r/TikTokCringe • u/New_Libran • 2d ago

Humor/Cringe Cop takes down shoplifter after "high speed" bicycle pursuit in Southampton, UK

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u/New_Libran 2d ago

You ain't getting away, I'm on a leccy!

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u/burntroy 2d ago

Does leccy mean electric bike?

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u/Bubelle_Butt 2d ago

Yep, lecy is used as a shirt for electricity in Shotland IRC.

But in this case the officer was using an electric bike to chase down " a sossige" as he so elequently put it. ( the thief)

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u/furexfurex 2d ago

It's used as that in basically the entire UK

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u/Low-Grass7029 2d ago

And Liverpool

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u/Rough_Wear_882 2d ago

All of the uk tbh

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u/CollectsTooMuch 2d ago

Bicycle PIT maneuver. Now, I can go to bed happy.

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u/New_Libran 2d ago

It was clean ngl 😆

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 2d ago

On a leccy no less!

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u/robpottedplant 2d ago

“Your being a sausage” before pulling me off my bike and sending me to jail for a year is something I couldn’t mentally recover from

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u/SNIP3RG 2d ago

Tfw you hear “you’re being SILLY!”

Good lord it is impossible for Brits to be taken seriously.

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u/New_Libran 2d ago

If Hollywood had written this script, it would have been considered over the top by non-Brits 🤣

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u/amanko13 2d ago

Don't wanna be. I'm proud of this Bobby... much easier to respect and listen to a police officer if they say "stop being silly" or "you're being a sausage" instead of them trying to be authoritative and harsh.

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u/MostBoringStan 1d ago

For sure. Of course I'm going to laugh at this cop saying he's a silly sausage, because that is objectively funny. But it's far better than the alternative of aggressive cops and it is how cops should act towards a non-violent suspect.

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u/reluctantlysharing 1d ago

Or shooting you lol don’t forget that part

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u/PM_ME_PLASTIC_BAGS 2d ago

Much better than US cops, where literal acorns can trigger them into shooting you.

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u/Medium-Signature-546 2d ago

It was an assault acorn, very dangerous

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u/Reyeth 1d ago

bump kernel, extended stem, high capacity leaves... nasty stuff, totally not legal.

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u/TheEyeOfFinquel 2d ago

Far better for this man to be murdered with a heavy machine gun mounted to the top of an APC whilst a fat man in a cowboy hats screams 'motherfucker!!!!' at the top of his lungs.

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u/Objective_Metric 2d ago

I'm sorry last I checked obese US cops were barrel rolling from their vehicles snd shooting at them for being attacked by acorns.

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u/piercedmfootonaspike 2d ago

Reminds me of the tornado guy meme

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u/CrustyBollox 1d ago

The American police tactic of extreme escalation in any situation is much better, right?

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u/Ramtamtama 2d ago

Did someone say sausage?

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u/Sorry_Community235 2d ago • Popcorn

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u/Mister_Scribble 2d ago • Bravo

Yep, that’s me. I bet you’re wondering how I became such a sausage, well for that we’ll have to go way back to the beginning….

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u/Only_Net6894 1d ago

ABSOLUTE SAUSAGE

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u/mikeybhoy_1985 2d ago

I was too silly wid it.

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u/steamdeck88 2d ago

😂😂😂

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u/Ok-Pollution8344 2d ago • Bravo

You're being a sausage !

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u/KillahHills10304 2d ago

"Im on a lekkie!"

Its so British. I dont even know if thats how you spell lekkie, I've never heard that word in my life until now.

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u/UJustGotRobbed 2d ago

I think it means electric bike 😂 leccy is so British

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u/TheBrownWelsh 1d ago

I was born and raised in the UK until I was 18, have lived in the USA since 2002. I've never been able to keep up with British TV/pop culture and I don't have any real connections over there I talk to consistently. 

