Are our present-day policemen taught how to write and speak plain English?

accused behaving in a manner which aroused my suspicion."

In a jarring piece of circumlocution, Inspector Bill Whitehead announced (The Argus, October 6): "There is potential to look into it but we concentrate on areas of crime that fit into the police strategy."

Why not "we'll deal with it when we have the time"?

Maurice Packham

-Station Road, Horsham