On 12 Oct, 22:04, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
wrote:
Unknown to me, when a few years earlier the free travel facility was
offered to the above mentioned police forces, Colin Smith, the then
Chief Constable, had told all officers that Thames Valley Police
Officers would not be allowed to take advantage of the scheme.

Was it just an edict, or was there an explanation to go with it?

--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p15036443.html
(Original "Great Western" nameplate on 47 500, 1979)

The CC, Colin Smith, decided TVP Officers were paid enough to pay
their own fares, which rather missed the point given that TVP Officers
were, and still are paid far less than officers working within the
Greater London Area. The idea was to encourage police officers onto
public transport, not offer an illegal inducement. He was well known
for his puritanical views and we all noticed many backward steps in
equipment and methods following the years of progress under Sir Peter
Imbert.