A Shomrim has been operating in north London for about ten years without causing any problems as far as I'm aware.
If the Met spent less time investigating imaginary "hate crimes" and people being mean to each other on Twitter and actually took serious crimes like burglary seriously they probably wouldn't feel the need to exist.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 12:18,
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Hadn't heard of that
Looking at their website though it seems the shomrim are more like community support officers rather than full police with the power to arrest (or, since the link was about a church in america, kill).
(, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 12:25, Reply)
Frankly I don't like the idea any religious group having anything to do with law enforcement but I thought it might start a debate by bringing it closer to home.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 12:34,
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There are capitulations to stupid fucking believes everywhere.
We have an area of manchester encircled with a magic washing line so that Jews can go outside and do things on the Sabbath. Their God seems pretty dumb.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25672244
Personally, I would encircle a tiny space, three inches across, and declare everything inside the circle was outside the eruv. But then I'm not a theological expert... I don't know what the rules are for washing line spell casting.
Edit. Beliefs.... still can't edit subject lines!!
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 14:21,
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I don't have a problem with eruvs.
I think they are utterly ridiculous, but they are harmless and unobtrusive, and I feel that people opposed to them aren't truly motivated by an objection to a wire atop of some poles.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 17:33,
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Are you allowed to peg washing out on them?
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 17:43,
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I reckon you probably can.
They aren't sacred or anything as far as I understand it. They simply mark out a area within which you are allowed to ignore the sky fairy's sabbath rules about not using pushchairs and other such nonsense.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 17:51,
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They literally have no legal powers
It's the same as me putting on a hat and saying "I'm Gandalf", which is basically identical to religion now I think about it
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 13:24,
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YOU SHALL NOT PARK!
there for more than an hour, no return within 2 hours
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 13:59,
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When you see a 'hobby bobby' be sure to tell him so ...
...it will make him really cross and there'll be nothing he can do.
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Thu 13 Apr 2017, 14:17,
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If you're referring to Special Constables
they have the same powers as regular police officers, because they are police officers.
(, Thu 13 Apr 2017, 14:26, Reply)
Impersonating a police officer is a crime in the UK
and a serious crime.
Driving around in a car with blue lights on the roof whilst wearing a uniform and a stab vest is impersonating a police officer as far as I'm concerned.
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