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Brunstrom U-turns over retirement date

Take the champagne off ice folks, he's not going yet

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Posted: 29 August 2008
by Visordown News

NORTH WALES Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom has U-turned about when he is going to retire.

The policeman, known as the Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban, said that he may step down next Christmas earlier this month. Brunstrom said he would retire and go sailing with his wife when his contract runs out in December 2009.

But now the famously-outrageous copper said during an interview this week that he is going nowhere.

As visordown reported, the original comments were made during a radio interview for BBC Wales, then Brunstrom said: “I have a contract that goes to Christmas next year and I suspect by that time I will simply retire and disappear and you will not find me re-emerging as an aspiring politician or indeed in any other field. My wife and I intend to retire, sell up, buy a boat and go sailing, while we are still fit and young enough to do so.”

But now he's said this: “I’m not retiring, I’m not doing a Tony Blair. If anyone has told you I’m retiring they are mistaken.

“Reports of my demise are sadly exaggerated. It is not happening. I’ve got work to do. I will retire one day – I will die one day – but not any time soon.”

Yesterday North Wales Police confirmed the force’s top cop had not given a retirement date.

A North Wales Police spokesman said: “The chief constable has not announced his retirement or given a date on which he intends to do so.”

Boooooooooooo! Get gone you loon.


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IIIrd
i've managed 44 years without going to wales....best carry on

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 10:41


John..
No he'll not retire, he enjoys the notoriety.

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 10:45


edexup

He's done more to alienate the public, especially the biking public, than any other Police officer in this country.

Waste of rations. 


Posted: 29/08/2008 at 11:26


gedge
edexup wrote (see)

He's done more to alienate the public, especially the biking public, than any other Police officer in this country.

Waste of rations. 


although he has of course provided North Wales with one of the lowest levels of crime and the countries highest detection rate along the way

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 11:58


Ozzy_170
6 to one, half a donzen to the other..

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 16:12


A-I-S
Ozzy_170 wrote (see)
6 to one, half a donzen to the other..
you a bookmaker

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 16:30


SS101
IIIrd wrote (see)
i've managed 44 years without going to wales....best carry on

Is it a place ?????????????? any where near England ????


Posted: 29/08/2008 at 17:01


helluvaquick
I would love to walk up to him at his leaving doo, shake his hand and declare that he "is a cunt"

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 19:04


gedge
helluvaquick wrote (see)
I would love to walk up to him at his leaving doo, shake his hand and declare that he "is a cunt"

Considering his size and background of policing public order in Sussex and  Manchester I would quite like to see that

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 19:12


helluvaquick
I can dream... In reality I would have coppers all over me and a nightstick up my arse in 5 seconds

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 19:34

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