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1. The police are their own worst enemies;they lose credibility and create an uncontrolable amount of paper work by chasing targets through attacking the honest,more eldery middle England members of the public who do, when on the sharp end of the yob culture attempt to defend themselves owing to police resistance and failure to tackle the real problem. We are asked how much WE swore, to show any measure of anger will be interpreted as violence, to deny the information put in false and fabricated statements by children of known disfunctional families is ignored.

   I am 70 years old, I had until now respected and believed all my life the police were to be trusted. However in a bid to break the deadlock and support their argument with the government they have gone down the unacceptable route of using vulnerable members of society.Their thinking? We will shout louder than them at the injustice of their behaviour.They will say it is because of government policy ‘and not our fault guv’

   My own experience is in the process of being investigate, however everyday one reads in the media stories such as the arrest of the old gentleman wrongly arrested and accused of stealing a plug from B&Q in North Shields. The police cannot expect support and respect until they start giving it,and do us the courtesy of telling the truth, it is far from acceptable to behave in the same way as the yobs. Respect and trust are earned it is not a right by passage of wearing a uniform and keep quoting we have the powers.

   Brenda Parson

   Comment by Brenda Parsons — 7 Feb 2008 on 2:39 pm | Link

2. As a serving community support officer I am witness to the hard-work and dedication Police Officers produce everyday.

   While they are becoming more and more disheartened with our government due to trust issues over pay and a massive amount of paperwork, they maintain their levels of professionalism towards the public. In all walks of life there will be the rogue elements, but the vast majority do their job to the best of the abilities and have given their lives to serve the public.

   I see everyday how much paperwork my police colleagues have to complete for basic crimes and alot of it seems possible for regular staff to complete. I am, as a support officer, not allowed to take witness statements from anyone on behalf of my already hard working colleagues yet am trained in how to write them and am expected to complete maybe two a week as a witness to the things I deal with in my job. I could never and still can not understand how that decision was made?

   It’s good to see the government taking the issue seriously and looking to change things, but these reviews HAVE to be followed with real action.

   Comment by James Maguire — 7 Feb 2008 on 6:47 pm | Link

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