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Originally Posted by andyl
Last time I looked speeding was a crime. It amazes me that people get so hung up about speed cameras. If you can't pay the fine, don't do the crime. Better still stop whizzing around my neighbourhood threatening the lives of my children you selfish, impatient dolts!
Speed cameras are precisely the sort of populist cause chase voting politicians like to latch on to.
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What are your children doing playing on the motorway I mentioned?!?!?!
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Originally Posted by Graham
Having some elected official come in will only result in them trying to get the Police to pander to what looks good to the public, rather than what actually does most to reduce crime and, come the election, anyone who wants the job will be trotting out the same old rhetoric we already see from the political parties trying to claim that *they* are the party (person) of Law and Order and that the other one has failed because of X, Y or Z.
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So instead of the police tackling what the community actually wants them to tackle, you'd prefer they continue ignoring troublesome areas simply because its too much hassle for them?
Of course with the commissioner being held accountable to the people, and accesabble to the media, he'll be in an idea position to explain the actions of the police, so if there is a reason why they can't tackle something the public want, he can explain it.