Although it didn't appear in the station magazine, so it didn't go off station, Station Routine Orders was the next best thing.
At TTTE Cottesmore in the early eighties, RAFP Cpl dog handlers knew all the Linies but, probably through sheer boredom or being in possession of genuine "goldfish" memories, would stop guys heading to shift handover and demand to see their F1250 [now MOD F90 - ID cards to those who know neither]. It was the custom for some to crouch down and show the ID to the "brain on the chain".
OC Plod issued a strongly worded SRO entry: "When stn personnel are requested to show their F1250, they are to present it to the RAFP and not to the dog".
Guess what the common practice became thereafter?
