Hassy, you have never had a great idea in your life? The detritus ideas you post are testament to that fact.

Issy, I throw those in for you, considering you have nothing intelligent to contribute. Having you troll around like some bottom feeding swamp dweller, looking for errors, is preferable to reading your generally preposterous clap trap.

You and Hasbeen could do a double act, as the Issy and Hassy Clown Duo. Now there is a thought.

Paul,

"...generally preposterous clap trap."

Grammarly tells me that claptrap is one word.

Grammarly is free for the basic tools.

Issy, is "Grammarly" your pet name for you dear old Grammar? Does Grammarly tell you when its time for a mimi. You are going to ask me what a mimi is, why not ask Grammerly! Stop being pukuriri, now you are going to ask me what pukuriri is, and I'm not going to tell you, you're so smart, you tell me.

Hi there IS MISE...

I'm sorry for not answering your very 'controversial' question, it slipped my mind. I say controversial because the various State Police Unions in Oz have fought tooth and nail to ensure police always work in pairs where possible.

Save for solo Bikes, and HWP Motor (Pursuit) Vehicles. You would see in NSW, pursuit cars in daylight hours are often solo, with S/C on board. All pretty experienced coppers. However in hours of darkness usually they'll work in pairs. GD's most definitely work in pairs.

As do detectives, always in pairs, whether it's day or night, unless in the 'dogs' (Observation Squad) or other Intelligence gathering roles. Detectives because of the very nature of their work often need to have someone to corroborate their inquiries when interviewing suspects or other interested parties, when attempting to discover the author of a crime.

In the USA I've actually seen female troopers working the Freeways on their own, late into the evening. Over their transmission well in the front seat that have an 870P in a rack standing upright and very easily accessible. In the Boot (Trunk) that have an AR15 or M16 depending on the agency, together with a .37mm Federal Gas Gun, complete with a full range of Chemical Agents incl. CN; CS; CR; and HC (smoke) Projectiles. So you might say these delicate young ladies have sufficient options available to them to pass away a boring night?

I hope it helps mate. Personally I think it's good if, where possible, coppers do work in pairs.

Me thinks our Paul is horrified, or is it terrified, at the thought of having to actually do that which he complains the cops can't do well.

He really is all talk, no chance of him getting any skin in the game, it might hurt.

OSW.

here's one you can relate to, it's called;

Drugs in a ball, and over the wall:

From over the wall and the razor wire, in the dead of night, in the beam of a bright search light, bounced a ball.

At dawn, in the hour before muster, a ball in the hand of attentive guard, discovered on the ground in his early round.

A note inside is the morning mirth, “Give this to Uncle Fred".

This happened.

And how I got to be the observer, was reward for dealing justly with a psychopath.