Seeing as the police are the bain of motorists lives perhaps it's of more importance if their time was spent more in apprehending the real criminals as it's recently been stated that police detection rates are abysmal.
Is it also necessary for the police to be present in their swarms outside pubs and clubs ? If there were two officers regularly patrolling certain areas then that would help keep the trouble down it's when they all come from nowhere and swoop in is when the trouble starts.
Bring back " Bobbies on the beat ".Another way of tackling crime is to be familiar with residents when patrolling their patches then officers can get an idea of who's troublesome. Whizzing around in cars is hardly the answer.
Re-training in spotting mental illness instead of using force during arrest. Same goes for diabetics who appear drunk when their blood sugar is low----besides them smelling of " pear-drops ".
I 've read in one area that a trained mental health nurse goes on duty with an officer. A brilliant idea.
It sounds as if you're suggesting that because the police spend so much unnecessary? time on motorists it could be a reason for them not spending time in detecting and apprehending real criminals? I'm fairly certain that some of those motorists will be crims on the run, I'm also certain that those in uniform chasing motorists are a different breed from detectives and the two aren't necessarily interchangeable.
I don't know if it's necessary for police to be present in swarms outside pubs and clubs but if they get a tip off that there might be trouble, a lone policeman -or even two- would hardly be enough if there was.
"Bobbies on the beat" Hmm? Bring back the days when people had respect for them, eh? There are areas where it would be out of the question for them to walk around -unless, perhaps, you think they'd benefit from carrying guns?.................and let's say they manage to get these young -soon to be grown up- criminals to court. What then? I've seen my friend's late husband, on numerous occasions, come in from work and say "I don't know why I bother". He's taken a guilty youth into court for the umpteenth time only to have him let off after which he's turned round and smirked. Haven't you said, several times, Lookout, that you're always on your guard? Against what? The only stabs you're likely to get here are verbal. Came you really blame police for having a similar attitude as a defense mechanism.
I totally agree that there could be better training to recognize mental illnesses and diabetes.