Personally I would not use any funeral to make a statement. I would be at that funeral to honour the person or persons that had passed on, and to show support to the grieving relatives. I cannot think of any UK police officer who I have met who would have used a funeral of a colleague to make a statement. There is a time and place for everything and in my opinion a funeral is not the time and place for anything except mourning. However to call them "hooligans" is in my opinion is over board. They did what they believed was right out of frustration for the loss of there colleagues. As far is discipline is concerned, why? They were not compelled to go to the funeral. It was not an order, so they have not disobeyed an order, so why discipline them?
1.Perhaps they had there done for themselves, because that's what they wanted. 2.Whether the man paid for it or not it doesn't give him the right of ownership. 3.Perhaps because of the attitude you project in your post they just do not like you and do not want you touching them and they are being polite.
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You tell them mate! He was highly edumakated like wot I is! 
That made me smile! 
A piece of shortcake from Scotland? 
RE: hooligans in uniform!!
Personally I would not use any funeral to make a statement.I would be at that funeral to honour the person or persons that had passed on, and to show support to the grieving relatives.
I cannot think of any UK police officer who I have met who would have used a funeral of a colleague to make a statement.
There is a time and place for everything and in my opinion a funeral is not the time and place for anything except mourning.
However to call them "hooligans" is in my opinion is over board. They did what they believed was right out of frustration for the loss of there colleagues.
As far is discipline is concerned, why? They were not compelled to go to the funeral. It was not an order, so they have not disobeyed an order, so why discipline them?