If you tried to report a low/medium level crime you were told there were no resources.
In fact, the Dame cannot recall the last time she saw police patrolling our streets.
Now the police are everywhere rushing around telling people they cannot sit on park benches or play with their children.
So what's happened?
Can it be the result of Boris's boast that he would put thousands more police on the streets? Doubtful....
The other day a resident reported that a police 'raid' on Cadogan Square gardens was a great success.
A posse of at least 6 police rushed around the garden kicking people out.
Geriatric residents sitting harmlessly on benches were ejected as were parents playing with their children.
This sort of behavior is souring relations between the police and residents.
In this instance, all that was required was one policeman/woman....(not a vanload) to courteously advise people to observe the guidelines.
The police are loving it....so easy to push law abiding citizens around and much safer than trying to stop drug dealing gangs. Time the police were properly managed. Their reputation is at a very low point.
ReplyDeleteSuddenly 1984 seems like reality now.
ReplyDeletePolice officer tells man he'll 'make something up' to arrest him for
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/police-officer-tells-man-hell-18111473
Officer threatening man with pepper spray and arresting him for running errands for his mother - before warning bystanders 'you'll be next'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIi8OWRmdjY
And there was Derbyshire police who used a drone to follow a man walking alone in middle of nowhere.
It's all there!