This led to a rash of headlines, of which The Daily Telegraph's "Hoodies who salute uniforms" was typical, albeit ultimately exaggerated.
No-one has mentioned saluting. The press release from Group 4 Securicor, who commissioned the survey, had begun rather differently.
For the company, the startling news was that almost one in five Brits would not listen to or obey someone that was wearing a uniform.
Unfortunately for their smartly uniformed staff, the research showed that two per cent of the population are actually less likely to trust a person in uniform than someone not wearing one.
For some reason, the papers didn't view that as particularly interesting.
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