning
Organiser, The Impossible Scenarios Group
www.the-isg.co.uk
ICQ: 74721632
UK Amateur Radio call sign: G1LIW
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