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Budget cuts hit motorcycle police…

Jul 28, 2006 11:19 EDT

Slashed budgets have left a 12-man squad of motorcycle police with just four bikes among them.  The plucky cops are making the best of it, but when they have to split up suddenly to chase suspects in different directions, it gets ugly… Or maybe that isn’t what’s going on here.  Come up with alternate captions, and drop them to us via Post a Comment.bikes300.jpg    Members of the acrobatics team of Mexico’s city police perform at the city main square or Zocalo July 26, 2006. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

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Members of Mexico’s city police position themselves strategically on motorcycles to greet a bank robber with guns ablazing when he finishes his heist and attempts to flee the scene of the crime.

Posted by Janet | Report as abusive
 

The famous “Fabulous Flying Walenta Family” in their new job.

 

Now, if they could just get the bad guys to stack up the same way, we’d have ourselves a crack team of cops. Finally.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Some folks will do anything to use the carpool lanes.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Most folks would be happier seeing non-enforcing cops shot with cannonserout of cannons.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Where’s that Deliverance river when you really need it?

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

They were immediately busted for wreckless driving.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

When the Flying Nun went bad, the cops adopted new tactics.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

The men and women of Harley Davidson Motorcycles, God love ‘em, finally see their most cherished dream made real.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Now I think we’ll finally get that frisbee off the roof.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Another of the ideas that were discarded before Kit was brought on to Knight Rider.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

What you can’t tell from the still shot is they are all chewing bubble gum.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Somewhere south of Juarez, Officer Mendoza, the former peak of the pyramid, is flat as a pancake in the middle of Mexico Highway 1.

Posted by Shawn Hendricks | Report as abusive
 

Cool! Cheerleader Chips!

Posted by Rob | Report as abusive
 

Those police officers are just doing acrobatics to entertain the local people.
Do not assume things that you don’t know or never visit Mexico.

Travel,Expand your mind,Know new cultures…remember that prejudiced and narrominders are the ones who never came out of their own homecountries.And precisely those ones are the first ones to point out other people’s flaws.

Posted by Debbieclara | Report as abusive
 

Young man!
There’s a place you can go….
I said, young man!
When you’re short on your dough….
You can stay there!
And I’m sure you will find….
Many ways!
To!
Have
A
Good
Time!

 

Primetime + Reality TV=
“Queer Eye for the Streets of Mexico City Ultimate Survivor Series”

 

Newly discovered Mayan Pyramid that is actually made of Mayans.

 

Mexican Motor Police Pyramid scheme exposed!

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Mexican Airforce prepares for liftoff

 

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