RESIDENTS will feel mightily relieved to hear that police chiefs have arranged for four community officers to patrol the Selby area on bikes.

What a cunning plan. I am sure we can all sleep easy in our beds now. But, I suggest a further improvement.

We have all smiled at the comic briefings from Saddam Hussein's information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf as he claimed the coalition had no foothold in Iraq, when in fact they had taken over Baghdad and other outrageous statements. T-shirts are now available with a picture of his face and the slogan "We are in control".

These ought to be issued immediately to all Selby police officers.

Janet Berry,

Barfield,

Bar Lane, Hambleton.

Updated: 11:37 Friday, April 18, 2003