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Originally Posted by scastle
People, this is NOT a thread about speed cameras. Can we please keep it on topic?
Going back to the original point, I think it would be a bad idea. It could (theoretically) cause the police to devote more resources to certain crimes, as they would gain the most publicity for the elected officials running the police.
Some may argue this happens now, but the way the police are set up, they are supposed to be independant from any political party.
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But they would still be independant, even if the commisioner was a member of a political party.
Why would it be a bad thing for the police to change their emphasis to tackling crimes which the public want them to tackle like vandals and burglaries?