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8th April 09, 10:06 AM
#1
Pittsburgh Police Piper
Here's some raw video of the casket arrival of one of the slain Pittsburgh officers being piped into the church. The piper is seen at the end of the video.
Interestingly, he's also wearing his service belt with pistol, rounds, etc.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...538/index.html
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13th April 09, 12:00 AM
#2
You know a town is tough when the pipers are packing heat!
The Barry
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis;
voca me cum benedictis." -"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath)
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13th April 09, 04:04 AM
#3
The presence of all the other Officers should of offered him enough securtiy to do without his service belt. Made for a tacky appearence in my humble opinion.
I don't believe the idea is to arrive in heaven in a well preserved body! But to slide in side ways,Kilt A' Fly'n! Scream'en "Mon Wha A Ride" Kilted Santas
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13th April 09, 04:42 AM
#4
The piper was on duty and probably require by departmental rules to be armed. IMHO it looked like a kilted police officer.
Never appeal to a man's better nature. He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage. L. Long
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13th April 09, 04:51 PM
#5
The video wasn't working for me, but I have to echo Friday's remarks.
The pictures I've seen of Border Patrol's and Customs' honor guards have shown the pipers wearing their duty belts and weapons.
I am easily moved for sympathy for dogs, far more so than for humans, because dogs do not understand. There is no way to explain that you will return, that the vet will make it all better, that they cannot go shooting today because that is not what today is about. They cannot work out that their misery is finite and will some time end, and so their misery is magnified.
Gerald Hammond
Mad Dogs and Scotsmen
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13th April 09, 07:34 PM
#6
to be "in uniform" requires EVERYTHING that constitues " part of the uniform".
honoring a fallen officer doesn't seem tacky to me...........
I'll leave it at that
KFP
Irish diplomacy: is telling a man to go to he)) in such a way that he looks forward to the trip!
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14th April 09, 09:45 AM
#7
Pittsburgh
 Originally Posted by JolyStNicholas
The presence of all the other Officers should of offered him enough securtiy to do without his service belt. Made for a tacky appearence in my humble opinion.
Pittsburgh is a tough town - I don't question the sidearm at all.
Nemo Texas Impune Lacessit
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14th April 09, 10:08 AM
#8
In Chappell's Scottish Units of the World Wars there is a depiction of a Gordon piper with the 51st Highland Division in WWII wearing a sidearm whilst piping.
T.
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14th April 09, 10:13 AM
#9
Some police pipe bands wear the side arm as part of their band uniform. It's pretty prevalent here on the east coast.
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14th April 09, 04:40 PM
#10
I was just thinking, he may have required the sidearm to protect himself from all the kilt checks.
Never appeal to a man's better nature. He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage. L. Long
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