A FEW days ago I saw a minor misdemeanour; I politely reminded the offender of this lapse. He also politely acknowledged it.

However, some days later, nothing had changed. I decided to ring Westbury Police Station, which was closed.

But I did get a recorded message, this gave me quite a long number, which was not repeated.

Then to my astonishment was told "This telephone does not receive messages".

"Why ever not," I thought. Hence the misdemeanour was not reported.

Think for a minute of the consequences of this policy.

A D ROWLAND

Westbury