Police in riot gear?

[Alan Medic]

I think I just saw about 20 police in riot gear marching at speed past the Great Exhibition pub. Was I hallucinating?

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Blimey! The pub does fancy dress events but I don?t think this is one of them!

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> I think I just saw about 20 police in riot gear

> marching at speed past the Great Exhibition pub.

> Was I hallucinating?

[Alan Medic]

Half of them had those transparent shields. Weird.

[Beej]

Yeah about 20 of them marching down Crystal Palace road, thought I was watching a Hollywood film!

[Robert Poste's Child]

What was it about? No riots reported.

[diable rouge]

They've read the Brexit thread, no deal prepping...

[Robert Poste's Child]

Or got an old satnav that doesn't know the police station's gone.

[Alan Medic]

diable rouge Wrote:

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> They've read the Brexit thread, no deal

> prepping...

I literally thought this.

[tomskip]

Maybe something to do with the murder in ED last night.

[Delainie]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Or got an old satnav that doesn't know the police

> station's gone.

I really needed something to make me laugh and this done the job, thank you!

[Robert Poste's Child]

D'you think they had to jog in formation all the way to Walworth?

[Penguin68]

About 15 or 20 years ago I was confronted by a dozen police in full riot gear and carrying submachine guns in Underhill Road by the cemetery - they were filming The Bill, it transpired, and were 'resting up' in Underhill before running into shot in Langton Rise. Gave me quite a turn.

[ianjm]

Maybe the dead are rising in Camberwell Old Cemetery. Just remember, remove the head or destroy the brain.

[DijonMust]

I drove past them seemingly raiding a property on Lordship Lane by the intersection with Crystal Palace Road. One police officer had a baby in arms, wrapped in a blanket, whilst about a dozen riot police were readying themselves to re-enter the property.

Thought I was in an episode of Luther..

[malumbu]

I've experienced a group of armed police a couple of times, once actors filming for the dark comedy Babylon, and the other time doing a Counter-terrorism exercise. You can tell for both as there will always be a mobile canteen.

I had a group of plods running at me once at Millwall, I was going to give myself up for parking a motorbike on the grass when I realised that they were running to sort out some proper bother outside the Den.

[LadyDulwich]

Me too DijjyM....since they were filming at Tooting Bec Lido not too long ago! xo LadyD

[Davis]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> I think I just saw about 20 police in riot gear

> marching at speed past the Great Exhibition pub.

> Was I hallucinating?

They may have been preparing to assist the BBC in entering a house as part of a TV license inspection.