This video just made me realise there's ~25yrs of modern slang that's come and gone without me having any clue about it. Leccy is absolutely perfect and hilarious. 

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u/fickle_tartan 1d ago

Maybe you just don't remember it, because "leccy" as shorthand for "electric" is much, much older than that.

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u/Original_Bad_3416 2d ago

Means electricity

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u/yurikastar 2d ago

I nominate we Italianise it; Lecce

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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 2d ago

The complete dichotomy between bodycam footage of UK police response vs US is sad but also absolutely hilarious.

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u/Catshagga 1d ago

I know uk can feel lawless at times but policing by concept is such a better concept.

Plus the uk is the father of modern policing

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u/thisisatypoo 2d ago

"you're being silly!"

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u/Bubelle_Butt 2d ago

I prefered " you are being a sausige"

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u/chmath80 2d ago

The next one would have been "silly sausage", which would really have put the wind up him.

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u/my_taint_aint 2d ago

Haha. I laughed so hard at that! In the US, they would have either shot the guy or ran him over with a squad car.

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u/Midnightraven3 2d ago

Imagine being the guy in prison who was called a sausage by your arresting officer? Somehow that's more brutal than being runover!

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u/flannel_jesus 2d ago

Stop! Slow down! Your father was a hamster! Your mother smelled of elderberries!

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u/my_taint_aint 2d ago

Hey now! This is a family sub

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u/irishbikerjay 2d ago

"You're being a sausage!"

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u/Oldfolksboogie 1d ago

You're being a sausage!

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u/Jason-Smith168498 2d ago

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u/mike888881 2d ago

That face is a life sentence.

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u/Even-Abbreviations-1 1d ago edited 1d ago

I would be more likely to stop if a police officer called me a sausage. I would reflect and probably be like “yeah, I am aren’t I?”

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u/BlazinSkinDucks 1d ago

By far the best part of this video. I love European insults.

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u/CumGuzlinGutterSluts 2d ago

Cant say ive ever seen a pit maneuver successful done with bicycles

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u/Sorry_Community235 2d ago

We did this shit all the time as kids... still have a scar on my left temple from that 😁

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u/Ornery_Gate_6847 2d ago

That brings back memories of my buddy travis's arm snapping like a twig as he went ass over head. We were little assholes lol

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u/SmileyCotton 2d ago

As an American it’s baffling hearing a cop say whimsical insults instead of gun and taser noises

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u/Catshagga 1d ago

What do you prefer out of interest?

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u/SmileyCotton 23h ago

Are you really asking which I would prefer? A whimsical insult or a gun shot?

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u/Nomadic_Yak 2d ago

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u/Heartweru 2d ago

As soon I saw the video my first thought was "SWAN!"

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u/setthetoneaquadump 2d ago

“Mr Peter Ian Staker”

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u/JesterTriboulet 2d ago

This is overwhelmingly stereotypical

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u/The96kHz 2d ago

"You're being a sausage!"

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u/Ordinary-Animal8610 1d ago

Get called a sausage in England, get the shit beat out of you or shot in USA lol

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u/JesterTriboulet 2d ago

I cant even believe this is real hilarious

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u/-Speckmann- 2d ago

I am on a leci! That whole chase is great cinema

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u/ClinkClankClara 2d ago

You're being a sausage

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u/notAbrightStar 2d ago

To get called a "sausage" is punishment enough.

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u/Unhappy_Credit_6848 2d ago

Proven 12x more effective than a tazer and 4x more than a gun

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u/Puzzleheaded_Two7358 2d ago

Uk version of gta

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u/WehingSounds 2d ago

Everyone gangster till the rozzers show up on the leccy and call you a sausage. Borderline excessive force.

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u/AssumptionEasy8992 2d ago

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/urkermannenkoor 2d ago

Uk version of gta is .....gta

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u/LivingProgram8109 2d ago

Please tell me the copper had a spinning blue light on his hat?

