Re: Sydney Ticket Inspectors

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Adrian Whichello <a-whichello@adfa.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Saw an interesting scuffle when I was living in Hazelbrook and working
> in Sydney one night a couple of years ago: people came through
> inspecting tickets (these didn't look like your usual run-of-the-mill
> ticket inspectors). They caught one unfortunate and hauled him off into
> the seats at the end of the interurban. I was getting out at Hazelbrook
> and he dashed past me, up the steps and down to the pedestrian crossing
> lights on the highway, where the inspectors caught him and carted him
> back to the station. They were definitely laying hands on him (and
> outside railway property, too).

Might have been police. A few times in the last 18 months, I have had plain
clothes police go through the train, flashing badges and warrant cards, and
checking tickets.

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DaveProctor
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