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Originally Posted by Graham
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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At the moment, the police can have evidence that points to someone's property, get a warrent to search it, perform a raid and find nothing.
In such cases, the police arrange for the door to be replaced and appologise (this is in the UK).
As I said, for the authorities in the US to not appologise or make right any damage caused, it a mistake on the part of the policy makers.
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Originally Posted by Graham
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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And as I mentioned, look at how awful their "turning a blind eye to heroine" turned out.
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Originally Posted by Graham
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.
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I think you misunderstood what I said. The records show that people are being arrested for all types of crimes, rather than ignoring more serious crimes to concentrate on crimes that people "see" to make people feel safer.
Nothing in that part of the article said anything about targets, and I agree with you, targets are stupid when it comes to things like this.
A logical insighted review of the arrest records would show if the police are doing their job or not.