This time, it's personal:
Thames Valley Police said an officer with cow herding experience advised the man about how to disperse the animals. He was told to be stern, walk out of the river waving his arms and if possible to do so while holding a stick. He then met police officers waiting for him at the Swan Hotel, Radcot, who checked he was all right.
That's proper police work for you, sitting in a pub betting on whether the man will make it or not.
Thanks to Pavlov's Cat and JuliaM for tip-off.
BESS Fires
2 hours ago
2 comments:
To be fair, they were poised to go 'Apocalypse Now' at the drop of a hat:
"At one point the police helicopter was on standby to help find him."
He'd be the guy standing in the river, surrounded by cows...
"Pc Jude Miranda said: "We'd been talking to the control room trying to get a better location for the man and the only thing that I could think of was my father in law some years ago.
"He worked on a farm, he said that you've got to stand up to the cows, make yourself look big, and start waving your hands in the air, and not to cower away from it." "
You mean, they don't have a protocol for it? They rely on 'friend of a friend' stories and folklore?
Oh, well. There's a nice cushy assignment for some inspector, I suspect...
In retrospect the police probably made a mistake when they asked him to wave a red hankerchief so the helicopter could spot him.
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