On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:04:21 -0000
"Ret." wrote:
Perhaps because there weren't any available? Most people have a grossly
inflated view of just how many police officers are on duty at any one time.

Well the Met managed to find 5 officers to stand around and look at a
lorry stuck on a barrier when I crawled past it. And those were just the
plods I could see.

B2003