We had a local station Muddy, and it was more like 'Heartbeat' than the 'Sweeney' but I suppose in cities and large towns they wouldn't be so friendly. The younger coppers did have a bit of attitude though, and were best treated with more caution....

https://policeconduct.gov.uk/news/ou...able-use-force

Independent Office for Police Conduct



The police are not going to be paid vigilantes.

https://policeconduct.gov.uk/news/ou...able-use-force

Independent Office for Police Conduct

The police are not going to be paid vigilantes.

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE NOW NEED.

Not so much in the "leafy suburbs" maybe but in towns and cities definitely.

It sounds to me that the IOPC is a collection of anti-police criminal defence lawyers. The same sort of people who demand that the Begum woman should be given British citizenship.

I agree that there should be checks on the actions of the police, but at the end of the day my vote would go against the criminal, even if a whole room full of defence lawyers were shouting their four penn'orth in their favour.

You commit a crime - you pay the consequences.

I suggest that if the IOPC successfully defend a criminal and prosecute the police, and that criminal then goes on to commit another crime, the defence lawyer concerned should also be prosecuted. That would make them think very carefully of whom they want to support.

Launched by the Police Foundation in September 2019, the Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales sets out to examine how crime, fear of crime and other threats to public safety are changing and assess the ability of the police to meet these challenges, as part of a wider strategic response. This far-reaching independent review, the first of its kind in many years, is being chaired by Sir Michael Barber and guided by an Advisory Board of former senior police officers, politicians and leading academics.

The overall aim of the Review is to set the long-term strategic vision for English and Welsh policing. It will conclude in summer 2021 with a final report presenting substantial recommendations for a modern service capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century.

More specifically, the Review will consider:

• What the police mission should be, looking in particular at the public’s expectations of the police.
• The capabilities and resources the police service needs to achieve this mission.
• The future police workforce, including the roles, responsibilities, skills and knowledge of police officers and staff.
• How the police service should be structured and held to account, locally, regionally and nationally.
• How the police service should work with other sectors to deal with complex social problems.
• How much funding the police service requires and how this should be allocated.

https://www.police-foundation.org.uk...-new-research/






A Key priority. Diversity not the problem, division is.

Different views nothing more.