Police hit out at supercop plan - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14519187

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The problem with the police is that they are inward looking isolated outdated institution.

They are more concerned with their own procedures, practises promotion (and pensions) than in the job they are paid to do. They run their shift patterns to suit themselves rather than the public. Police stations open when its convenient (to the police) to open them - not when the public need them.

What other organisation would invest silly "titles" to give themselves ? DCI ? AC ? etc

They always promote from within - from people grounded in their own ideology, so no fresh blood, no new thinking and certainly no new ideas !

Its absolutely clear that during the riots the police "held-back" - and only got a grip once politicians had banged the desk. Its not a matter of they coped in some places but not in others (due to the spread of the disorder) - they didn't cope anywhere !

(I've already stated elsewhere that I believe the police deliberately held back to encourage the riots - to provide evidence of how much the police are needed. They have campaigned tirelessly - including claiming that crime will rise if the cuts go ahead - to protect their own self-interest.)

Its Coalition policy (and was long before the riots) to elect independent police chiefs ... people who have the support of the public and who know what the public want.

The sooner they are brought in the better ... and what better way to start than getting advice from someone who has oodles of experience ?

William Joseph "Bill" Bratton..total fuckwit who has been a miserable failure in LA (gangs still rule) and changed NY from being an edgy, exciting, dangerous but thrilling city into an edgy, dangerous dull and boring city.

veritas wrote:
into an edgy, dangerous dull and boring city.

Think you forgot to use the word "safe", veritas LOL !

In The Know wrote:
veritas wrote:
into an edgy, dangerous dull and boring city.

Think you forgot to use the word "safe", veritas LOL !

not so safe..as my friend discovered last week walking through Washington Square and a man approached her at 2am...with a huge carving knife under his coat..(saved by 2 off-duty cops.)

Don;t put your faith in Bratton..speak to LA & NY cops on the beat about what they think of him first.

safety begins in the minds of the people themselves.
Even though most of us are poor my country is much safer.This is because we try to deal with the problems before they become too big to contain.
It is not just money,but a feeling of fairness,this is a point that In The Know has constantly failed to understand.It lives in a world of strange media thought,with reality and karma non existant.