The piece about monitoring police efficiency and surveillance (Bobbies under surveillance, The Press, May 30) reminded me of an episode I came across while on holiday in North Wales a few years ago.

She who must be obeyed and I were sheltering from the Welsh summer rain, wandering around Boots in Aberwystwyth, where there was a young lady police constable at the cosmetic counter checking out the wares.

Suddenly her personal radio squawked and I heard her report that she was on patrol by the harbour, a good ten-minutes' walk away - whereupon she quickly stopped what she was doing and rushed out of the shop.

Will the new surveillance system cover similar occurrences in North Yorkshire?

Bernard Lyne, Usher Park Road, Haxby, York.