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Originally Posted by arcamalpha2004
Point taken about opinion.
So tell me Chris, what is yours?
A police commander has even praised the idea of private security firms patrolling the streets, are you suggesting the police are wrong?  |
An individual Police commander is not 'The Police' - s/he's one individual officer, and yes, I think he or she is wrong.
I don't fancy law enforcement and community safety provided by the lowest bidder, thank you very much. They tried something similar in our hospitals and they became filthy places riven with nasties like MRSA.
Better policing comes, IMO, from coppers getting out of their cars and getting on the beat with orders to be visible and work on crime prevention rather than merely responding after the fact. If that requires more money for enhanced recruitment, I'd be prepared to pay a few quid extra. It works in my local area, where the National Park authority has paid for one extra bobby so there is always at least one on patrol inside the park. It has made a very noticeable difference to traffic and anti-social behaviour problems for us.