Oh, there are plenty of weird stories around...!

"I phoned 999 and an hour later a PCSO turned up and said 'I'm sorry I'm late, I had to wait for a bus because there weren't enough cars'." - Stevenage woman left unimpressed by police response to her discovery of a shotgun.

She had been walking in woodland with her two-year-old granddaughter when she found the double-barrel weapon wrapped in a bin bag. Police say the Community Support Officer arrived 33 minutes after her call, having used public transport because officers had been responding to three other emergency calls.

(Here in the UK, a 'Police Community Support Officer' doesn't have the powers of a regular Police Officer)