Talk:HM Customs and Excise

message: 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)
thread_title: What links here

message: 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  - 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)
replies: text:  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)
thread_title: Waterguard officers

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Unarmed, Fleet list

message: I have a commendation from a "Collector" to an "Assistant Officer (CP)" dated 1981, yet neither rank is mentioned in this article. Any idea what the (CP) refers to? Boothferry (talk) 00:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ranks

message: Quote: "The pictures [in Wikipedia] are wrong, in my opinion. APO was one, PO two, CPO three.
After reorg, Detection senior Officers are two & half and cutter commanders now have three. Nobody here ( Dover ) has ever heard of or  seen four." 
Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HM-CUSTOMS-WATERGUARD/2009-05/1243502494  72.95.24.248 (talk) 02:59, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rank Badges 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 98 moston lane east new moston Manchester m40 selling bent cigs and whiskey Rickyricky75 (talk) 10:21, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shop keeper selling bent cigs 

message: The lead of this article should continue to refer to "Her Majesty's" rather than "his". This is due to the fact that this government agency stoped existing during the reign of the previous monarch, the pronoun should refer to the monarch at the time of its dissolusion. Csharpmar (talk) 19:08, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The death of the queen