On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:10:37 +0100, Bruce wrote:

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:32:19 -0700 (PDT), Offramp
wrote:

It seems extremely minor to me. I would have thought that if a
policeman is in first, and is not asked to move by a ticket inspector,
then it is not the PC's fault.


On the contrary, if the PC is not entitled to travel first class, but
does, then he/she is by definition committing an offence. It does not
need to be drawn to the PC's attention to be defined as an offence.

Then again, this is hardly the first time that the police have been
shown to consider themselves above the law.

Coming to this one rather late I know, but it seems no-one has yet commented
on the apparant irony of a paying member of the public holding a Standard
Class ticket being arrested, charged, and fined for merely standing on the
edge of First Class, whilst here we have hofficers of the law blatantly
misusing a *free* travel facility by taking up First Class seats, and the
matter is being dealt with internally as a case of 'misconduct'.

Anyone else care to hazard a guess as to why they haven't been arrested and
charged with the same offence as Ms Myhill (see 'Commuter fined £69 for
standing in first class' in uk.r for those who haven't already read it)?

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