Derrick Bird - Have Cumbrian police ever heard of road blocks?

blue jag

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They had a police helicopter following him, so why couldnt they have used road blocks to stop him? How the hell was this random maniac allowed to cause carnage for THREE AND A HALF HOURS without police intervention? If he'd had a bald tyre or no insurance they'd have stopped him in 15 mins.
 
They had a police helicopter following him, so why couldnt they have used road blocks to stop him? How the hell was this random maniac allowed to cause carnage for THREE AND A HALF HOURS without police intervention? If he'd had a bald tyre or no insurance they'd have stopped him in 15 mins.

The Cumbria police force is a small police force spread over a huge rural area. OK, so the helicopter was following him....but they wouldnt have had the manpower on the ground to block every single road (yes, not too many roads in that area, but still more than there are police on the ground at such a short notice).
Give the police a break on this one......
 
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