[dustmite]

Sticks, it's a "suspect" package. A "suspect" package is anything that's been left unattended. For example, say someone went shopping, bought some shoes in a nice big shoe box (I'm size 13.. so I get some big boxes), then put the box down and forget about it. It'll be deemed a "suspect" package.

The package is then investigated - if it's just the shoe box, with shoes in, then it's deemed to be a false alarm and everything returns to normal.

Think about airports and their "suspect" packages, most are opened by normal police officers if they deem them to be nothing dangerous.

M.