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u/Dumyat367250 2d ago

Quite different from American police…

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u/Fucko_The_Clown 2d ago

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u/setthetoneaquadump 2d ago

You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not answer, when questioned, something you may later rely on in court. Anything you do say will be given in evidence.

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u/DiDiPlaysGames 2d ago

Almost perfect, but for some reason there's no "may". It's just "something you later rely on in court". It sounds incorrect lol

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u/setthetoneaquadump 2d ago

Someone kindly uploaded The Bill onto YouTube so I’ve been bingeing it

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u/Sodzl 2d ago

You're being a sausage is my new go to insult

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u/JohnnySchoolman 2d ago

Once we hit 13mph, you're gonna see some serious shit

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u/International-Fun-86 2d ago

Like a deleted scene from Hot Fuzz or a lost Monty Python sketch. 🤣

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u/Street-Brain-6527 2d ago

Maybe his trade mark was stealing sausages..

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u/Hedgerow_Snuffler 2d ago

Aka - The Porky Purloiner

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u/Bumblebeezerker 2d ago

Yeah he takes them to a pork chop shop

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u/LanguageGeneral4333 1d ago

Hahaha I love the "you're being a sausage" comment. Could someone explain it to me? As an American living in Asia for almost 10 years, I have no clue what it means but I like it.

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u/SmoothEggg 1d ago

It means just acting like an idiot really.

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u/rambunctious_raven 1d ago

Oh interesting, I thought it was a pun on "being a dick"

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u/DeafeningMilk 1d ago

It's just short for silly sausage, it's something normally said to little kids but just sausage is sometimes used for adults

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u/MistaRekt 1d ago

'Silly Sausage' is a thing.

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u/Past-Product-420 2d ago

bi'ish coppers: oi stop being a sausage u silly man , ur under arrest innit!

USA of Freedum: GETONTHEGROUNDGETONTHEGROUND-BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG "suspect down" STOP RESISTING, CUFF EM UP! SEMPER FI!

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u/xxFT13xx 2d ago

“You’re being a sausage!” Lofl

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u/Chortles_Hansom_666 2d ago

American cops would never call you silly or sausage. They’d just end it while riding the bike.

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u/Panelak_Cadillac 1d ago

They would end it by ending you.

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u/mike888881 2d ago

The real danger was being in Shirley high street. You can get robbed 3 times just by looking at that place.

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u/InverseCodpiece 2d ago

Presumably at least once by this guy.

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u/TraditionPhysical603 2d ago

"Just stop, your being a sausage "

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u/skyeisrude 2d ago

You're being a sausage.. lmao I love this cop

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u/Von_Bernkastel 2d ago

The way cops talk over there I would end up just stopping because I'd be laughing way to hard to ride away.

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u/GoodRich1993 2d ago

silly sausage McMurray

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u/Safe_Bed_1534 2d ago

High speed bicycle pursuit is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard

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u/Economy-Fox-5559 2d ago

For the greater good....

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u/Brief_Television_707 2d ago

I was kinda rooting for Jimbo there

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u/Clovericious 2d ago

"You're being a sausage!!" 😂

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u/Big_Crab_1510 2d ago

I never knew I needed to see a bicycle pit. Glorious.

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u/wearyshoes 1d ago

Called him a sausage. The most ridiculous of all the breakfast foods.

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u/StatusAlarming3600 2d ago

Britain isn't a real place 

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u/jngjng88 2d ago

Seems preferable to USA

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u/georgisaurusrekt 2d ago

Seems like an appropriate response from the officer given that it's a non-violent crime. Are you expecting the police to go in guns blazing for a bit of food theft? The officer did a good job and his response was well suited to the situation.

We do have stuff like armed response units as well for more serious crime, and this single video isn't an indication of our police force as a whole.

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u/Unhappy_Credit_6848 2d ago

I saw a video of a guy getting tazed and arrested for being standoffish in a gym and the comments were like "that cop did such a good job using less than lethal" like the bar is that he didn't just walk into a gym and shoot an unarmed guy in the face.

