WHEN the
POLICE are LEAVING the COUNTRY in DROVES because IT IS ALL PAPERWORK and
NOT on the STREETS.
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When Bobbies are beating it, we're in trouble
in PC David
Copperfield
NOTEBOOK
[Daily Telegraph-Comment-Tuesday
September 18, 2007]
I think it was around five hours after I had arrested
Keith for pulling his wife's phone out of its socket that I saw the
advert in Police Review: Edmonton Police Service were seeking
experienced officers. Keith was
drunk, and loud, and banging repeatedly on his cell door; in short, he
was driving me crackers. So I registered my interest with the Canadians.
I didn't apply just because of Keith, though he was
beginning to try my patience. I've arrested hundreds of men like him
since I joined the British police four years ago - foul-mouthed,
petulant juvenile yobs, drunk on their own self-importance and 10 pints
lager.
My real motivation -aside from the chance of an
interesting holiday for me and my wife when I flew over for the
interviews and tests - was to see if policing was any different in
ALBERTA.
AND IT WAS HUGELY SO.
I went on a 'ride-along' with a couple of Edmonton
policemen and, on the surface, everything was familiar.
The officers were polite and professional, there were
the same calls to the same domestics and just as they are in Britain. 80
per cent of the callers were either insane or drunk. (there were
nuances: their drug of choice is crystal meth rather than heroin, they
drink Molson instead of White Lightning and they favour mullet
over the skinhead.
However, you didn't have to scratch very deep to find the
differences For starters, after the briefing we all went out on patrol.
JUST LIKE THAT!
Not two or three out, with the rest doing paperwork
NO! -
THE WHOLE SHIFT WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR CRIMINALS.
It wasn't long before we found one, either:
a drunken 15-year-old with a knife.. Over here, if you
arrest a drunken 15-year-old with a knife,
THE PAPERWORK WILL TIE YOU UP FOR THE REST OF THE
SHIFT.
In Edmonton -Alberta, we'd charged the junior and taken him home to his
mum within an hour.
I tried explaining how long it would all take back home
[in England] Their response:
Gee, how do you guys ever solve anything?
QUITE.
Policing in England is about recording and risk
assessing. Thousands of front-line officers are fighting a battle simply
to
TO GET OUT OF THE OFFICE
before they even think about dealing with
CRIMINALS.
Our police service is a means of
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
NOT
CRIME FIGHTING ORGANISATION
Consequently the entry tests consist of little more than
checking for a pulse, asking if the applicant is a racist and getting
them to spell "diversity" correctly.
In Edmonton I had to undergo two
days of polygraph interviews and fitness tests.
I wasn't alone, either. Hundreds of British police
officers are applying to join forces in
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND...
JUST ANYWHERE THAT WILL HAVE THEM.
One Australian force is about to recruit 600 foreign
officers - the vast majority
BRITISH
Unfortunately for you, the people who are going are
young, front-line officers, those with between four and seven years
experience.
They're the one's who arrive at your house after 5pm on
the Friday or deal with the lunatics at chucking out-time.
I think the Government needs to ponder this question very
seriously:
WHEN EVEN THE POLICE START LEAVING THE COUNTRY, IS IT
TIME TO ADMIT WE HAVE PROBLEMS?
I always liked being a copper. I never was a high flyer
on course for the top. I was just one of many trying to keep a lid on
things. And despite the problems affecting policing in Britain, you can
still rest assured that the constable who turns up when you ring is one
of the best in the world:
perhaps not the best -led, and certainly not the
best-equipped, but a dedicated professional.
I'm proud to have served alongside such men and women.
I'm just sad when I think how much more we could achieve if we were
allowed to get out from behind our desks.
PC David Copperfield is the nom de plume of Stuart
Davidson whose book
'Wasting Police Time'
is published by Monday Books,
PRICE £7.99.
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[Font Altered-Bolding & Underlining Used-Comments in
Brackets]
[We have over the past few years put a number of
bulletins on our website about the calamitous state of our POLICE FORCE
and the inability of the BOBBIE-ON-THE-BEAT to do the JOB that the
PUBLIC had always expected until the TARGET MANIA of NEW LABOUR.
