What happened to the publics right to safety from crime?

Question

Police about to strike, Prisons overflowing, Criminals with more rights than victims

Atthis time the Police have been denied their agreed pay rise for the first time in years. Part of the original deal was that Police would receive a 3% pay rise every year and would give up the right to strike in exchange. Now it appears that this deal is no longer being adhered to so the Police will get back their right to strike.
Much publicised is the opening of Police cells to house convicted criminals who cannot be given spaces in Prisons, this despite the government having just sold 2 prisons, 1 for development into a housing estate. Quite clearly the government care nothing for the public and we must now take steps to prepare ourselves for the inevitable degradation of society into lawless chaos. Mad Max anyone?

Answer 1

I don't recall ever seeing anywhere that the public had a right to be safe from crime. In a perfect world with a perfect government, perhaps a person could expect to be safe from crime. Sadly, this world and government are far from perfect. There are people who won't think twice about victimizing the innocent. Rather than focus your energy on what you perceive as your government not doing for you, take some control over your own personal safety. Take a self-defense class, start a neighborhood watch program, and take steps to protect your property from crime.

Answer 2

1> The Police will not strike as we all feel a duty to look after the public. And it is also illegal and would require a change in L;aw for a legal strike to happen.

It is true the Government has gone back on the deal in place to ensure Police are paid according to the unique work they do. For Instance:

We are not employees but servants of the crown.
We have restrictions put on our home / private life.
We have to turn up for work when ordered to (even if on holiday or after a 2 hours gap which has happened to me)
We regularly face danger-We have to face and tackle that violent person in the street that no-one wants to.


As for the trouble with the country, The whole system seems to be in the strong grip of loony left liberals who put the rights of criminals before the rights of the public.

As a Police Officer , I have long ago lost confidence in the courts and my only consolation when I arrest a criminal is that at least he is off the streets for now, and the public are safe for a short time.

There are too many people in our country who have no respect for anyone, including themselves and when it comes to the Police to actually step in and say to these people 'actually, you cannot do that' we are let down by the courts who tap them on the shoulder and say to them 'Nevermind, there there, I know you did not mean to rob that old lady and , besides, you've had a terrible childhood. Off you go'

Gets very depressing when you think about it. I just do the little I can to help.







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Answer 3

I totally agree with you!!!!!!! What has happened to this country when we cant defend our own homes and our own liberty. People are getting killed on the roads by idiots who have not passed their test, and consequently, have no tax or insurance....but what punishment do they get???? The victims are not protected!!! Criminals get away with too much!!! Bring back the old prison system, no privileges, bread and water etc etc. Prisons should be a deterrent, instead they fall short of being hotels. Criminals regard their stay in prison as an occupational hazard! All this human rights crap....Criminals lose their human rights the second they commit a crime and are sent to prison. I could go on for ages but I am sure you get my gist. This is a subject I feel very strongly about indeed. What can we do to fight this injustice?????

Answer 4

Once upon a time the three cardinal rules for a police officer were,protection of life,property and the prevention of crime. Thanks to British Governments over the past twenty years this has now become a another fairy tale. Hi, don't worry as you get mugged or burgled you are becoming another valuable statistic in the war on crime.

Answer 5

Ask Pelosi, Clinton(s), Reid and the rest of the darling Democrats who believe that taxpayer $$$ is to be used as THEY see fit....
..like making sure Congress funds the ACLU because some "poor people wont be able to get legal representation".
..like trying to redefine the crime of illegal entry into the US as a issue (not crime) about "immigration"?? wouldnt want to loose all the $$ they get from those lucrative "support organizations" from Agriculture moguls to the hispanic rights people...

Law enforcement costs $$$ and the peoples "needs" are noteworthy but dont really bring in fiscal support from "donors/organizations and people who dont really want adequate staffing or technology that might get used to check out their personal activities...

