Would you polish metal in a lathe using a cloth?

[petrochemicals]

What?!?!? Someone obviously forgot to tell my kids this fact!

Well basically the high viz jacket syndrome, or the badge of authority. As seen inthe psychological experiments such as this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

Or this call from a hoaxer to a store in the us not long ago

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ds-worker-fell-victim-bizarre-cruel-hoax.html

Just because they are policemen does not make them right sane, or give them the right to break the law!

 

[sasquatch]

I agree authority figures aren't above the law. This has nothing to do with a shop teacher teaching shop class. Give it a rest mate...