As Duty Manager I was sat in the Control Room drinking coffee one night when a call came through from the Police (Hertfordshire Force) to ask us to send a patrol with the keys to a warehouse in Stevenage. They "had reason to believe" that intruders were in the warehouse and had half a dozen cops "surrounding" it.
Normally the controller would have radioed the nearest patrol to RTB and collect the keys (we had a number of clients for whom we held the keys and offered a first response to) however since I was there I grabbed the keys from the safe and taking a marked patrol car raced off up the A1M.
As I entered Stevenage I was still going for it but in a 40 mph area. It was 3 in the morning and not a soul on the roads. It was also a dual carriageway but I admit that it was restricted. Got pulled by a Police Patrol Car and despite my explanation was issued a ticket. As the cop slowly wrote out the ticket and took his opportunity to lecture me my radio was squawking. Our controller was telling me that the Police had been back on to ask why it was taking so long to get to the warehouse. The cop who had pulled me heard all this but still went through all his procedures, blow in the bag, no licence, well you'll have to produce one at a police station of your choice, here's another form. Where's your insurance, oh company car (like I'd choose to drive a car emblazoned with "Security" on all doors, bonnet and rear end) well you'll need to get their insurance certificate and take that to a police station of your choice, here's another form etc etc etc.
After I finally got away from him I reached the warehouse and sure enough a couple of local lads were nicked and charged.
I complained bitterly to the local sergeant who replied that once a ticket had been issued he could not do anything about it but recommended that I take it to court rather than pay it. As the sergeant said at the time "Sorry mate but there's one in every nick ~ your problem was that you found him"
