Killem has been in contact with the Thames Valley Plod concerning their 'treatment' of our war dead......

Original story HERE


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am utterly shocked and disgusted at the treatment of our nation's war dead by the Thames Valley Police as highlighted in yesterday's Mail on Sunday. In case you haven't read the article, a comparison is made between the respect shown to Canadian miltary personnel who have given their lives in battle, and that shown to British military personnel.

In short, the respect shown to our own people stops at the Thames Valley Police Authority's boundary. Is this a fair representation of the facts in the press ? If so have you no sense of propriety?

Unless I receive a suitable explanation from you I shall be seeking out others of similar mind with a view to correcting your disrespectful behaviour.

Yours sincerely,


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To which the reply came....

Thank you for your e-mail.
“It is very important that the sacrifice made by young men and women in our armed forces is properly recognised by the whole community and the police have a part to play in that act of respect.
At the beginning of the action in Iraq and Afghanistan, our service men and women were brought to RAF Brize Norton and were escorted by Thames Valley Police motorcyclists to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford. A year ago this changed to RAF Lyneham and Wiltshire Constabulary took over initial responsibility for escort. Unfortunately, this coincided with the withdrawal of all our motorcycles from the road after the deaths of two police officers and so Thames Valley Police was unable to continue the escort from the Wiltshire border.
We are, however, about to take delivery of a new fleet of motorcycles and they will be operational from the second week of June. Thames Valley Police will then recommence the escort to facilitate movement through traffic.
I apologise on behalf of the Authority for any distress caused by the photographs of military hearses caught in heavy traffic on the congested roads of Oxford”
Yours sincerely


******* ******
Executive Team Leader
Thames Valley Police Authority

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Facilitate movement!!! They are more interested in traffic flow than honouring our dead. Effing assholes.