On 15 Oct, 01:56, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
wrote
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.
==

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

--
Mike D

The Police have senior officers, not superior officers. It is a
standard convention that every police officer starts at the same rank,
unlike for example the armed services. it's one of the first things
taught at basic training. The rank structure,the badges of rank and
that nobody in the police service is superior to anybody else, they
may be senior in rank or experience, never superior. That is why a
suitably qualified PC can be in effective command of a situation where
the superintendent stood next to him does not have the requisite
training or experience but is on hand to take over when practicable.