Sorry I am fed up hearing this soundbite seemingly everywhere on the national railway network. Its everywhere on trains and at stations. I know its purpose is commendable, but its just the way I feel.
Sorry I am fed up hearing this soundbite seemingly everywhere on the national railway network. Its everywhere on trains and at stations. I know its purpose is commendable, but its just the way I feel.
Sorry I am fed up hearing this soundbite seemingly everywhere on the national railway network. Its everywhere on trains and at stations. I know its purpose is commendable, but its just the way I feel.
we are in a period of an elevated terror threat to the UK and our infrastructre including the railways. It will be staying.
Is that your decision?
No, but that's the way it is.
That remains to be seen, or do you have a crystal ball?
Well given the amount of notices we get about it, it won't be any time soon. And in the event of another attack in UK it will get more frequent
How long have the announcements been around for? It doesn't need to be changed that often if the information is correct. I've heard the annoucement about cases and parcels in a 1990s documentary about BR, with the exact same wording as the more recent Phil Sayer version!Or maybe somebody will come up with a new way of getting the message across? Repetitive announcements surely lose their effectiveness after a while?
Well given the amount of notices we get about it, it won't be any time soon. And in the event of another attack in UK it will get more frequent
Sorry I am fed up hearing this soundbite seemingly everywhere on the national railway network. Its everywhere on trains and at stations. I know its purpose is commendable, but its just the way I feel.
Regardless of the wording of the message, I'm not sure the service is up to scratch even if you do get in touch. On one occasion I saw a person they had recently made an appeal to trace for a serious assault. I had just got off the train and saw the suspect outside the station. I first called them, and after some time on hold I gave up waiting and decided to text them. As the result of my text, they sent a couple of follow up texts and finally an officer called me to discuss around an hour later. Needless to say the person I had seen, who they were appealing to find, was long gone.
Always dial 999 when you need an urgent police response such as:
- A crime is happening
- Someone suspected of a crime is nearby
- Someone is injured, being threatened or in danger
They might not change the intention of the message, but they might want to think about changing up the wording, which I have switched off to.
The one reason it could be changed is if the BTP were indundated with texts from people who've "seen something that doesn't look right" but is in fact totally trivial.
It has changed - until November last year it was "see something, say something" . You're hearing it more often because of recent events, and it's unlikely to be going away anytime soon
I do find repetitive announcements rather irritating, but I wonder if they are going to start disappearing as we take the message onboard.
Last on Saturday night in Selby someone left (my wife thought intentionally) a bag on the platform. So I sent a text to 61016 and not only got a message back straight away but when I woke up I had a text saying that they had investigated.
It turned out the bag didn't have suspicious contents but given that they had gone to the effort to keep me informed I think I will make the effort the next time too, I've certainly not been put off texting the BTP.
If you see something that doesn't look right, speak to a member of staff
"Excuse me, but I'm sure that the man next to me on the 07:52 made a mistake in today's intermdiate-level sudoku puzzle."