Possible Clues:

• An evasion of responsibility - policeman not at home
• Company to show displeasure with lame excuse
• Officer on the beat in failure to take responsibility
• Not take responsibility when policeman is dismissed
• Renege
• Escape with policeman no longer in power
• An evasion or failure - by policeman?
• Evasion of responsibility
• Avoidance of hard decision (slang)
• Evasion or failure to deliver on promise