[BBKing]

Awful idea from a clueless fool who won't get in anyway. Policing should be done by policemen, not politicians, in the same way that engineering should be done by engineers, not accountants. Besides, it's hard enough to get people to vote for who should be Prime Minister, let alone getting the population to absorb enough information to make an *informed* choice. Democracy without proper information about the candidates isn't actually democracy, it's just whoever shouts loudest getting all the pie. You might as well have a reality TV show (you could call it Police Academy...).

Taking things to absurd extremes, if you want to employ someone to make the tea you make an informed judgement on their tea making skills, not on whether they look good in a suit or on TV, kiss lots of babies or support the death penalty and birching.