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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
The first thing l would do would be, Anyone goes before the courts - 12 months - not suspended or community service, that's a total waste of time.
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If that was the case people going through red lights would have to be bonkers to plead not guilty.
Community service and suspended sentences can be very useful sentences to have. Sadly they have been abused by giving them out to all manner of offenders regardless of their suitability.
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I would increase policing on the streets of London by double this amount. London used to be the safest place to live, it isn't anymore.
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The Met has 32,000 cops. Taking out the ones doing central and 'special' jobs you have 25,000 or so actually out on the beat doing Police work as the general public would see it.
A cop with 5 years service in London gets a salary of about £34,000 a year. Forgetting the costs involved in having stations to work them out of, Vehicles to move them about it, uniform to kit them out and all the other costs 25K times 34K in wages alone is A LOT of money. Where is that coming from?