Un-brainwashed, un-re-educated cops are getting fewer and fewer it seems. Somewhere along the line the service has been infiltrated and corrupted by a new philosophy and new agenda, which is anti-democratic and anti-populace. We have politicians and the Deep State to thank for that. Who came up with the idea of sending our policemen to train in Israel and adopt their 'anti-terrorist' methods? Who has agreed the militarisation of the police without any democratic debate or oversight? Who has allowed the police to be used as attitude enforcers and the agents of big business? Why is true crime ignored in favour of trivial interference with normal living? We need to ensure that police training gets back to the basic principles enunciated by Peel, grounded in the Common Law and Public Support, without which it will become as unbearable for the police as for the public. veaterecosan
Central to crime and policing, is DRUGS. Until this issue is addressed across the board, crime and violence will continue to be fuelled. Despite all the bold sound-bites coming from government, it's policy and implementation has been an abject failure. The hypocrisy is mind boggling. The criminalisation of Cannabis has not stopped its use but instead merely provided an excuse for prosecution and filling the prisons. It should certainly not be encouraged but nor should it be treated as criminal. Cocaine has been widely used for decades by the very social class that has pretended to oppose it, whilst at the same time facilitating the multi-billion industry. Very strangely the leading lights in its import and distribution never seem to be caught or prosecuted, despite the exceptional powers of the state to monitor and intervene. There must be a reason for this and the explanation cannot be good. In this context the deployment of police resources to enforce mask wearing and the social distancing rules, is a measure not only of stupidity but of a fundamental misunderstanding of the policing role. The police are in danger of relinquishing their 'good guy' status and becoming merely the operative arm of a criminal state.
Un-brainwashed, un-re-educated cops are getting fewer and fewer it seems. Somewhere along the line the service has been infiltrated and corrupted by a new philosophy and new agenda, which is anti-democratic and anti-populace. We have politicians and the Deep State to thank for that. Who came up with the idea of sending our policemen to train in Israel and adopt their 'anti-terrorist' methods? Who has agreed the militarisation of the police without any democratic debate or oversight? Who has allowed the police to be used as attitude enforcers and the agents of big business? Why is true crime ignored in favour of trivial interference with normal living? We need to ensure that police training gets back to the basic principles enunciated by Peel, grounded in the Common Law and Public Support, without which it will become as unbearable for the police as for the public. veaterecosan
ReplyDeleteCentral to crime and policing, is DRUGS. Until this issue is addressed across the board, crime and violence will continue to be fuelled. Despite all the bold sound-bites coming from government, it's policy and implementation has been an abject failure. The hypocrisy is mind boggling. The criminalisation of Cannabis has not stopped its use but instead merely provided an excuse for prosecution and filling the prisons. It should certainly not be encouraged but nor should it be treated as criminal. Cocaine has been widely used for decades by the very social class that has pretended to oppose it, whilst at the same time facilitating the multi-billion industry. Very strangely the leading lights in its import and distribution never seem to be caught or prosecuted, despite the exceptional powers of the state to monitor and intervene. There must be a reason for this and the explanation cannot be good. In this context the deployment of police resources to enforce mask wearing and the social distancing rules, is a measure not only of stupidity but of a fundamental misunderstanding of the policing role. The police are in danger of relinquishing their 'good guy' status and becoming merely the operative arm of a criminal state.
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