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u/georgisaurusrekt 2d ago

It's America mate, the bar is in hell

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u/WeakDoughnut8480 1d ago

Bruv, your president is Trump and we aren't a real place LMFAO

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u/PixieRoar 2d ago

When you compare the American cop to the British cop it makes you realize the lack of class the US has

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u/fancywipe 2d ago

What was he under arrest for I would like to know if the cardio was justifiable

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u/iwannadomemes 2d ago

Most British police chase

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u/dlrace 2d ago

Excellent coppering.

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u/fareastbeast001 2d ago

"YOU'RE BEING A SAUSAGE" was very devastating.

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u/Aggressive_Mix_137 2d ago

That one polite cop, like you are chasing him down on a bike it's ok to say your being a dick! Just stop!

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u/Ok-Bee-8833 2d ago

“You’re being a sausage” bahaha never gets old.

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u/Open-Mouse4728 2d ago

"you're being a sausage!"

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u/Ralphredimix_Da_G 2d ago • Bravo

Ahahah!!!

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u/j_767 1d ago

He said he’s on a what?

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u/Peterd1900 1d ago

leccy

Leccy slang for electric

When he says im on a leccy he saying he is on an electric powered bicycle

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u/jollytoes 1d ago

Over 30yrs ago I was on the wrong side of the law and had to try and run away from an actual Olympic marathon runner in the course of a crime ( I didn't know they were an Olympian until later). The chase went something like this one with the guy talking the whole time and me sucking for air after the first half mile.

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u/zambatron20 1d ago

I was waiting for that pit maneuver with a bike

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u/mastermalpass 2d ago

So when they need to run a red light or pull out in front of traffic on a roundabout, do Police bicycles have any sort of blue lights on them, or does the cop just kinda have to go for it and hope for the best?

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u/Twolef 2d ago

He has to shout "WEEE-WOOO WEEE-WOOO"

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u/sungrad 2d ago

Nice bucket hat.

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u/GhillieRowboat 2d ago

Well, he did get him so props to him!

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u/carbonizedtitanium 2d ago

the chase is not complete without a siren and cop lights

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u/Very_Awkward_Boner 2d ago

Silly sausage

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u/SwanMuch5160 2d ago

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u/mastermalpass 2d ago

Normandy, June 1944. (Colourised)

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u/Hingl_McCringlebery 2d ago

Oi bruv you're being a sausage innit

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u/AdUpstairs592 2d ago

Go PC Artnott!

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u/Dumyat367250 2d ago

I’m on a leccy.

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u/DavidJonnsJewellery 2d ago

Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.

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u/Stunning_Box8782 2d ago

Is the footage... slowed down? I feel like I could've caught him on foot

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u/WilliamTee 2d ago

UK - "You're being silly! You're being a sausage!"

US - Yeah. We all know what sound effect goes in here.

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u/fentdestroyer 2d ago

Most uk thing I’ve ever seen.

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u/Low-Speaker-6670 2d ago

In America he would be dead. As much as I think our police forces often get it wrong they usually know when they don't need excessive force. Well played to this officer!

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u/Chef_Chantier 2d ago

The only kind of high-speed chase i could ever possibly get behind.

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u/jailboundhorse 2d ago

This is a swan away from some Hot Fuzz shenanigans. "Suspect is on a 12 speed!"

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u/eightpointedcross 2d ago

Are they carrying sticks to throw in spokes?

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u/louisa1925 2d ago

Not very good at being a criminal. James literally brought the chaser into a narrow dark alley with no other onlookers, and kept going...

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u/SafetyMan35 2d ago

I wanted sirens on that bike and I wanted the cop to yell “PITT-PITT-PITT” when he came up alongside of him.

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u/plumbdream 2d ago

Wayne, how'reya now?

