"How can you find out what's suspicious conductuntil you survey the scene and find out what'sgoing on?" the source said. "Do you call thepolice just because a man is acting suspicious, ordo you want to find out what's going on?"

"We are the eyes and ears of the policedepartment. And we can't figure out what's goingon until we ask," the source said.

McCombe said guards are not given any writtenguidelines for the type of incident whichallegedly occurred. "There is no written procedurethat tells us how to approach these issues," hesaid.

But Vallier said all guards have receivedmanuals outlining their areas of authority. Asource in the department, however, said Vallierhas never given the guards any manuals.

"Since [Vallier has] been in the department,he's supposedly been working on one, but we havenever seen a manual from him," the source said"Nobody has ever seen the policies regarding hisadministration as they stand now."

Vallier said a new manual had not been issuedsince he took over in the department eight monthsago, but he is writing a manual right now. He saidthat the manual should be finished within five orsix weeks.

"New policies have been implemented," thesource said. "Is Mr. Vallier saying that after 11years Steve should still have the manual he washired with? Everything has changed in 11 years."

But Vallier said the manuals are not outdated."They're basic rules to follow. Codes of conductin essence are codes of conduct. Even if I rewrotethe manual, I wouldn't change [them]," he said.

No Meeting

McCombe also said that he and Rakobane have notmet each other to discuss the incident.

In a similar incident in October, however, aScience Center guard, Raymond Gonzalez, had achance to meet with his accuser, Inati Ntshanga'95, who had charged him with racial harassment.Vallier would not comment on the two incidents