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Originally Posted by Flyboy
There is nothing wrong, per se, with targets, it is important that the performance of the police is measured. It is the level at which these targets are set that is the worry.
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Although the problem with targets is depending on how they are defined and enforced, people can spend more time trying to fulfill targets than they do actually doing their job.
I think this *could* be good. While I don't think giving the police the power to actually assault people would be good, I think that if the police are more visibly patrolling (and I don't count haring round in miscellaneous vehicles here), it might persuade at least some people not to offend.