Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
I thought they always phoned a 'coded message' to a newspaper.
Not for an actual threat but when a 'suspect package' was reported. Mind you, the one occasion I actually reported one, after about 10 minutes a special branch guy appeared, ripped it open, apparently decided it was safe and threw it in a bin! A bit of direct action saved a lot of messing about in those times,

Just don't get me started on the incessantly repeated 'see it, say it, sorted' nonsense we get nowadays...