The name calling which marks this case out.

[jassi]

How many GNR officers responded that night, and surely they did not all use their own cars?

I've only ever seen mention of two that night. When did the PJ first arrive?

[misty]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id258.htm

GNR officers' statements.
As Jassi said, one patrol car carrying 2 GNR officers & one supervisor at HQ were the only ones on duty that night. We can only speculate who would have dealt with any major disturbances in Lagos.

[slartibartfast]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id258.htm

GNR officers' statements.
As Jassi said, one patrol car carrying 2 GNR officers & one supervisor at HQ were the only ones on duty that night. We can only speculate who would have dealt with any major disturbances in Lagos.

Based on their responsibilities as detailed early, not an unrealistic manning level. IMO

[jassi]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id258.htm

GNR officers' statements.
As Jassi said, one patrol car carrying 2 GNR officers & one supervisor at HQ were the only ones on duty that night. We can only speculate who would have dealt with any major disturbances in Lagos.

Response from other areas, I suppose. Rather like how the UK Fire Service works.

[ShiningInLuz]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id258.htm

GNR officers' statements.
As Jassi said, one patrol car carrying 2 GNR officers & one supervisor at HQ were the only ones on duty that night. We can only speculate who would have dealt with any major disturbances in Lagos.

Lagos is PSP.

[Miss Taken Identity]

GNR Search and Rescue
PJ Murder and Kidnapping

Seems reasonable when someone goes missing to send the GNR in first.

 Which raises the question as to why Kate -who knew right away he daughter was abducted by the,moving door, window/shutters open and whooshing curtains- didn't call a 999 number [or equivalent] to relay this urgent message.  What was being said and looked like being believed  at those inotial hours;was MBM has got out of the apartment and wandered off. That story soon changed.

[sadie]

Which raises the question as to why Kate -who knew right away he daughter was abducted by the,moving door, window/shutters open and whooshing curtains- didn't call a 999 number [or equivalent] to relay this urgent message.  What was being said and looked like being believed  at those inotial hours;was MBM has got out of the apartment and wandered off. That story soon changed.

That was almost certainly being said to console kate IMO.  Of course the Tapas friends would very quickly realise that an abduction had taken place [but keep it from Kate (and Gerry)!] IMO. Best to search to make sure that Madeleine hadn't been abandoned anywhere.

[Brietta]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id258.htm

GNR officers' statements.
As Jassi said, one patrol car carrying 2 GNR officers & one supervisor at HQ were the only ones on duty that night. We can only speculate who would have dealt with any major disturbances in Lagos.

I think it was the perfect storm.

I've lost the cite given by you some time ago, of Madeleine's disappearance coinciding with a huge police celebration the previous day complete with police dogs et al in conjunction with what police who were on duty that night being diverted to check out an alarm going off elsewhere.

Maybe the diversion if there was one, was to cover for something else entirely and unrelated to Madeleine's disappearance, on the other hand, did anyone check out the coincidence?

When Joana Cipriano disappeared a fair was being held in her home village close to Luz.
Snip
 Ophelia Zeferino helped, incidentally, the family trying to find the child, the night she disappeared, walking the neighbourhood, and even looking to find her among the people who were at the fair that was in the village.
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=3031.msg109624#msg109624

[ShiningInLuz]

I think it was the perfect storm.

I've lost the cite given by you some time ago, of Madeleine's disappearance coinciding with a huge police celebration the previous day complete with police dogs et al in conjunction with what police who were on duty that night being diverted to check out an alarm going off elsewhere.

Maybe the diversion if there was one, was to cover for something else entirely and unrelated to Madeleine's disappearance, on the other hand, did anyone check out the coincidence?

When Joana Cipriano disappeared a fair was being held in her home village close to Luz.
Snip
 Ophelia Zeferino helped, incidentally, the family trying to find the child, the night she disappeared, walking the neighbourhood, and even looking to find her among the people who were at the fair that was in the village.
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=3031.msg109624#msg109624

3rd May 2007 was the 96th anniversary of the GNR.  It was celebrated with a parade in Lisbon, in front of the then prime minister, José Socrates.

It was also the first time that the GNR celebrated this event in Albufeira.  A dog team from Portimão took part in the event.

[Brietta]

3rd May 2007 was the 96th anniversary of the GNR.  It was celebrated with a parade in Lisbon, in front of the then prime minister, José Socrates.

It was also the first time that the GNR celebrated this event in Albufeira.  A dog team from Portimão took part in the event.

Thank you.

I have seen photographs from the event ... a real family day included among all the official events if I remember correctly ... and a very big deal at the time.

[misty]

Lagos is PSP.

Fair enough - but if 2 GNR patrolmen are covering all the rural areas around Lagos, how many would be on duty to cover any disturbances in the town?

[ShiningInLuz]

Fair enough - but if 2 GNR patrolmen are covering all the rural areas around Lagos, how many would be on duty to cover any disturbances in the town?

I have no idea how many PSP officers were on duty to cover Lagos that night.

No GNR were on duty to cover Lagos, because it is covered by the PSP, not the GNR.

[misty]

I have no idea how many PSP officers were on duty to cover Lagos that night.

No GNR were on duty to cover Lagos, because it is covered by the PSP, not the GNR.

So if someone goes missing in Lagos town, the GNR stationed there (according to the phone directory) wouldn't be the ones deployed first?

[ShiningInLuz]

So if someone goes missing in Lagos town, the GNR stationed there (according to the phone directory) wouldn't be the ones deployed first?

No, its PSP territory.  Large towns and cities are PSP then PJ.

[Angelo222]

Which raises the question as to why Kate -who knew right away he daughter was abducted by the,moving door, window/shutters open and whooshing curtains- didn't call a 999 number [or equivalent] to relay this urgent message.  What was being said and looked like being believed  at those inotial hours;was MBM has got out of the apartment and wandered off. That story soon changed.

I think the police were right the first time.  It was Tanner who put a spanner in the works with her claim that the man she saw had carried Maddie off, subsequently discounted by DCI Redwood. If anyone poo poo'd the initial efforts it was Tanner.