The Frivolous Crime Squad

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It has always struck me as odd to have a police unit called The Serious Crime Squad. All crime is serious by definition. I know what they mean by 'Serious Crime: murder rape bank robbery for example.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'Serious' is defined as:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>1. Demanding or characterised by careful consideration or application.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2. Acting or speaking sincerely and in earnest rather than in a joking or half-hearted manner.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You could apply that definition to investigating any crime. So I have flipped it on its head - the opposite of serious is 'frivolous'. 'Frivolous' is defined as:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Not having any serious purpose or value.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I have invented crimes that the Serious Crime Squad would not touch:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>1. Stealing collection money from a church.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2. Wheelie bin fire.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>3. Theft of five pairs of very expensive knickers.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It follows therefore that these crimes are frivolous; hence the name of the book!</span></p>