Bag's Rants

We need a couple of new sections in the police force.

I was reading this article where the police are investigating the Hammond crash, Cherie Blairs almost slap, a badly sited garden gnome, revving with intent and a million and one other 'serious' crimes. There is a traffic division, a serious crimes division and a murder division. Having to do all the rest means the general police don't seem to have time to investigate the ones that are slightly more difficult you know robberies, stabbings and muggings. The ones where the leave a car outside a jewellers as a deterrent rather than setting up a watch to catch them. They should be relabeled the trivial crimes division. Promotions for these easy crimes should be more difficult plus the pay and conditions should be less. What is the risk of an attack from an old guy over his garden gnome?

Then what we need is a minor crimes squad. Which will in reality be our main police force. They can concentrate on the ones which our old forces seemed to do by default. Burglaries, muggings and the million and one other things that are not being done at the moment because it's easier, and safer, to arrest someone for revving their car engine.

The police have a hard enough time as it is. They are still, generally, respected but that respect is being lost due to the way it is operating due to bad management. Couple that with the travesties further down the chain where criminals get off with a slap on the wrist, if you can hit them, and the public sees justice is not being done. It just encourages like behavior. Crime and Punishment, without the punishment. Justice needs to be done and seen to be done to be effective. It's not rocket science and it's not happening now.

posted by Bag @ 10:12 am