This is a Government that is FIRST CLASS at HIDING the
EVIDENCE as mentioned in the COMMENT column of the Daily Mail on
Thursday, September 20,2007
ONE vital fact was omitted from the published version of
a Home Office survey of the impact of 24-hour drinking: town-centre
violent crimes of the most serious type have rocked by
130%
between the hours of 3am and 6am.
The figure -which strongly supports the Mail's campaign
against all-night licensing-emerged in evidence gathered from 18 police
forces. But it had to be forced out of the Government under the
FREEDOM of INFORMATION
LAWS
SO WHY WAS IT WITHHELD IN THE FIRST PLACE?
According to the
Home Office, it was deemed to be 'not statistically significant'
[in other words it was too damaging to publish]
REALLY? The
Government should try explaining that to the victims of its shameful
[disastrous, damaging and dangerous and demented ]reform.
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[We relate the case of an elderly couple -the wife
partially deaf and the husband with terminal cancer who were robbed of
hundreds of pounds by bogus Water Board yobs last year and have
been in the past the victims of louts throwing refuse into their
garden . For some time now in the early hours of the morning a
particular individual leaving the local pub has the habit of sitting on
the pavement with his large back against the wooden fence and shout
obscenities. Up to a few weeks ago three fences are in need of
replacement. When we suggested to the widow now alone (her husband had
only recently died of that cancer) that we would write to the Chief
Constable on her behalf to ask him to monitor the antics of those
leaving the public house just across the road from her house she said:
'Please do not do that as I am very worried that they
will make more trouble for me.'
So all we can do is watch and see criminal damage being
done. There are millions of people who are suffering from the 24-hour
drinking madness which was supposed to make drinkers conform to the
continental pattern and reduce the distress of the householder who no
longer has the traditional Bobbie- on- the -Beat to fend off the
troublemakers.
The area in which this incident took place was given 2
police constables and 4 CPO's not very long ago. Many local people have
never seen any of them particularly in the early hours when their
presence would reduce the nuisance. The noise still continues well into
the night.
What we would have given to have the likes of PC Copperfield patrolling
our neighbourhood but of course he would not have been allowed to
neglect his paperwork and that would be the end of our dreams.
THOSE MPs THAT PASSED THIS LEGISLATION HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR.]
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[*We can report on Friday September 19-2007 that
our message has been received and a police presence is for the time
being now in place]
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What could be more dispiriting to the public and the
police is the latest revelations that:
5,000,000 CRIMES COMMITTED
and
NO ONE PUNISHED
THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY
Unsolved
Car Crime
90% Criminal damage
87%
Burglary
86%
Robbery
82%
Theft
77%
Fraud and forgery
73%
Sex attacks
70%
Violence
54%
Drug offences.
6%
£8 million is currently owed in unpaid
-on-the -spot fines in the UK
[Daily Mail, James Slack-Home Affairs Editor -Friday,
September 21,2007]
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PC David Copperfield is the nom de plume of Stuart
Davidson whose book
'Wasting Police Time'
is published by Monday Books,
PRICE £7.99.
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THE PEOPLE HAVE
SPOKEN-IS THE EU COMMISSION LISTENING?
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Ditch the EU TREATY after IRISH
REJECTION
SAY VOTERS
by
Daniel
Martin
Political
Reporter
[Daily Mail-Wednesday, June
18,2008]
MORE THAN HALF of voters believe Britain should
drop the controversial European Treaty in the wake of its
rejection in last week's
IRISH REFERENDUM'
The poll comes as the Tories launch a last-ditch
bid in the
HOUSE of LORDS
today to delay the
RATIFICATION OF
THE TREATY.
And
10,000 people
have signed a
PETITION
on the
DOWNING STREET-
WEBSITE
within the past few days
JUNE16-2008
, calling on the
GOVERNMENT
NOT TO RATIFY THE BILL
[WHY DON'T YOU?]
Downing Street
website is
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/
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JUNE 18-2008
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IF YOU CAN SAY
'WE WANT OUT-WITHOUT
A DOUBT'
THEN
[Only an ultimatum by millions of
subjects that the new EU TREATY can never be accepted such as signing
the
RENUNCIATION of EU CITIZENSHIP
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Optout
Details from petition creator
With the signing of the Maastricht
Treaty the people of Britain were given
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
-both
EUROPEAN and BRITISH
The extra tier of citizenship was
thrust upon the people without their consent -and in many cases
knowledge.
