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Post by sid on Oct 23, 2018 10:27:04 GMT
100% agree with this post. Having been to Barking and Dagenham for several years, I can certainly attest to the level of gang violence increasing over the years. I’m assuming it’s mostly due to lack of discipline from parents, as you said but the lack of police fundings plays a role too. It certainly doesn’t help people that are stigmatising police officers though, with hashtags such as #EffThePolice thus discouraging more people to join the police force thus increasing in violent crimes. And while I may sound politically incorrect, the “human rights” lobby most of the time argues only for the guys committing crimes. “Oh the police is racist” “the youth doesn’t have anything to do” “police atrocities” and so on. The police unfairly get blamed in case do car / bike chases. I once saw a thief drive a bike away at full speed without a helmet from a shop at Liverpool Street knowing fully well that police wouldn’t chase him in case something happened to him. Lo and behold, the chase was very half-hearted..... the incident about the pensioner in hither green comes to mind The police can and do persue criminals on motorbikes regardless of whether they are wearing crash helmets, obviously they have to exercise caution in built up areas where there are a lot of people about. |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 23, 2018 13:32:43 GMT
And while I may sound politically incorrect, the “human rights” lobby most of the time argues only for the guys committing crimes. “Oh the police is racist” “the youth doesn’t have anything to do” “police atrocities” and so on. The police unfairly get blamed in case do car / bike chases. I once saw a thief drive a bike away at full speed without a helmet from a shop at Liverpool Street knowing fully well that police wouldn’t chase him in case something happened to him. Lo and behold, the chase was very half-hearted..... the incident about the pensioner in hither green comes to mind The police can and do persue criminals on motorbikes regardless of whether they are wearing crash helmets, obviously they have to exercise caution in built up areas where there are a lot of people about. Until recently, police were not allowed in instances to chase people on motorbikes & mopeds as they had to be mindful of the safety of the rider - I believe there has since been a change? |
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Post by Pilot on Oct 24, 2018 8:36:16 GMT
Didn't government cut like 30-40K police officers over last few years? I happen to call for 999 just last week and first of all once you request for police there is now like a waiting list before you get connected...to a 999 call because they're 'busy'...and then it takes them about 30-45 minutes for them to arrive.
Don't you actually also see in general the lawlessness in general on roads lately not even the bike crime but just people failing to follow highway code? Like sure people go through amber light that's fine but we're at the point now where if they know there is no camera, they'll go through the red, speed 40 in 20 with no consequences and phones in their hands not even trying to hide it, throwing litter out of cars, half of speeding cameras actually don't work...I really am really losing faith in UK Police right now. I won't even go into stabbing, because for ten years I've never heard more stabbing related news than I did just this year alone.
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