Are Aux police carrying pistol allow to take taxi?
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I had 3 encounters with Aux police personnel taking my cab.
One gentleman was in plain clothes with some sort of security pass hanging at his neck. With his blue slack, I quickly identify him as an off-duty police personnel. True enough, he stopped at Certis Cisco near corperation rd and paid by company cab charge card.
During the journey, he seems very restless and aggitated with some matters. He also looked hagged and as though he has tonnes of probs.
When I asked him does he has his gun in his procession, he said yes.
What if he misfire his gun in my taxi? what are the protection we TD can get from such risk? with the recent misfire case in toilet, it serve as a reminder to me that I should not take off-duty aux police or any body with weapon.
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my 2nd case was this gentleman kept his pistol in his bag. wondering whether was it lock and holstered properly. What if something entangle in his bag resutled the pistol goes off?
wonder if SG police care to comment the 'what if?'.
Such lapse cannot be happened at all especially to an innocent cabby who trying to make some decent income!
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I just saw the topic in Yahoo news: "Police car hit taxi but doesn't stop."
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The revolvers are usually the double action type. Squeeze trigger first time, the weapon is cocked, squeeze trigger second time, it fires. Unless he act like cowboy, and cock the revolver with his palm first, then squeeze trigger and fire.
Difficult for the aux officer to accidentally fire. He must be playing with his gun, or he really want to shoot.
When he play with his gun, stop, and ask him to get out. Surely you have done such thing before.
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Originally posted by mancha:
The revolvers are usually the double action type. Squeeze trigger first time, the weapon is cocked, squeeze trigger second time, it fires. Unless he act like cowboy, and cock the revolver with his palm first, then squeeze trigger and fire.
Difficult for the aux officer to accidentally fire. He must be playing with his gun, or he really want to shoot.
When he play with his gun, stop, and ask him to get out. Surely you have done such thing before.
Incorrect. A double-action revolver accomplishes both actions with a single continuous pull of the trigger, i.e., from a hammer-forward position, pulling the trigger will draw the hammer rearward then release it to fire the gun.
If the hammer is manually cocked beforehand, pulling the trigger then just releases the hammer and fires the gun in single action mode.
Almost all accidental discharges are caused by negligent handling of the firearm by the operator, regardless of what the operator claims.
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If they can take MRT, why they cannot take cab?
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i tot armed aux police cannot take public transport?
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Then how they get to work? Armoured truck?
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The long trigger pull have two distinctively parts and can be felt.
Someone must have squeezed the trigger. Unless the hammer is down on a round and the weapon dropped.
Don't play play with firearms. Because when you least expect it ...
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Take cab can la. only can not take Aeroplane.
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Wa piang , i doubt the rounds is loaded .
It's an empty cartridge or revolver u called it la boys .
Never serve army ?
They can carry it all the time , but cannot exposed unless on official duty .
Only unless emergency , then they are authorised to load the weapon with live rounds .
Never serve army ?
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Originally posted by mancha:
The long trigger pull have two distinctively parts and can be felt.
Someone must have squeezed the trigger. Unless the hammer is down on a round and the weapon dropped.
Don't play play with firearms. Because when you least expect it ...
INCORRECT AGAIN...IT CAN BE SEEN STRAIGHT AWAY instead of pulling the trigger n feelin it.GOOD WELL DESIGNED firearms dont go off even when dropped ...they have the safety mechanisms for all DECENT civilian police weapons.
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When i was a new driver , one of the older driver said his relief was a police undercover CID , rented his cab as undercover to ambush purposes .
He said sometimes his relief left the gun inside the cab forget to bring home !!! And next morning call him to sent the vehicle back to him , to take "something" .
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must be exciting.such garang policemen were often found in older days.
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i think that's a law that ARMED UNIFORM PERSONNEL r not allow 2 take public transport,
unless emergency case.
