Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the โsuspicious behaviorโ bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with โstupidly overpowerful dogโ and being too quick to supply an alibi. Fill all the boxes and you too could win an all-ยญexpenses-paid visit to your local police station.
Ben AaronovitchHe was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.
Ben AaronovitchConflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?' 'Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence.
Ben AaronovitchThe study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.
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