Originally Posted by
Icare9
The UK police farce has been emasculated, but most worrying of all is that them seem to like it.
Seems that anyone reporting a crime will be lucky to find any action taken, and often the police seem more interested in finding reasons to discourage anyone to report incidents in the first place.
I hate to say it but until we have more police on the streets with effective powers aimed at small and mindless actions, then bigger ones follow when the perpetrators feel they can get away with impunity.
Discourage small crimes with hefty community service - in dayglo clothing suitably marked as "Public Nuisance" or similar and supervised collecting roadside rubbish, clearing away fly tipping or cutting back overgrown hedges etc - made to WORK, then this slide into a pit of indifference will continue
The Police don't need more powers, the courts need to enforce the powers already in place.