"Les Invalides" wrote in message
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> Steve posted
> >"Les Invalides" wrote in message
> >news:R8enb$Aww16HFwn2@obviously.invalid...
> >> Steve posted
> >> >That's almost funny. What would you expect them to do with it?
> >>
> >> Sorry, wasn't it clear to you? I would like them to use it *only when
> >> necessary*, rather than indiscriminately.
> >
> >That would involve thought, not something you come across much in the
> >police.
>
> :) Perhaps. But this new policy of arresting everybody on sight is
> presumably due to senior police officers, not the knuckle-dragging
> plods. And I have met several senior police officers - in fact I know
> one or two very well - and IME they are *very* intelligent people.
It's directly down to the change in the law that allows it and the fact that
it's easier than the alternative of a court summons, especially as things
such as common assault have little or no evidence so can be binned at an
early stage.
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Steve
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