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Originally Posted by Xaccers
yes there are mistakes and bad handling things like not appologising after raiding a house to find it's not involved in any crime.
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And now imagine it was *YOUR* house. Being burgled is bad enough, but when it's not a criminal but the *Police* who rampage through your home, how would you feel?
Could you just say "oh well, it's Zero Tolerance and it's making the place better to live in, so it's ok"???
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It's lines like a heroine user who'd never been arrested before was arrested 5 times. Wow! A heroine user actually arrested! Shock horror! You know I thought that's what is supposed to happen...
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As has been mentioned in another thread, in Holland hard drug *usage* is treated as a *medical* not a *criminal* problem and that makes a lot more sense as far as I can see.
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The statistics mentioned in the article show that arrests for all crimes had increased, so they aren't concentrating on the petty crimes at the expense of more serious ones
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I've spoken elsewhere about my opinions on "target based" policies. Just because you're arresting more people doesn't mean that you're improving the situation, any more than school league tables or hospital waiting lists solve problems on their own.