[Zedn]

Interesting story Baz, thanks for sharing.

So you guys wernt all corrupt like underbelly would have you thinking?

Just Kidding.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Baz

I have been retired from the Cops for 10 years. Back in 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1985 I was unfortunate enough to perform duty at the Easter Mount Panorama Bike Races when the riots occurred. The heirachy must have received some good intelligence that trouble was brewing as far back as 1979 as this was when mistakenly, the Police Compund was built on the top of the Mountain, right in the middle of where the most militant bikies gathered.

The Compound consisted of a 200 sq. foot area surrounded by 3 metre high cyclone wire fence capped all around with barbed wire. Not much protection from hundreds of molitov cocktails, steel star pickets and anything else that the 500 drunken bikies could throw at us for hours on end as well as ducking when the odd shot was fired at us by them.

The situation remained the same over the 4 years, but a larger Police presence was deployed each subsequent year.

In 1986 we tried a different tact which involved setting up road blocks at Kelso and searching all bikies before they entered Bathurst. This was highly successful and resulted in the arrest of persons wanted for murder in South Australia as well as the confiscation of numerous firearms and other military weapons.

I have prior military experience which came in handy one day when searching a bikies Harley, I came upon what I recognised as the base plate for a 2" mortar. Another group was stopped shortly after and we located the barrel then 10 rounds which had been carried by other riders in different groups. Probably saved a few lives that day.

The road blocks broke the bikies backs and ensured that Bathurst would never again experienced any episode which compared with this dreadful time in it's history.

I appreciate that this has nothing to do with Cobras, but is just one of many true war stories which I have experienced over 35 years Service and one which I thought that people might find interesting.


Baz