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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
When I worked for the local Mercedes Benz dealer they would carry out a parts stock inventory on a regular basis. Any new parts that had been on the shelf unsold for more than 90 days were put in the skip with few exceptions.

Helping yourself to parts out of the skip was deemed as gross misconduct, unless you were given permission by the manager. It seemed so wrong to see a brand new  rear door go into the metal skip.

Bryanj:
Ford parts centre Daventry used to send artic loads of "surplus" spare to a private landfill, truck drivers had security guards with them at all times and every load wasfully filled in imediately

Athame57:
I remember the Porkus Mobilum when they rode jam sandwich BMWs and wore what looked like riding jodhpurs probably issued to the horse police too. I get the feeling todays cops are somewhat over equipped and under staffed, :o perhaps it's time for a review?  ;)

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
It might be different today, when I was in the Fuzz you had an allowance for things like Tunics & Trousers.
This would vary for different force areas. Tunics were one every two years, trousers 2 pairs a year. They were issued on application, not automatically. If you did not use your allowance in any one financial year you would loose the allowance/issue.

Shoes used to be best, one pair of all leather Technic Boots or Technic  Shoes every six months. We later lost the shoe issue as it was taken away when we had pay rises under Maggie Thatcher.

Traffic motorcycle riders had iirc a set of leathers and boots issued every year. They had to keep a best pair for special ocassions like royal visits etc. Leathers were made to measure as were Uniforms.

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