"Avery" wrote in message
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> Certainly in my experience there is an accelerating trend for the UK
> police to act badly, in a manner similar to the way many US police are
> trained to behave.
> For their own "health and safety" the police there will seek to gain
> immdiate dominance over almost any situation, by very direct intimidation
> and and aggressive behaviour.
> Whilst it seems that it might be appropriate to behave in this way in some
> areas of downtown United States, I suspect that our bobbies also find it
> useful, to confront even those attempting to report crimes.
>
> I seem possible that this behaviour could ultimately reduce unsolved crime
> statistics in the bobbies area as it simply is not worth the hassle of
> reporting matters to the police.
> Equally, the bobby might have welcomed a counter charge against the
> original "victim" as it then enables the bobby to report two potential
> crimes.
>
> This can still be good for the crime stats as the bobby will interview
> both parties and hopefully resolve the matter without it going furrther.
> (The manner of the resolution, you may well find, is for the policeman to
> tell both parties that if they persist in their claims and counter claims,
> then both parties will face charges on some related offence.)
>
> Both parties then decline to press matters further, but the bobby can now
> record two incidents and can then "honestly" write, "solved" against both
> incidents.
> Good for crime stats., and very good for the bobby.
>
> I am no right winger, nor a red under the bed, but I am very, very
> concerned about the way the police are becoming (have become) my enemy, in
> almost all situations.
>
> A Little ....worried.
Flipping heck - possibly more to this than meets the eye. My mate is
considering making a formal complaint. I wonder if this would get him
anywhere?
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