---
title: "Powersliding Police in England Pull Off Best Crime Scene Entrance Since Hot Fuzz"
description: "Sergeant Butterman, little hand says it's time to rock and roll."
date: "2017-07-31"
modified: "2017-08-01"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13069/powersliding-police-in-england-pull-off-best-crime-scene-entrance-since-hot-fuzz"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "parallel parking"
  - "police"
  - "powerslide"
  - "Vauxhall"
  - "Wagon"
---

# Powersliding Police in England Pull Off Best Crime Scene Entrance Since Hot Fuzz

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Murderous neighborhood watch group aside, it appears that [Edgar Wright's](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11739/baby-driver-star-ansel-elgort-kept-an-old-subaru-wrx-used-in-filming>) 2007 classic *Hot Fuzz* is a bit more realistic than our friends across the pond have been letting on. Police in Kent, England are being criticized today after video emerged of a pair of officers making a particularly...slidey entrance to a crowded crime scene early Sunday morning.

The video starts off showing what appears to be the aftermath of a street fight in the town of Gillingham, with two officers having separated the bloodied combatants. The air is tense, filled with cockney-inflected shouts, angry gesticulations, and cigarette smoke.

Things quickly take a Hollywood turn, however, as we hear the siren of an approaching police car in the background. The cameraman spins around and catches the Vauxhall Astra wagon flying down the narrow street, spinning 180 degrees in front of the crowd to end up parallel parked perfectly on the opposite side of the street from the scene of the fight. [Apparently the little hand said it was time to rock and roll.](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkK2djaSpJk>)

Quite possibly the best part of the video is the way Inspector Angel and Sergeant Butterman the officers exit the car and stride up to the crowd to go about their business, like that was a totally normal way to arrive on scene. The crowds response is mixed—some react with amazed "oohs" and "aahs," while one man can be heard shouting that they could have killed people with their reckless driving.

https://youtube.com/embed/XDDr3Mxz5Bg

Which, no doubt that's true. Had they spun left instead of right, the results would have been disastrous. And despite their seeming nonchalance, [Kent Police later issued a statement](<https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/police-parking-under-investigation-129735/>) to local media calling the skid "accidental" and promising an investigation. We're inclined to believe that, as the roads do look pretty damp, and it appears the officers smack the curb and some railings pretty hard at the end.

Either way, one thing's for sure—Elwood would be proud.

https://youtube.com/embed/ZWbnrfKRFxI

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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