Dont know abt Aux police ..... they r a different bred ..... they can play n "misfire" pistol in mrt toilet :)
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ya, i took 4 cisco girls at Taman jurong station to havelock road, they removed all their guns, put it in a bag, then change T shirt and then take my taxis, 2 from malaysia and 2 singaporeans, that time i was driving comfxck, they got taxi coupon.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
When i was a new driver , one of the older driver said his relief was a police undercover CID , rented his cab as undercover to ambush purposes .
He said sometimes his relief left the gun inside the cab forget to bring home !!! And next morning call him to sent the vehicle back to him , to take "something" .
Precisely what I was trying to pin point here were these careless uniform personnel are the one that will create such incident. got it?
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Originally posted by bowah:
ya, i took 4 cisco girls at Taman jurong station to havelock road, they removed all their guns, put it in a bag, then change T shirt and then take my taxis, 2 from malaysia and 2 singaporeans, that time i was driving comfxck, they got taxi coupon.
Yup. Today you can pick these ppl up from shopping centres, gold smith shops, offices, etc when they are changing shift. they are to take the cab to their respective HQ to send arm. This is the one journey I am not comfortable with.
What if one who got himself in deep trouble (eg: otang bank money, etc) wanted to kill himself in the cab. Then how? you will not become a suspect, but a PRIME suspect!.
knn
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Originally posted by Leomanz:
i think that's a law that ARMED UNIFORM PERSONNEL r not allow 2 take public transport,
unless emergency case.
Dont know abt Aux police ..... they r a different bred ..... they can play n "misfire" pistol in mrt toilet :)
They are Commercial uniformed officer , maybe . -
Corporation Road , former Jurong Police Station , got many Cisco officers must report there before going for their assignments .
Some go to Tuas South Ave 12 .
Some go Rifle Range .
Some go Jurong Island .
Etc ....
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lol! if armed police cannot take mrt, then what does all the special forces in mrt do with their guns and rifles? water guns and rifles ah?
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Corporation Road , former Jurong Police Station , got many Cisco officers must report there before going for their assignments .
Some go to Tuas South Ave 12 .
Some go Rifle Range .
Some go Jurong Island .
Etc ....
A lot at Yung Ho Road (Taman Jurong) Cisco Recall Center going to Jurong Island in the afternoon. Shiok this one cos change shift is thru & fro, never come out of Jurong Island empty. Rifle Range also. Tua Sth so far never get.
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here we talking about off-duty personnel. There must be a reason why they are allow to take taxi instead of MRT & buses. Probably due to the weapon. It shld be least expose to public. It shld be back to HQ asap after any shift duty.
I wonder how will be the reactions if one aux police officer 'accidentally' fire off his gun in a taxi and 'accidentally' killed the taxi driver....
Many of you will thk: never happen one la.
Maybe I kiasi... always expect the unexpected thing to happen. Thay's why I live longer. heee.
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Originally posted by HITMAN 2011:
INCORRECT AGAIN...IT CAN BE SEEN STRAIGHT AWAY instead of pulling the trigger n feelin it.GOOD WELL DESIGNED firearms dont go off even when dropped ...they have the safety mechanisms for all DECENT civilian police weapons.
Yup! you can see it when it is pointed at you. But when you're the one holding the revolver and squeezing the trigger, you can feel the hammer being pulled back, and lock in the cocked position, ready for release. The mid point can be felt. This it self is a safety feature, because the shooter has that much micro second to change his mind about shooting. This has been smoothen to the long pull.
You have to have fired the older revolvers and the present ones to know the difference.
The older revolvers would have the hammer rest on an empty chamber, the present ones have a groove betwen chambers. But still don't throw a loaded gun on to the floor like they do in the movies.
As for the aux officer sitting behind the taxi driver, if he just sits still, its safe, if he fidgets and touches the revolver and pushes the revolver to deeper into his trousers, he is taking that 0.0001percent chance of the revolver going off into the back of the taxi driver.
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Remember My army daze, one of the sgt lectured the recruit in one pte corner in the forest . his cpl miss counted him n went back to camp, the sgt n the recruit took taxi back. the raffle dismentled put inside the full pack. we lol rolled on the floor. Hahaa................