tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post116816820977967315..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: PlodKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1615808652554375572007-09-26T22:04:00.000+01:002007-09-26T22:04:00.000+01:00The rot started to set in with some police personn...The rot started to set in with some police personnel even before the present so-called government took office.<BR/>Back in 1995, my son (then 10 years old) was cornered in the local park by one of our local yobs. My son arrived home with a 2" cut (not quite deep enough to need stitching, thank goodness) on his thigh, and I called the police. When the PC arrived, his first words to my son were, "I've been hearing things about you tonight." It transpired that the yob had also complained to the police, my son having apparently (after being cornered by this yob) picked up from the ground a foot-long and finger-thick stick with which to defend himself. In the eyes of this PC, had my son not brandished this dangerous weapon at the yob who had cornered him, said yob would not have pulled out a Stanley knife and gashed my son's leg!<BR/>At around the same time, a local gang took exception to the fact that my sons did not want to associate with them in their criminal activities, and took to lobbing stones at our house each time they passed. Over time, we had to replace (at our own expense, and we were surviving on state benefits at the time, my husband having been suddenly made redundant) over thirty panes of glass. One PCs response to this activity was, "Well, we all threw stones when we were kids, didn't we?" I have to admit, I did throw stones when I was a child, but my friends and I used to target tree-trunks and boulders with chalked targets on them, not the windows of people's houses!<BR/>If this was representative back then, what hope have we now, in this age of under-manning and over-managing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170453285597315812007-02-02T21:54:00.000+00:002007-02-02T21:54:00.000+00:00Incidentally Ken, I was going to nominate you for ...Incidentally Ken, I was going to nominate you for an Honour, but I couldn't raise a million quid.<BR/>Can you wait a couple of years until the NuLabs are broke again? Then I'll offer them a tenner and see if I can get you an OBE or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170452978060874912007-02-02T21:49:00.000+00:002007-02-02T21:49:00.000+00:00Oh Come on you fellers, All this nastiness about o...Oh Come on you fellers, All this nastiness about our boys in blue is totally unjustified. <BR/>What are they supposed to do if some arch-fiend of a master criminal outwits them by moving house? <BR/>I think that Tony's shower should now insisit that anyone accused of any crime or misdemeanour MUST leave a forwarding address when they skip town. Be fair you criminals - give the coppers a sporting chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170411000573014172007-02-02T10:10:00.000+00:002007-02-02T10:10:00.000+00:00It doesn't get any better the further afield you g...It doesn't get any better the further afield you <A HREF="http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1139639.0.louts_beat_up_terminallyill_teenager.phpd" REL="nofollow">go</A>.<BR/><BR/>I saw the woman in the above report on breakfast TV earlier in the week. She was still livid. They had a local Police Federation representative on as well. He just about said that "as the crime wasn't one that was measured it wouldn't get any priority from the police". In this case it got none.<BR/><BR/>We now have an education system whose concern is league table results rather than educating pupils, health service that concentrates on targets and initiatives rather than patient care, and finally a police force that won't take action if you don't suffer from a crime that they are being measured on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170362165734363622007-02-01T20:36:00.000+00:002007-02-01T20:36:00.000+00:00Ken wrote:"Can anyone tell me exactly what the poi...Ken wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Can anyone tell me exactly what the point of the law is now anymore?"<BR/><BR/>This sounds like one of those questions one sometimes hears about being posed to Oxbridge undergrads as the concluding test of their new found intellect.<BR/><BR/>The sort where there is no right or wrong answer.<BR/><BR/>In fact the sort where the average student would write a 3 billion word essay but the top candidates would be more succinct. (and go onto a career in politics or the civil service most likely).<BR/><BR/>So here is my answer:<BR/><BR/>"No".<BR/><BR/><BR/>There. Do I get my double first now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170344919505162322007-02-01T15:48:00.000+00:002007-02-01T15:48:00.000+00:00Hmmm... whatever happened to the police taking rac...Hmmm... whatever happened to the police taking racially aggravated crimes very seriously. Presumably they believe crimes can only even be racially aggravated if the victims are non-white? That clearly seems to be the case here, so are the police open to prosecution under the racial equality laws?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170335869018807302007-02-01T13:17:00.000+00:002007-02-01T13:17:00.000+00:00As I mentioned recently on this site, these proble...As I mentioned recently on this site, these problems have arisen because of the 'quality' of the leadership of the police. What they need is someone like Regan or Burnside in charge to remind them what police work actually is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1170329427035459842007-02-01T11:30:00.000+00:002007-02-01T11:30:00.000+00:00I can't believe the Met sometimes. My local Plod (...I can't believe the Met sometimes. My local Plod (rural Warwickshire) couldn't have acted faster when I was assaulted a few years ago. I told them who did it (I knew the guy), they took a statement, picked him up that evening and ran him in.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, Nanny's laws then took hold and he was let out with a caution, after which he threatened to 'get' me for 'grassing'. Another quick report to my local Plod, however, and he left me alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com