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On 13 Oct, 16:43, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:

off-duty but a chief constable was snookered because she had no
superior officer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/3569725.stm

checkout staff at Tesco in Northallerton relented when Ms Cannings
took
off her hat and epaulettes and said she was no longer on duty.

.. There is no such thing in the UK police service as a superior
officer, {...}

The law refered to is S 178 Licensing Act 1964

.... except by authority of a superior officer of that constable.
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There are things a police "superior officer" can't order, but "go and
get a bite to eat" isn't one of them.

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Mike D