13-08-2011, 08:26
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Re: Riots
has this man got the right idea ? are we at the stage where American style policing is needed ?
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Young thugs and gang members should be made to “fear” the police and the prospect of serious punishment for acts such as looting, says David Cameron’s new crime adviser.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Bill Bratton, the former New York police chief, said many young people, especially gang members, had been “emboldened” by over-cautious policing tactics and lenient sentencing policies.
Losing public confidence in its ability to provide security — through force if necessary — created “incredible difficulty” for a police force, he said.
To be effective, a police force should have “a lot of arrows in the quiver,” said Mr Bratton, advocating a doctrine of “escalating force” where weapons including rubber bullets, Tasers, pepper spray and water cannon were all available to commanders.
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