In message , at
13:48:14 on Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Tom Anderson
remarked:
Policemen on pogo sticks ! This must be tried ...

It would be the British equivalent of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNH8XnRg2O0

They have those at Schiphol airport. Why the manufacturers think it
makes officers "more approachable", I have no idea. (At Schiphol they
seem to select especially tall officers, and then add the several extra
inches of height. You would end up talking to their navel).
--
Roland Perry