Police cuts

I attended a police meeting some months ago, one of the things the police were introducing was single man cars. As so many officers are beng kicked out "to save money" it was too expensive to have two cops in a car. Our society which has so many imported "Lawless psychopaths" would you want your son or daughter having to cope with a situation like this?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22996586

I could save the police millions of pounds a year and cut a lot of crime as well. Get them out of the cars and back on the beat. I don't mean just a few token PCSO's. Get rid of all the cars except traffic cars.

Quote: phil wrote in post #2

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I could save the police millions of pounds a year and cut a lot of crime as well. Get them out of the cars and back on the beat. I don't mean just a few token PCSO's. Get rid of all the cars except traffic cars.

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Why?

Phil I'll get back to you later on this one but I know from reports I have read this has already been looked into. Yes it was done years ago but that was a different world. With a much larger population plus todays violence and terror threat ( birminghams is the countrys highest by the way) so many more officers would be required its unaffordable labour will always cost more than vehicles.

Reports are produced with a reason in mind. why to do or why not to do a proposed idea and either support it or not depending on the result required.

Phil if someone was trying to get into your house with an axe ( which certainly is NOT impossible these days) you would want police there pretty damn quick.

Quote: Sheldonboy wrote in post #7

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Phil if someone was trying to get into your house with an axe ( which certainly is NOT impossible these days) you would want police there pretty damn quick.

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