Cop prangs smash the pounds 200k mark; POLICE.POLICE drivers in Scotland have caused almost pounds 200,000 worth of damage to their cars since the start of 2008, new figures reveal. Animal collisions accounted for more than pounds 20,000 of the repairs bill, with vehicles mangling The term mangling may refer to:
And one crash with a badger in Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. alone cost pounds 2,000. Other reasons given include gusts of wind, reversing into other police vehicles - and even striking pedestrians. The repairs bill is more than twice the pounds 84,000 cost of damage caused by vandals. Officers in the largest force, Strathclyde caused more than pounds 100,000 in damage, trashing almost 250 of their own vehicles in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
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