2022-08-29
Philip Flower (former Met Police Chief Superintendent) writes for the Daily Mail:
" ... senior officers appear to have completely lost sight of their basic role: to catch and deter criminals ... "
" ... junior colleagues, the products of a woke education system, often have totally unrealistic notions of what their job entails ... "
"Drug-dealing, burglaries, car theft, dangerous driving, mass shoplifting raids and all kinds of other crime seems to go increasingly unchecked"
"As recently as 2014-2015, some 16 per cent of reported offences led to a suspect being charged. That figure has collapsed"
" ‘Pride is one of the many wonderful community events we are there to police,’ he said, ‘but also to allow people to look behind the uniform and see who we are’
Toe-curling nonsense. The uniform is exactly what the public should see. It ought to inspire respect and represent probity"
