And lo on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:41:50 +0100, scott <sco### [at] scottcom> did  
spake, saying:

>>> >   So police officers are not assumed to be ready for emergencies in  
>>> > their
>>> > break. Even if a gang is mass raping a woman, the policeman can  
>>> simply
>>> > say
>>> > "I'm on a break, not my problem; maybe when my break is over".
>>
>>> Yep in the same way that ambulance drivers, doctors, and firefighters  
>>> are
>>> not assumed to be ready for emergencies in their break.
>>
>>  I'm pretty sure a policeman would be sent to jail if it did like
>> I described.
>
> So would the doctor/firefighter if there were 5 people dying and they  
> just sat there and carried on eating their sandwich.

Which was my point. So far the argument is that it's quite all right for  
ambulance drivers etc to take a meal break, but police officers can't.  
That would be like doctors only being allowed to eat on wards in case one  
of the patients needs them. If someone is on a break you know that they're  
going to have an increased response time.

Actually we're just talking meals here, do the police have a toilet fitted  
to their vehicles? If not does this mean that the officer has to park  
their vehicle right outside the toilet and keep all the doors open so they  
can keep an eye on it and be ready to [cough] leap up to answer an  
emrgency call?

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Phil Cook

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