Reply to post: Re: unusable water cannon for the police, later sold for scrap at a £300,000 loss.

Boris Johnson's promise of full fibre in the UK by 2025 is pie in the sky

Lee D Silver badge

Re: unusable water cannon for the police, later sold for scrap at a £300,000 loss.

"The home secretary, Theresa May, has rejected an attempt by Boris Johnson to deploy water cannon on the streets of London and refused to authorise their use by any police force in England and Wales.

May heaped further humiliation on the London mayor by telling him that the three 25-year-old German water cannon, which he authorised to be bought last year by the Metropolitan police, have no fewer than 67 faults that need to be dealt with before they can be used."

Don't buy stuff that isn't currently authorised, without checking that it *will* be authorised.

And this kit was old German refurb (read: The Germans are selling it because they don't want it either) with a number of faults.

The prime reason though was endangering "policing by consent". I can't say that I disagree on that matter.

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