Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > WARNING: Police activity M3/M27 area in near future

[antonye]

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I was talking today to one of my Linux users who happens to manage the
IT security for Hampshire Police he's given me a tip off about some
filming that Hants Police are doing for a television programme series
from tomorrow (26th September) for seven weeks.

If you use the M27 or the M3 this potentially affects you so please
proceed with caution and pass onto anyone who you feel might just need
to know. The program a BBC South commission called "Traffic Cops" will
be filmed covering the area from Ringwood concentrating on Ringwood M27
up to M3 J9 and a team working the ringroad around Southampton (Totton
will have a unit working it alone), Cosham M27 stretch to J5 of the M27
(Southampton Airport turn-off). The fourth concentration is working from
Winchester Services covering M3 to J10 M3 (Winchester South) using five
unmarked cars, two Black Skoda 03 registration Octavias, an 05 plate
dark red Mondeo and two Volvo saloon cars.

The BBC unit are going to be based out of a unit in Millbrook Road in
Southampton and will also be covering the armed police response unit and
the Southampton Airport Police Security / British Transport Police team.

The BBC team are in Citreon Picasso MPVs leased from Arriva.

To make it even more effective the Traffic police have authority from
Chief Constable to "work to rule" So instead of the laid back approach
to the usual Hants traffic police this will be a lot more concentrated
to make it effective filming.

You have been warned
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[NBs996]

The Beeb have worked with that unit before, maybe 3 or 4 years ago?

The Hant crew seem to be pretty fair and reasonable on the whole, so being sensible is usually all that's required. Don't know what stance they'd take with the cameras behind them... do they adopt the nice/friendly/reasonable approach for the PR, or the hard line approach to give a very public warning?

I'll let you know how nice they are to me!

[andyb]

|Which part of the show are you going to be ant, the cabaret?

[antonye]

Sorry Andy but I'll be all expenses paid in California for two weeks, business class flights there and back.

Life is tough for us people with real jobs

[andyb]

Originally posted by antonye
Sorry Andy but I'll be all expenses paid in California for two weeks, business class flights there and back.

Life is tough for us people with real jobs

Hope your not going to bring anything back and try to sneak it in without the duty paid!

[antonye]

Originally posted by andyb
Hope your not going to bring anything back and try to sneak it in without the duty paid!

As if!

I've actually been holding off buying an iPod as they keep changing and updating the models, and now there's the Nano version out, I quite fancy one of them.

Anyway, Good Ol' Gordon Brown is proposing to up the limit from £145 to £1,000 once it gets through the EU, and with more trips on the cards I'll have plenty of opportunities to bring stuff back.

Shame really, I was going to offer to pick a load of parts up cheap while I was over there...

[BDG]

If anyone does get pulled in Hampshire and the Beeb are there can you please make sure you give the DSC a plug please.

[andyb]

Originally posted by antonye
Sorry Andy but I'll be all expenses paid in California for two weeks, business class flights there and back.

Life is tough for us people with real jobs

God you are important! How many want to come and film you in your real job again.....

[Rob B]

Ant,

Never mind the **** takers, many thanks. This is my stomping ground and I'm up and down that strech a quite a bit in the next few weeks.

Thanks, Rob

[Stu748R]

So , D.S.C. stands for disqualified sportsbike chappie or wot.Any ideas???
Answers on this site please.