Somewhere on the property or at a distant station, a bell rang--plenty of time for you still to grab some goodies, raid the fridge, use the bathroom and be on your way before the rent-a-cops arrived.

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In one episode, after Hurricane Sandy, he visits a gas-station line, where a driver tells Bell that the police are helping to move his car.

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The alternative, she said, was that a victim rang a bell at the reception desk of their local police station, and had to "say in an open waiting room, 'I've been raped'".

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Mr Bell complained in February 2008 and Pc Harrison was transferred to another station two weeks later.

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The station was designed by the chief architect of North Eastern Railways William Bell and is currently on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.

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