RE: Re: Major panic last night

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

One of the biggest problems is the old chestnut of funding.

I can remember working in the local Police Station a few years ago and the
Panda cars were limited to doing 14 miles per shift as thats all the fuel
budget would allow. If a car did more than its allocated mileage during a
shift then the allocated mileage was reduced for subsequent shifts.

It sort of explained why they spent a lot of time sitting parked on the
seafront without actually chasing too many cars. Didnt explain why they
couldnt actually get OUT of the cars and walk the beat though !!!

I have to admit that I wouldnt fancy their job at all though. They now have
to wear body armour at all times even in the swealtering heat and deal with
some real scum :-(

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Buckley [mailto:db@xxxxxxx]
>
> > In this case, I would have thought that as the house owner
reported
> it
> > directly they should have at least driven past the door.
>
> I think there was a time when they would.  Mobile phone theft and
> street mugging is a government hot topic at the moment, and maybe we
> were just lucky.
>