Re: Metcard - one card, many adventures.

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> | "Richard John Cavell" <rjcavell@student.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
>
> | > Cameras and driver intercoms will not change a things.  Police
officers
> | > with power to arrest on suspicion and carry weaponry will change
things.
> | > But they're too busy lining up at McDonald's to catch trains.
> |
> | Have fun trying to explain why they would be lining up at McDonalds to
> catch
> | trains.
>
> Is he also saying Mexican cops don't carry weapons?

Victorian cops do carry guns and batons. The only times they leave the guns
behind is when going to court or in big demonstrations/public events. They
do carry them when patrolling trains. I think Richard was comparing the
powers of police to the powers of other train company staff.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/