Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Deputies may slip on laws of etiquette Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 15:33:28 EST Message-ID: \SE E;LIFE \SS (WS) \HD Deputies may slip on laws of etiquette \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A new handbook gives local sheriff's deputies advice on how to eat a banana, how to shake hands and other tips on enforcing the laws of etiquette. It also answers the question: Is an awards banquet the time for the well-dressed detective to break out that safari jacket or expensive cowboy hat? (No.) The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Protocol-Etiquette Reference was intended to help law-enforcement workers who had gone soft on social graces and asked for some guidance, says Woody Williams, the department's executive officer. But the extensive detail in the 43-page booklet has led to some joking, Mr. Williams concedes. "Some of the items in it, upon further reflection, might have been left out without hurting the purpose of the document even a little bit," Mr. Williams says. When eating bananas at the table, for example, the guide advises "peel and break into bite-size pieces with a fruit knife and eat with a fruit fork." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM