I read with great interest the article "Clock a PC any time you want" (The Argus, April 10).

This is evidently the brainchild of Chief Inspector Stuart Harrison, whereby he is posting a PC at the Clock Tower in Brighton.

Surely one of the skills of the police is in fast response to any scene of crime or other incident where there is a public request.

In all my wildest dreams, I cannot see where one PC can achieve this throughout the city centre.

Chief Inspector Harrison stated the centre to be the "epicentre of violent crime".

From an epicentre there is a spread outwards, so that surely means more officers are needed in the outlying areas.

A few years ago, there was a policeman working at the Clock Tower as a "fixed point".

There were other fixed points where other officers worked, so the Clock Tower acted as the focus.

There was a policeman on Western Road, Queen's Road, North Street and West Street.

These fixed points were also covered by beat policemen, plus police car crews and any "spare" officers assigned to that particular area.

That is "proper policing". The public wants to see policemen on the beat, not an officer posted in a "hot spot" for a short while until the publicity has wound down.

-David Rowland, Harvest Close, Telscombe Cliffs