HOW sad to read (LET, October 3) that Superintendent Clive Tattum has now achieved sufficient monies with the aid of local brewers Daniel Thwaites for a prospective tour of New Zealand by the police national Rugby League side.

How many officers from Lancashire Constabulary will be attending and what will it achieve in terms of New Zealanders' views of the British police service?

I suggest that on a salary in the region of £60-70,000 a year Supt Tattum could perhaps fund it himself.

EDDIE CONNELL, Branch Road, Mellor Brook.