Did anyone vote their new police politico commissar in? It makes me laugh.... the usual nose in the trough worn out MP's all went for it. I was so happy to see "Lord Prezza" (chav) get a kicking by a Tory in his own back yard.... the man of principle that wouldn't touch the house of Lords being a true socialist and all but relented because his wife wanted to be a Lady. (money had nothing to do with it) A Lady I ask? She looks like a cosmetic meccano kit but to give her her dues, she did stand by him over all his affairs with those beautiful women.... well compared to her anyway.... sorry for being snipey.... I just find it all funny.
The crux of the matter is that these new politico elites are in charge of the police budget and crime fighting in your area.... they are the go-between between you and the police to channel your concerns and ideas to. What concerns me is that MP's in general don't understand a budget, a spread sheet or even financial planning, they think in the way of "other peoples money" in abundant supply.... they don't think like you would have to in order to run a solvent business.... especially the career politician who has never had a real job in the real world.
They are now thrust into the real world of front line budget and resource management that is capped to a specific amount. You have to know your job well to work within a budget and even more so if its being reduced as cut backs always inevitably affect a service or company so its going to be funny watching this new top down "elected" and not time served management come to terms with something they have neither any training in or experience of at a front line level.
A good friend of mine who is a copper in Birkenhead tells me that on some nights they can only muster two squad cars to patrol at night and even they need a break at some time.
I would have gone for something a little more drastic.... I would have called for "elected Judges" not the police.... they do their job under very difficult circumstances, they apprehend the villain and pass the file on then the liberal/lefty Judges nearly always let the villain off with a soft sentence and they are back on the streets repeat offending again. Judges also take their own interpretation of the "human rights" charter to the extremes and make it do things it was never intended for.... yet they are untouchable and totally unaccountable to you and me.... does anyone think like me that its the Judges that need to answer to us and not their foot patrol, the police who do their job so well?