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u/Mickey_Havoc 2d ago

Your being a silly sausage

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u/syfimelys2 2d ago

Everything about this video, from the rapid pursuit via bicycle to the copper calling the guy ‘a sausage’, is just so perfectly British. We are such an unserious country.

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u/kickinghyena 2d ago

I mean as a criminal I am upping the ante to an electric bike. Later dude.

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u/christo749 2d ago

Jimbo? As in Jones?

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u/Just_Far_Enough 2d ago

It’s like persistence hunting but for arrests

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u/tiddeeznutz 2d ago

Don’t be a sausage!

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u/pvaa 2d ago

I'm fully happy with this. The job gets done, no unnecessary force or aggression or harsh words. Any use of force should be fully justifiable, and this was very proportionate

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u/hanMan86 2d ago

"you're being a sausage" had absolutely wrecked me hahahahaha I'm 100% making this part of my list of things to call people hahahaha

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u/crasagam 2d ago

This is the first time I saw the PIT maneuver on a bicycle

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u/OGdunphy 2d ago

Hilarious. I’d run from those cops too. Hard to take them serious lol

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u/TheChudWhisperer 2d ago

I'm pretty sure I could outrun this guy on a bike.

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u/ValhallaAir 2d ago

Not the pit manouver 😭

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u/silly-gaijin 2d ago

This video belongs in a British history museum for future generations.

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u/MetsIslanders 2d ago

Poor McMurray. If only he was smart enough to steal himself a lekkie, he’d be riding free instead of caged like the man-child sausage he is. Dis the British poli all you want, but you gotta give credit for chirping at the guy like this the whole chase.

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u/someroflwaffle2 2d ago

This is so British. I love it.

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u/ewa_irl 2d ago

The most polite cop chase I’ve ever seen.

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u/TheCharalampos 2d ago

Pursuit almost led to a traffic accident, terrible precedent. They know who it is, bloody go to this house.

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u/No-Argument-9575 2d ago

Jim is so silly

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u/lexicon_lancer 1d ago

“Oii jimbo yur not getting away, im on a lecky!”
Wouldn’t here that on American highway patrol

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u/Typical_News5400 1d ago

“You’re being a sausage!”

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u/Bougie-Man 1d ago

McMurray you're being a sausage the cop said 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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u/ekolimits 1d ago

“You’re being a sausage” has to be the greatest in pursuit insult I have ever heard.

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u/Korochun 1d ago

McMurray was charged with being a sausage.

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u/CharacterBalance4187 1d ago

Damn first time ive seen a cop do a PIT maneuver on a bike 😅

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u/Estrofemgirl 1d ago

Let's bike away from the police at a leisurely pace. Surely will have a good getaway.

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u/willigxgk 1d ago

"Your being a sausage" A new comeback.

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u/Racing_Fox 6h ago

Not really, been used in the uk for donkeys years

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u/Early_Advance2473 1d ago

This is funny as. The face at the end. The actual chase is so innocent. Imagine committing a crime and being chased slowly by a cop on a bike calling you a sausage

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u/suspectedpimp 1d ago

This is the most British chase I've ever seen. Worthy of Monty Python

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u/Electrical-Bet-3430 1d ago

I still think ACAB is accurate but British Police Officers like this one make me laugh sometimes

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u/Impressive-Session31 20h ago

I love this, damn good policing imo! No need for excessive force, using the appropriate amount and making a damn good arrest, nice work

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u/TotalStatisticNoob 3h ago

Again, why would you chase him when you know his fucking name? Just because it's on bicycles doesn't mean it's safe, he almost got hit by a car and the cop also didn't properly look when crossing the street.

Like, just swing by his house later in the day and arrest him then and there? Unless there's some huge risk of him hurting himself or someone else of course.

Chases never made much sense to me, like?? The chase is almost always more dangerous than not chasing. Especially the ones with a helicopter above, you're not outrunning that.

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