The PEOPLE of GREAT BRITAIN should be
allowed the option of opting out of the EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP if they so
wish. The GOVERNMENT will then be able to provide those who have opted
out with
BRITISH DOCUMENTATION
-only such as British (not EU)
passports, driving licences and other national documents.
EU laws will also NOT APPLY to those who
HAVE OPTED OUT OF EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP
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"ASK US FIRST"
(philiplockwood65@yahoo.co.uk
PHILIP LOCKWOOD
Cambridgeshire.
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METRIC
MARTYRS WIN VICTORY OVER EU
SOFT TALK FROM EU ON EVE OF OUR
BATTLE AGAINST NEW TREATY-THEY
NOW BACK DOWN TO ALLOW IMPERIAL
MEASURES TO REMAIN FOR EVER
[Daily Mail - Tuesday, September 11,2007]
PROOF OF WHAT WE SAY-ONLY DIRECT
ACTION CAN GET RESULTS
Another blow
to Conservative West Midlands MEP Philip Bushill-Matthews-who
couldn't understand what imperial measures meant 'to the people'.
In one word 'IDENTITY' now do
you understand?
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Download the RENUNCIATION
OF CITIZENSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FORM.
"Right Click" on the image and select "Save As.."to
download the form in word document.
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Let the people speak!
www.makeitanissue.org.uk
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www.noliberties.com
[Latest Addition - June07]
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www.eutruth.org.uk
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www.thewestminsternews.co.uk
*
www.speakout.co.uk
*
Daniel Hannan - Forming an OPPOSITION
to the EU
www.telegraph.co.uk.blogs
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GORDON BROWN WANTS TRUST-BUT WHY WON'T
HE TRUST YOU?
HELL ON EARTH IN IRAQ
*
67% want powers back from
EU-ICM poll-June 21-2007-95%
of British people want a
REFERENDUM
*
PETITION
FOR A
REFERENDUM
SIGN TODAY ON LINE
telegraph.co.uk/eureferendum
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July 18-2007
ALSO
JOIN THE 10 DOWNING
STREET PROTEST
Readers can add their support to
the growing clamour for a REFERENDUM on the '"REFORM
TREATY" by signing up to a 10 Downing Street 0n-line
petition
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/EU-treaty-NON/
The Petition
reads as follows:
"We the undersigned petition the
Prime Minister to guarantee that the British people
will be permitted a binding REFERENDUM on any and
all attempts to resurrect the EU " CONSTITUTION"
(and any or all of its content) regardless of
nomenclature."
Deadline for the
PETITION is 31st January,2008
Eurofacts 27th
July 2007.
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'The Spirit of England'
by
Winston Churchill
In London on
St.George's Day -1953
*
VOTE
-2007
TO
LEAVE
THE
EUROPEAN
UNION
WITH THE ONLY PARTY WITH A MANDATE
TO SET YOU
FREE
THE
UK
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
www.ukip.org
THE QUESTION THAT THE
VOTER MUST ANSWER
‘DO
YOU WISH TO BE GOVERNED BY YOUR OWN PEOPLE, LAW AND CUSTOM OR BY THE
CORRUPT ,EXPENSIVE UNACCOUNTABLE AND CORRUPT ALIEN BUSYBODY BRUSSELS’
-SIMPLE IS IT NOT?
TO RECLAIM YOUR DEMOCRACY DON'T VOTE
FOR THE TRIPARTITE PARTIES IN WESTMINSTER
BUT
SMALL PARTIES THAT SPEAK THEIR MINDS
WITHOUT SPIN AND LIES.
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ONLY
PRO-PORTIONAL
REPRESENTATION
WILL
BRING
DEMOCRACY
BACK
TO
THE
ENGLISH
PEOPLE
*
SCOTLAND
-ITS PARLIAMENT -WALES-ITS
ASSEMBLY-ENGLAND-STILL
AWAITS ITS PARLIAMENT-WHY?
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Home
Rule
for
Scotland
WHY
NOT
HOME
RULE
for
ENGLAND
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separate bulletin]
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