Talk:Her Majesty's Customs and Excise

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Clicking on 'what links here' gives a large number of sites which should probably now point to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. I'd love to change them all but don't really have the experience MikesPlant 13:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

As a retired Customs Waterguard Officer I take exception to the claim that Waterguard Officers did not have the right to enter premises or to arrest offenders. [John G. Avery] 20 July 2006

That was added by Johndarrington (talk · contribs) - perhaps you might like to speak ask him on his talk page? I am afraid that I don't know one way or the other (although it always seemed a bit odd that there would be two classes of Customs officer, one with powers of entry and one without). -- ALoan (Talk) 10:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Well it's a bit like the difference between commissioned and non-comissioned officers of the Royal Navy. In fact, technically, waterguard are not officers of her Majesty's customs, although they never liked that fact to be known. Any law enforcement officer needs a Search warrant to enter premises, but if it's inconvenient to get one, they often rely on intimidation to obtain permission from the occupant. Of course, they can always make a citizen's arrest. Johndarrington 13:00, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Re unarmed: I've seen a British Customs cutter with a gun on the front (Seeker out of either Portsmouth or Cowes).Lexiconius 05:11, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. I have seen a customs cutter with a gun on the front - and the words "Customs" painted down each side, just to avoid confusion! Also, this site currently lacks (as far as I can see) any sort of fleet list of customs cutters - can anyone help? Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 16:16, 14 October 2007 (UTC)