Posts Tagged police
Ill-Advised Advice Opt Out
Posted by Carolina Bracken in Civil Liberty, Crime, European Union, Human Rights, Immigration on 16/09/2011
Successive governments have been censured for ensnaring the UK in unwanted, unwarranted EU legislation. Given the vigour with which the country has repeatedly signed up to obligations of spurious merit, it is particularly disheartening to see the Government opt out of a Directive that has the potential to assist some of the country’s most vulnerable citizens.
Letter of the Law
Posted by Carolina Bracken in Crime, Politics on 13/05/2011
Thousands of criminal suspects will be charged by post under a new Home Office scheme to cut police red tape. The announcement comes as part of a catalogue of initiatives designed to save 2.5 million hours of police time each year. However, whilst the need for bureaucratic reform is long overdue, plans to increase police responsibility may well prove impossible given the swingeing financial cutbacks faced by the force.
Middlesbrough police detain photographers on whim of security guards
Posted by Nick Cowen in Civil Liberty, Crime on 23/04/2008
Crime in Middlesbrough is nearly twice the national average so it is surprising to see the police there have the time to detain members of the public for crimes that do not exist. Perhaps they need reminding that crimes (in a free country, at least), with few exceptions, involve theft or damage of property or the harming of another person. [via Samizdata]
The Independent police sector
Posted by Nick Cowen in Crime on 30/05/2007
When the government fails to fulfill its minimal responsibilities, it is the poor that will suffer while the rich can usually find an alternative. In a typical case in the UK, for years, even as average fees have been rising, the number of families seeking out independent education has been growing steadily. There it is because a minimal amount of discipline and teaching has not been available in many areas of state education for some time.
Now, (via BOM), we learn that a far more basic government service, protection from crime, has fallen to such a level that the richer streets of North London, Primrose Hill in particular, are beginning to invest in independent security forces. Pity the other inhabitants of Camden who cannot afford to opt out of state police protection.