Future policing
- 9 August 2018 10:31347668Nothing really startling as many forces have stopped investigating burglaries already.
https://news.sky.com/story/public-will-have-to-get-used-to-the-shift-in-policing-priorities-11465941 - 9 August 2018 18:00347680The head of the Metropolitan police had discussions with her senior staff last evening to discuss whether Boris's criticism of some peoples dress sense was a criminal offence.
We are often told that police are too busy to deal with trivial offences!!Jan Higgins likes this - Jan Higgins
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9 August 2018 18:20347681As much as I think Boris was B stupid to say what he did, I do not think this is a police matter as his comments did not constitute not race hatred only clothing dislike.
If a few vocal Muslims are that offended let them take out a private prosecution and let the police get on with solving proper crimes.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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9 August 2018 19:43347684What's worrying is that the head of metropolitan police had to ask officers if a crime was committed, how the hell did she get the job?Arte et Marte - 9 August 2018 22:36347688Not just to determine whether an offence may have been committed, but also ‘is prosecution in the public interest?’ and ‘is there an 80%+ chance of conviction?’ I’m sure Cressida Dick is talking to the Home Secretary daily, who will require feedback.
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11 August 2018 20:38347752Policing is changingALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - John Buckley
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11 August 2018 21:10347755Reginald Barrington wrote:What's worrying is that the head of metropolitan police had to ask officers if a crime was committed, how the hell did she get the job?
From “UKIP NEWS” ( if anyone is interested! )
Cressida Dick - Chief of the Thought Police
It has been revealed that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Cressida Dick had checked with officers if comparing burqas to letterboxes and bank robbers was a ‘hate crime’.
The investigation comes in the wake of Tory MP Boris Johnson making the observation in a piece for the Daily Telegraph, leading to an investigation within the Conservative Party.
The officers reached the conclusion that what Mr Johnson said, “would not reach the bar for a criminal offence.”
The obsession of the police to investigate so-called hate-speech crime and its similarities to the concept of thought crime contained in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was attacked by UKIP Leader Gerard Batten, who also took aim at the sinister Common Purpose organisation which provided training for Dick.
Mr Batten commented:
“We are moving into an Orwellian society where the police are exercising thought-control powers. Cressida Dick should take the 900 police officers she has investigating so-called hate speech crimes and put them back to investigating real crimes against the person and property. She should be directing the Metropolitan Police to stamp out London’s epidemic of stabbings and acid attacks. These are a national scandal.
“This whole problem can be attributed to the Cultural Marxist Common Purpose training given to her and others in senior positions throughout the country. We need to return to the concept of a police force whose job it is to prevent crime and enforce the law, not make up laws on the hoof to enforce a politically correct ideology.”Guest 649 likes this - 11 August 2018 21:30347758Bless you John, it is better that one sinner repenteth and embraces Sky News as the font of wisdom etc etc.
Can we now expect you to copy and paste articles from the Gruaniad? - John Buckley
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11 August 2018 22:24347759Sorry to disappoint Howard, but don’t hold your breath. The quotes mentioned above by Dick were I believe contained in several different publications or media sources of which Sky were but one. ( although as stated I actually obtained it from “UKIP NEWS”. ) - Keith Sansum1
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12 August 2018 22:37347786they didn't produce all his comments
he isn't against them being wornALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Weird Granny Slater
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13 August 2018 09:00347791Re post #7, I'm looking forward to hearing Mr Batten-down-the-hatches denounce other elements of the Orwellian state, such as CCTV anď biometrics, for example. But somehow I think that won't happen. If he's going to do his politics using literary metaphors, then he should choose them wisely, or he may find himself falling down a rabbit hole without a way back.'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - 13 August 2018 11:45347800The Police Federation telling us what most people knew already.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-uk-stop-responding-crime-budget-cuts-demand-federation-violence-demand-officers-a8485316.html - Keith Sansum1
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13 August 2018 14:22347813We had an increase in police budgets didn't we??ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Weird Granny Slater
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14 February 2020 14:26361373The High Court is still, just about, defending our historic freedoms:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-51501202
But I am a bit worried by the judge's claim that 'We have never lived in an Orwellian society.' Either he hasn't read Orwell, or he hasn't noticed the CCTV cameras, Facial Recognition Technology, biometrics, or any of the other proliferating 'security' and 'public protection' technologies that have invaded our day-to-day affairs.
Still, it's a small victory for civil liberties. 'Nice', as someone might say.'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Weird Granny Slater
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1 April 2020 13:00362141'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen...''Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Bob Whysman
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1 April 2020 14:22362144[QUOTE="Weird Granny Slater"]
'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen...'
A strange apparition meandering the streets of Dover was seen,
Just two metres behind plodding along came another in place,
Followed by many more two metres apart at a gathering pace,
Were they really what’s been promised for the rise in our taxes?
You know what I mean said Keith, the rising budget never relaxes,
There was eerily no sound just a mist as they passed out of sight,
But the ram raiders, “just shopping for food,” were given a fright.
Fingers said to Spike, “social distancing just saved us,
When we’ve finished this job I’m off to Specsavers!”
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1 April 2020 15:20362146With all due respect to both Dover and Kent Plod there's an awful number of pictures around on social Media of them in quiet places pleased that nothing is going on (in pairs).
Personally I'd have been a lot happier to see them a while back in crowded places when something was?
Just saying.John Buckley likes this"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
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(Not my real name.) - Reginald Barrington
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5 April 2020 16:33362206Half of my neighbours have done so well with following government rules about staying home. That they have decided to have a day off and get together for a BBQ, Fecking idiots!Pablo likes thisArte et Marte
