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  • Except of course Headquarters and the Civvies they have so many resources they have to make work up, like spending £6 million + on … … not very much really.

    Kingsnorth Police Criticised Over Cost Shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • "Back to Civvies" takes easily to a gay reading, too, what with its insistence on a nice rear view.

    Norman Rockwell: Gay Icon? Jessica Dawson 2010

  • Civvies in the back yard - brilliant if caught off guard. we recently had our custody suite redone (looked and smelled exactly the same afterwards) and one pleasant summer afternoon we had about a dozen building inspectors checking out the access to the back yard and cell block as me and 5 collegues walked in two prisoners we had nicked out the front of the station trying to stove in some unlucky tourists head.

    I Can Tell We’re Going To Be Friends « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • To metcountymounty, I was just a little annoyed at the vitriol some people were heaping on Civvies just for having a different outlook within the force (rightly or wrongly) and the ‘Civvie Shooting’ comment wound me up further.

    I Can Tell We’re Going To Be Friends « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • Frank's were different from Steve's, his were inside, raw and open, he needed Steve to heal them, and Susie would simply have to wait, he hadn't really come back to Civvies, yet.

    Civvies La Plante, Lynda 1992

  • When they do attack ISAF troops they going among Civvies so that we cant take them out easily, we have to take time, and often they put down their guns and we will walk past them.

    The Guardian World News Richard Adams 2011

  • And, whilst this is not meant to be confrontational .. the phrase "majority of society". .is a huge sweeping statement. coming from a member of the forces who by their very profession enters a world that is "different" tothe world at large seen through the eyes of a Civvies, have you ever thought it may be that "the majority of the forces" might be a more statistically correct statement?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • However, Civvies are climbing the fences at training establishments to join the army at the moment, Replacing an 18 year old admin case isnt going to be hard for a CO.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Civvies with personal grievances against soldiers (eg ex wives)

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • And, whilst this is not meant to be confrontational .. the phrase "majority of society". .is a huge sweeping statement. coming from a member of the forces who by their very profession enters a world that is "different" tothe world at large seen through the eyes of a Civvies, have you ever thought it may be that "the majority of the forces" might be a more statistically correct statement?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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