"Willms" wrote in message

Am Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:12:07 UTC, schrieb "Recliner"
auf uk.railway :

From my experience, the "in uniform" part is not adhered to at all
and never has been.

In fact, surely off-duty cops don't wear uniform?

On the way between home and their station they might be in uniform,
right?

No, they change in the police station. They may be wearing part of the
police uniform, but would have a civilian jacket on top so that people
don't realise they are police. It certainly also used to be the case
that British soldiers were never seen in uniform off duty (thanks to the
IRA), but that rule may have been relaxed recently.