So PC Chris Mason wants us to "call the police immediately" if we see anyone spraying graffiti (August 20). Is this another joke by Sussex Police?

Try getting a policeman to attend, even if you are being burgled or attacked, and you might have to wait up to four days, as readers have found in the past.

I thought all this sort of nonsense would have stopped after the eviction of Paul Whitehouse from Malling House but, no, the publicity machine rumbles on.

When will we get a police chief who gets the job done without wasting time on these cheap stunts?

-Paul Lloyd, Temple Grove, Burgess Hill