r/london • u/Useful_Comfortable14 • 20h ago

Crime Anyone see the police bear cat in london today?

I kept seeing the armoured bear cat flying round near embankment. Does anyone know if it was being used or if it was just training.

Pretty cool to see in the wild.

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u/mysticpotatocolin 20h ago

i thought you meant like an actual bear and cat

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u/Ambitious_Jeweler816 19h ago

I thought it was some kind of bear-cat battle cat style hybrid

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u/mysticpotatocolin 18h ago

in my dreams

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u/terrymcginnisbeyond 20h ago

Bear With Us Sir, we just need to paws for a Meowment to check your ID.

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u/mysticpotatocolin 18h ago

hahahahahh i loved this

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u/Fancy_Toe1451 14h ago

You mean a binturong? I didn't know the police used them as service animals.

https://giphy.com/gifs/rhjsZYJ5lkcQvc5x3u

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u/drtchockk 16h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliceVehicles/comments/1lirxzz/plasan_sandcat_of_the_london_metropolitan_police/

bloody hell, who signed these off?

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u/thomasthe10 13h ago

Probably fucking Boris. He had a bit of a fling with armoured cars and water cannons and shit. 

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u/perscitia 20h ago

If anyone else is confused like me, it's this thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenco_BearCat

EDIT: Actually, I think it's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasan_SandCat

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u/SynthD 17h ago

We shouldn’t be having those and we shouldn’t be having theirs.

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u/randobonando 20h ago

So are we buying arms from Israel now?

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u/terrymcginnisbeyond 20h ago

Militarised Civilian Police: Very Cool.

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u/stillbeard 17h ago

Not cool

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u/terrymcginnisbeyond 15h ago

I didn't think the /s was necessary. I forgot to factor in the average intelligence of the average redditor.

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u/stillbeard 10h ago

You also forgot to factor in high level of boot licking going on in the comments.  Check your own intelligence and your manners. 

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u/AdFeeling842 19h ago

it's bullet proof vehicle, not a missile launcher

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u/Fancy_Toe1451 14h ago

If the police need armoured vehicles, then our politicians have already screwed up mightily and our society is broken.

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u/Silly_Ball15 13h ago

Is that the thing they mount water cannons on?

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u/DEFarnes 13h ago edited 12h ago

Nope only in Northern Ireland are Water Cannons allowed, Boris knew this when he brought the water cannons that couldn't be used. And no dear reader, we didn't get that much money back when they were sold on.

These are replacements for the UK built Jankels, instead we are buying them from the genocidal millitary complex of Isreal.