My classic illustration of this was the smashing of all the glass in the cab of a small JCB- like digger by a group of young people who had gone away to stay in a cottage, ironically as part of a team-building exercise with a police-led youth project.
Nothing had been reported to me at the time but some weeks later the farmer drew my attention to the damage.
I told him immediately that I took full responsibility for any group using the cottage, asked him to get the digger repaired and to send me the bill which came to nearly £500. The question for me was then how to pass on the bill and establish the responsibility of the group in question.
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