The Police Must Take Back The Streets

For years the statistics have assured us that Crime was improving, while the evidence of our own eyes told us the reverse . This lead to concerns about under-reporting and a complete distrust of the Police who , it appears , spend eight hours a day devising mathematical tricks to show they are doing a job, and no hours keeping order. A new Report from the Iain Duncan Smith`s Centre for Social Justice recommends freeing Plod to tackle anti social behaviors at low levels . Certainly this is what the Public are crying out for
“According to an exclusive YouGov poll commissioned by the CSJ working group, 76 per cent of people think that the police are intervening “too little” against antisocial behavior”
Their recommendations are interesting but I have a special reason for welcoming this report ,namely a shocking incident which I personally witnessed ,that shows how low we have sunk ,and how much we have learnt to tolerate !

My wife and I recently visited Covent Garden, and as we exited the Tube bound for shops we were attracted by the sound of shrill laughter. Just ahead of us we were horrified to see a man , in broad daylight , beating his wife with a stick while he continued to shout incomprehensible abuse . There seemed to be an expectation that a Police Officer would arrive shortly, and it was hard to know what to do .The man continued to beat the woman who clung pitifully to a new born baby .
I looked around for the Policeman in some panic and ashamed at my inaction but what sickened me more than anything was the obvious enjoyment of the young people surrounding this dreadful scene . Some urged the man to hit his wife harder and others, with unbelievable callousness shrieked with mirth . Finally the Police man arrived but there was no respite .As he tried to apprehend the man a fight ensued with the man swinging his stick alternately at the arresting officer and his wife .
Then a crocodile leapt into the fray and tried to eat all the sausages









A Survey today tells us that One in three children have never seen a Punch and Judy Show ( Telegraph )