From:	David Foster <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject:	Re: Operation
Date:	Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:43:53 -0400

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Avenger wrote:

<snip comments about plan I don't remember>
->Police stations are not armoured bunkers after all, they have a huge
->variety of personnel and people walking through them every day, not too
->count the assorted nutters there to report alien kidnappings, Elvis
->sightings and escaped pigs in their cellar.
->
->I always find it amusing that people seem to consider Police Stations in
->the same way as Military Research Stations.

Some people haven't seen one. but they're not all glass and paper
either.

->Spend a day in one, and watch what goes on - there are very few "secure"
->areas in a Police Station, and only the larger precincts have secure
->evidence storage lockers. I don't mean get arrested to spend time in a
->station, but if you have a word with the desk sergeant and let them know
->you are researching for a project/report/book whatever, they are usually
->very helpful provided you keep out of the way. For those that happen to
->have police officers as friends, just ask them. You might be surprised
->at what they have to say.

That's today. In 62 years, when guns are carried by 50% (at
least) of the population, and drive-bys are more frequent than anyone
wants to think about, I'm certain the outside of the station house will be
very "beefed" to defelect anything short of an assault cannon or missile
(Barrier rating 7-8, essentially). On the inside? Things might be as lax
as they are now, but there will be minor improvements (like more
bullet-proof glass between the entrance seargent and the people who just
walk in, watcher spirits in the evidence room if the place has even ONE
magician, etc.) It shouldn't be a cake walk, but it won't be like hitting
Lone Star HQ in Austin, either.

Fixer --------------} The easy I do before breakfast,
the difficult I do all day long,
the impossible only during the week,
and miracles performed on an as-needed basis....

Now tell me, what was your problem?