Answer 6

Oh don't get me started
Let me tell you a little story
On Saturday night/Sunday morning all the coppers seem to stand outside the local nightclub doing ... well... nothing they watch the girls in short shirts and talk and stand there. They always have one police car there. Usually two cars a riot van and a CCTV van.
At about 01:30am Sunday one of our staff called a BT this stands for big trouble and means he was asking for assistance. Our vacant car all went over to help and then asked us to call the police.
We did and the police said they would go aver and help 15Min's later our staff checked that we had called the police because they hadn't turned up yet.
We called them again and asked them to hurry up a bit, which they said they would do.
We sorted out the problem and went about our business without the police having attended.
One hour and 20 minutes later the police phoned us to tell us they were unable attend out incident.
Last Friday night one of our staff had problems and all our cars went to help, later a policeman stopped one of the drivers to warn him/tell him off for dangerous driving, when he pointed out that he was helping one of our staff in trouble he was told that's what the police are for!
Where is our help and right to go about our working lives without fear of crime and violence when the police don’t even bother to attend?
We used to have a scheme called taxi watch. The police phoned the first taxi company on the list and described who they were looking for and that company phoned the next and passed on the description all down the list. Descriptions were broadcast over our radio systems so at the weekend there could be 200 civilians looking for this person. Relations between taxis and police broke down years ago when we asked for assistance and kept been told, “There’s nothing we can do it’s a civil offence”. The police have now lost the advantage of about 200 extra pairs of eyes helping them giving the villain the advantage.
One night we reported a man with a TV under one are and a video under the other at 3am we were told “no crime has been reported” and were given the impression that they weren’t interested, because no crime had been reported no crime had happened. We were very disinclined to help them when they phoned back even though we knew exactly where they had been, went and what they looked like.

Answer 7

The moral majority in the U.S. prefers it when our law enforcement forces spend time on non-violent offenders.

The voters in this country keep telling our elected officials that we would prefer law-enforcement to spend their time jailing soft-drug users, immigrants providing labor for jobs that you probably would not want yourself, and street-walkers in parts of town that you would probably rather not visit.

Oh, I almost forgot, we are on "Orange Alert" so if your police officers are busy looking for terrorists, please do not complain if they lack the time to keep you safe from someone likely to harm you or your family. The national guard is tied up in Iraq (those horrible Iraqi's must have been planning a land-invasion), and someone has to pick up the slack.

You tell your elected officials that you would rather not be safe every time you vote for people running on platforms of "morals" instead of "practical, effective, and results-based."

But don't worry--when someone you know gets hurt, you can rest comfortably with the knowledge that your sacrifice helped put 4 more 19 year old dope-smokers behind bars.

Most of the individuals who sign up for a job as a police officer probably go in with the expectation of doing real police-work. Unfortunately, the voters keep putting them on baby-sitting duty.

***Half of what I say is true because my brain doesn't translate well into English. Please pardon the other half.***

Answer 8

They aren't hurting in Connecticut:

$36,223 while in the academy
$45,418 upon graduating from the Academy (as of 07/01/2006)
Overtime
Longevity payments after 10 years of service
Shift Differential
$15.45 per day for meal allowance
Tuition Reimbursement
$500.00 Education incentive for B.A. Degree that is job related.
Paid Time Off
12 vacation days per calendar year
03 personal leave days per calendar year
15 sick days per calendar year
12 holidays per year
Workers Compensation if injured on the job
State Car and Gasoline (Yes, even for personal use)
4.5% annual cost of living raises

Not bad, for a state that rejects applicants that are too smart: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_56314.html

Answer 9

the public's right to safety from crime has been taken away by the public's belief that they can do whatever they want regardless of the effect it has on the public
you can blame the police courts or politicians but in the end crime is committed by members of the public society as a whole is to blame

Answer 10

If the public has a right to safetly from crime, you'd better tell the public to stop committing crime. Or do we have some kind of Private sector crime rings going about and terrorising the public??!!