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**BuyNetHosting** · 09-25-2007, 03:38 PM

Whatever way you dress it up a cow-pat is still a cow-pat. The British people want, and deserve proper fully trained Police officers on their streets not cardboard cut-outs like the PCSO's. We pay enough in taxes to have what we used to have, Police Stations that don't close at 5pm or at weekends, Police Officers released from the miles of red tape they have to endure in order to satisfy government targets! Police Officers so cowered by "Political Correctness", (a curse of this Labour government), that they frightened to deal with certain elements of criminal behaviour.

The public have lost faith in our once-respected Police force, (now called Police Service, as though its a branch of social services!). They don't necessarily blame the Police but their political masters who have reduced them to the sorry state they now find themselves in.

PSCO's are a blot on our crime-ridden, yob-dominated streets, they need to be abolished and the money better spent on real bobbies!

Given that there were 80,000 Police Officers in England and Wales in the 1960's and there are now 140,000 Police Officers in England and Wales, plus a further 17,000 in Scotland, I would say the numbers have significantly increased. On top of this there are 2,700 British Transport Police, 12,000 Special Constables and a planned 25,000 PCSO's.

What do you want, we have more per capita police officers than most of America, where cities such as Los Angeles have around 9000 officers and massive budget constraints.

PCSO's need to be given more training and powers, in order to be succesful members of neighbourhood teams, which will include Beat Officers, but your claims regarding police numbers are way off the mark.

09-25-2007, 03:38 PM	#30
BuyNetHosting Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 359 Senior Member	Whatever way you dress it up a cow-pat is still a cow-pat. The British people want, and deserve proper fully trained Police officers on their streets not cardboard cut-outs like the PCSO's. We pay enough in taxes to have what we used to have, Police Stations that don't close at 5pm or at weekends, Police Officers released from the miles of red tape they have to endure in order to satisfy government targets! Police Officers so cowered by "Political Correctness", (a curse of this Labour government), that they frightened to deal with certain elements of criminal behaviour. The public have lost faith in our once-respected Police force, (now called Police Service, as though its a branch of social services!). They don't necessarily blame the Police but their political masters who have reduced them to the sorry state they now find themselves in. PSCO's are a blot on our crime-ridden, yob-dominated streets, they need to be abolished and the money better spent on real bobbies! Given that there were 80,000 Police Officers in England and Wales in the 1960's and there are now 140,000 Police Officers in England and Wales, plus a further 17,000 in Scotland, I would say the numbers have significantly increased. On top of this there are 2,700 British Transport Police, 12,000 Special Constables and a planned 25,000 PCSO's. What do you want, we have more per capita police officers than most of America, where cities such as Los Angeles have around 9000 officers and massive budget constraints. PCSO's need to be given more training and powers, in order to be succesful members of neighbourhood teams, which will include Beat Officers, but your claims regarding police numbers are way off the mark.
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