Arrested for ''abstracting electricity''

Uther · 14 Jul 2015 at 13:56

If abstracting is actually an arrestable offence, why was he subsequently de arrested and then arrested for something else?

Tefal · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:09

ubersonic said:
Would be lol if somebody tried to plug something else into it that wasn't 110v compatible and blew it up

Our 110v plugs are bigger and blue lol the yellow are just standard 240 but industrial plugs for durability. He uses it to charge his phone lol

Burnsy2023 · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:41

Von Smallhausen said:
That's for any person though which would include a PCSO. I was more thinking about the copper who arrested him.

Ah, indeed, I thought you were referring to the PCSO.

Uther said:
If abstracting is actually an arrestable offence, why was he subsequently de arrested and then arrested for something else?

Any offence is an arrestable offence. You can be arrested for littering.

Like VS says, it's all down to arrest necessity. If the PC arrested him as he wouldn't give his name or address and then subsequently did, the arrest necessity no longer exists and so he should be dearrested. If he then commits another offence like a public order offence then he may have another necessity to arrest for the latter offence.

anything I don't mind · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:45

I thought this was a pun joke. That he was charged for charging his phone...

So the £4000 a year we spend on train journey does not include electricity.

Tefal · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:45

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yeah she tried a woman only company....it didn't go well and now she says if she ever starts another she'll only hire men.

ubersonic · 14 Jul 2015 at 14:54

Tefal said:
Our 110v plugs are bigger and blue lol the yellow are just standard 240 but industrial plugs for durability. He uses it to charge his phone lol

:S I thought that normally blue commando plugs/sockets are still ~230v but higher than 13A and the yellow ones are 110v, or at least that's what it's been on ever site/facility I've worked on (red ones for three phase).

Jez · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:29

Tefal said:
Our 110v plugs are bigger and blue lol the yellow are just standard 240 but industrial plugs for durability. He uses it to charge his phone lol

Thats weird because the standard is that blue commando's are 240v, yellow is 110v. The yellow ones are slightly smaller.

Tefal · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:31

Jez said:
Thats weird because the standard is that blue commando's are 240v, yellow is 110v. The yellow ones are slightly smaller.

maybe everything so old all the labels have gone lol

Jez · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:33

A phone charger would work via 110v so i suspect he's just charging it via 110

Tefal · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:40

Jez said:
A phone charger would work via 110v so i suspect he's just charging it via 110

probably

Malt_Vinegar · 14 Jul 2015 at 16:48

I abstract from airports all over the world

No one official has complained yet, apart from the people who want to use the socket that I already have filled!

Destination · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:53

anything I don't mind said:
I thought this was a pun joke. That he was charged for charging his phone...

So the £4000 a year we spend on train journey does not include electricity.

I don't spend £4000 a year on trains, so the lack of free electricity during such a journey doesn't bother me.
Thank goodness for that.

Destination · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:54

Malt_Vinegar said:
I abstract from airports all over the world No one official has complained yet, apart from the people who want to use the socket that I already have filled!

I haven't seen an airport marked as 'do not use', 'not for public use', 'for cleaners only', however, so you may well not be abstracting.

MrMoonX · 14 Jul 2015 at 18:57

BTP don't have anything better to do with their time it seems

[TW]Fox · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:00

MrMoonX said:
BTP don't have anything better to do with their time it seems

A train arrived in a station and a member of staff requested BTP assistance.

What are they supposed to do before investigating - just say 'get lost'?

Von Smallhausen · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:42

MrMoonX said:
BTP don't have anything better to do with their time it seems

Look again. They deal with a lot more than you might think.

Energize · 14 Jul 2015 at 19:47

[TW]Fox;28309007 said:
A local suburban train that makes stops every 3-4 minutes and which people are not on for very long? It doesn't even have seating arranged in rows let alone power sockets..

I don't think you realise how fast phones charge up these days.

MrMoonX · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:05

[TW]Fox;28311869 said:
A train arrived in a station and a member of staff requested BTP assistance.

What are they supposed to do before investigating - just say 'get lost'?

No the pcso on a power trip called them. Pcso might actually slowly take away work from actual police officers

Destination · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:14

Energize said:
I don't think you realise how fast phones charge up these days.

Not if it's an apple device

Maybe he needed to charge his watch, as the train journey was longer than 1 hour of activity!

[TW]Fox · 14 Jul 2015 at 20:47

Energize said:
I don't think you realise how fast phones charge up these days.

I don't think you realise the difference between the requirements and amenities offered on long distance Intercity trains and the requirements and amenities on short distance urban commuter trains, hence the bizarre and meaningless comparison an a London Overground commuter train and a Virgin Intercity service from one end of the country to the other, as if the features on one should automatically be present on the other simply because they both happen to be 'a train'.