Throughout the series, Hunt's role was that of an archangel saving souls – with his fierce rival DCI Jim Keats playing the gatekeeper to hell or the Devil himself.
To put this in the form of an equation: P is the probability that the accused is guilty on the basis of all the evidence adduced in the case, Dag is the disutility of acquitting a guilty person and Dci is the disutility of convicting an innocent person.
Dci, the disutility of convicting an innocent person is considered far greater than Dag, the disutility of acquitting a guilty person.[13] Hence, the probability threshold for a conviction should be much higher than 0.5 (Kaplan 1968: 1071 1073; see also Cullison 1969).
At the time of the pair's conviction, DCI Sam Ridding said: "It was clearly the joint intention of the pair to use violence on anyone they targeted: they were in it together as the CCTV showed – they arrived within seconds of each other.
It was fast-paced and well executed; Cavaliero reprised her role as the no-nonsense DS Susan Reinhardt with gusto – and a shade of the green-eyed monster courtesy of Mike Ward (Ineson) having been promoted to DCI over her.
Even the creation of DCI Jane Tennyson, one of La Plante's most enduring characters who was played by Helen Mirren, was born out of frustration over accuracy.
It's economical, too: more than 50mpg is possible with the DCI diesel engine.
Referring to Mr Williams' visits to bondage sites, DCI Sebire said: "It is not like continual browsing.
The series stars Lark Rise To Candleford actor Richard Harrington in the lead role of DCI Tom Mathias, who is on the run from a troubled past in London, and partners with local girl DI Mared Rhys to investigate local crimes.
"The bank or the police will never tell you to take such actions, so if you're asked, it can only be a criminal attack," says DCI Perry Stokes, head of the police's Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit.
Most Americans associate espionage with the Central Intelligence Agency and the DCI, the most conspicuous creations of the 1947 National Security Act.
