In message
, at
05:36:46 on Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Chris
remarked:
THe TOCs 'agreed' if they were in uniform and willing
to act if necessary.

That's wrong, so maybe the rest of what you say is also wrong (a
Detective Chief Superintendent of my acquaintance explained the system
to me, as we bumped into one another on the tube one day).
--
Roland Perry