It is a pity that he doesn't spend more of his police time, for which he gets paid, policing areas where laws are constantly broken, where the community seems to have disregard for English law.

I refer to the chaos on the same day around the mosque in Gibbet Street. I went down that road at 3pm on the said date. There was a funeral apparently being held at the mosque and the police were attending. God knows why as cars were parked on pavements, double yellow lines etc reducing traffic flow to a crawl.

I asked the police why cars were allowed to park like this. The answer given was that there was a funeral.

I asked again, the same answer was given and the tone a little stronger, which ultimately involved a visit to Police headquarters.

The duty sergeant who interviewed me both could not and did not disagree with anything I had to say. I have made a complaint against the police. The official answer from the police on Sunday night, November 16 was instructions had been given to keep the traffic flowing. Of course it would have done had the police not allowed indiscriminate parking around the mosque.

I will get a satisfactory answer even if it means involving Linda Riordan.

The fact is that parking on double yellow lines is illegal, double yellow lines means no parking at any time. That is the law, there are no exclusions. You

are not allowed to park on them even for a funeral, whether you are attending a Christian funeral or a Muslim funeral.

Sgt Alderson is the senior police officer over traffic, so I suggest he starts to do the job for which he is trained and paid to do.

Violation of road traffic laws should not be tolerated by the police and the same rules should apply for every race, colour or creed, unless of course there are exceptions for ethnic groups.

Sgt Alderson, stop posing and start policing.

C. Huckman