Most answers say that people have no faith in the police?

Question

Local police tend to be useless.

Answer 1

A handful of people do not define the word, most.

Answer 2

It is not so much the police I think people have lost faith in, it is the whole legal and political system itself. The police are just the scapegoats who get the blame thrown at them because they are the easiest target. But it is not the police that is the problem, first of all they have had most of their powers curbed by left wing liberal bloody hippies in government, so they can barely even stop and search anyone of an 'ethnic minority' now without the commission for racial equality rearing its ugly useless head, they can't respond with the level of force that is needed in todays society without someone crying 'brutality', and even when they do arrest some little scrote who desreves locking up, the courts let them straight back out and send them on holiday to think about what they have done!!!! It's ridiculous!

So maybe people need to stop having a go at the police and start having a go at the useless government and judicial system instead.

Answer 3

What evidence do you have for your statement?

Yes, like all public insitutions, it could and should be better, but it is hard to improve from excellent. Especially when the police could do with more money and less government interference.

Look at the crime and detection rates in the UK and compare them to other countries, say the USA for example. I have had many contacts with the police, and I have never been let down by them.

But, if you want to go somewhere where you should have no faith in the police, go to Zimbabwae. You will soon learn to appreciate the boys (and girls) in blue back here.

Answer 4

A lot of early contact with police have soured my opinion of them. I was stopped on the street when I was 15 and the officer said they were looking for a burglary suspect that was black and between the ages of 15 and 24. At that point myself and my brothers fit that description. A year later, I was stopped again and given the same description. I said, "You still haven't caught that guy?" The officer wasn't amused and I sat there for an hour while they decided what to do with me, eventually letting me go home but not without a lecture about obeying the law, which ironically was what I was doing when they picked me up on the bus stop. So, as I see it, local officers sometimes take great pleasure in just harrassing people and are people I generally avoid having to deal with, if I can.

Answer 5

There is a reason the Surrey Police are called the Sorry Police and people in the country basically have given up with them and their completely rubbish Community Support Officers, which around here are either sixty five or sixteen. Ugh the Police are not what they once were.

Answer 6

Once again, another feeble stab at the boys in blue!

I bet your the sort of person that when asked who would you call if you were robbed, you'd just say... 'no one'... 'I'll sort it out myself'... If thats the case then why even bother saying anything about the police!

Its taken me 3 days to get to a house to deal with a smashed window, caused by vandals... you know why??

Because of stupid morans on ther phone while driving...

Because of 35 Year old prank callers...

Beacuse of the man who loves to get drunk and use his wife a three daughters as punching bags...

So if I take my time to sort out a smashed window of which I will never find who did it... then so be it!!

Answer 7

I promise not to rant.

This is a serious question.

The problem in London, England is that even the Police Federation have complained about officers being forced by their superiors to, for example, arrest a kid for throwing a slice of cucumber! (Source: Police Federation website).

The head of the MET (London Police) also state publicaly that his force was 'INSTITUTIONALLY RACIST!' I do not believe that any senior officer anywhere in the world would have got off with such a statement!

They have lost the respect of everyone and especially the young and black who they take a delight in stopping and annoying. In many areas, they move on crowds consisting of TWO kids!
They seem frightened of children.

They hate homosexuals and it was not long ago when they used to prowl around in toilets in order to seduce and arrest 'queers' (You guessed it, recently another head of the MET said that the police are institutionally homophobic!)

They are just the 'filth'.

I was recently in a small town in Spain. What a difference! The local police still patrol; they are members of the comunity; the eat in local bars and restuarants; they are helpful; they tell you to move your car before writing a ticket. They are even called 'the Local Police'. It's like England 50 years ago.

Answer 8

I like the "too busy writing tickets and letting rapists get away" thing.

Here's a snippet for you. A Police officer who patrols 8 hours a day, every day for a year will come across a crime in progress once every 8 years. And I mean "real" crimes, ie criminal damage or burglary.
The chances of anyone coming across a rape that is happening, let alone are cop are so remotely slim it's not even worth guessing at. Burglars and rapists are caught by the thousands of man-hours put in behind the scenes, the forensic teams, the detectives e.t.c.
The cop on the beat is there to deter criminals and to enforce the bulk of the law. an unfortunate truth is that a lot of people ignore traffic regulations which are there for your own safety, thus a lot of people get caught violating them.


If any of you think you could;
comfort a rape victim, examine the rape victim, forensically test them, compare those tests to the millions of people that are on file, find that person, arrest that person, compile the evidence needed to convict that person, take that person to court, i'd love to see it.
If any of you think you could catch a rapist in the act, again make a film and post it on Youtube for us all to see, show us how it's really done.

Answer 9

Better then nothing, they DO get some done, just not news breaking things all the time, that is saved for when they mess up. Not near perfect, but better then nothing, if there were none the whole population would just do as they please, and so just be existing they are doing a significant job.
Helping give people a good reason not to be cruel etc.

Reft

Answer 10

I used to have every faith in the police, and now I don't.

Often their objectives and priorities are the opposite of those of the public they're supposed to serve.

I'm quite sure it is the fault of politics in high places, rather than of individual officers in most cases at least.

It's a great shame for all concerned.

Answer 11

I disagree. Maybe it is the location you live. The local police in my community are very good. They often patrol on bicycles so they can stop and talk to people especially the kids.