Declan Murphy wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> >
> >>>>There's not usually very much one *can* do.
> >>>
> >>>Call the police. Bring the victim to the police. If you think it is safe,
> >>>apprehend the person yourself.
> >>
> >>Um, how? Do I just say, in a very loud voice, "Police!" and expect one to
> >>suddenly appear on a moving train?
> >
> > Use a telephone or go to a police box to report it, like regular people do.
>
> "Regular" people can go to a police box on a moving train?

No, but they can certainly use a telephone or go to a police box to report a
crime, regardless of where it occurs or when, like regular people do. When I
went with that woman last year to report her sexual assault, I was under no
illusion that the police would actually apprehend the criminal. But the police
needed to know.

> Strewth. That
> Japanese gift for miniaturisation never ceases to amaze my engineering soul.

If one is fortunate enough, there may actually be a police presence or patrol on
that train.