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Taking the law into your own hands

Barch

Grim Reaper 2016
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It shouldn't be up to us to pressurise the MPs, we are a country "policed by consent" not by the will of Parliament. It is the regional Police and Crime Commissioners that should be taken to task.
 

Keyser Söze

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I thought Adam was badly treated by the Criminal Justice system, where is the public interest in a custodial sentence especially when the 2 career criminals get such a paltry sentence - the law is an ass, and so is the judge
 

Vushtrri

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To be fair, I had occasion to call 999 not long ago (spotted a couple of scrotes attempting to gain entry to my neighbour’s house) Coppers arrived on scene within minutes. Top response from TVP
Unfortunately, some do not realise that whilst that patrol is lucky enough to be able to attend your 999 promptly, another could well be tied up on another 999 , booking a prisoner in, at A&E with a suicidal, dealing with a suicide or sudden death..or any number of other reasons….but then when a copper doesn’t immediately turn up to their 999, ‘the Police are bloody useless”… then whilst they are still waiting for a patrol to attend another 999 comes in and due to the nature of it, it takes priority. in an ideal world there would be a patrol sat waiting to deal with every 999 as it came in…but we don’t live in an ideal world.
 

Stevienics

Warrant Officer
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Never fall into the trap of believing there is some sort of correlation between right and wrong, and the law. The law and its prosecutors go out of their way to make a distinction, and in doing so perpetuate their existence - were it as easy as right and wrong, there would be no pay day, every day. There are around 100 new ones passed through parliament every year.

What this does is offer the Police a staggering range and quantity of laws to enforce, many even contradictory - and this is great - because they get to choose which ones are the lowest fruit for the best return.
 

busby1971

Super Moderator
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Unfortunately, some do not realise that whilst that patrol is lucky enough to be able to attend your 999 promptly, another could well be tied up on another 999 , booking a prisoner in, at A&E with a suicidal, dealing with a suicide or sudden death..or any number of other reasons….but then when a copper doesn’t immediately turn up to their 999, ‘the Police are bloody useless”… then whilst they are still waiting for a patrol to attend another 999 comes in and due to the nature of it, it takes priority. in an ideal world there would be a patrol sat waiting to deal with every 999 as it came in…but we don’t live in an ideal world.
Nobody is blaming rank and file coppers, and we don’t need enough front line coppers to react to every crime or incident, what we do need is enough action taken, with suitable outcomes for enough incidents so that people don’t think they can behave with no fear of retribution.

A lot of people’s lived experience seems to be that the current levels of response don’t achieve this.
 
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