I have had an email communique from our Local Community Police Officer who 
is based in Maidstone. Seeing as my community is 10 miles away from 
Maidstone that does not seem very "local" to me.

Apparently the police in my area are responding to public concerns and 
will concentrate on speeding, parking, and the fear of crime. I don't know 
who they asked to come up with those priorities, certainly not me, but at 
best they have them in the wrong order and at worse they are wrong. It is 
not "fear of crime" that people are "concerned" about, it is actual crime. 
And while inconsiderate parking may be an inconvenience it is not top of 
my list for the police to spend my council tax on. As for speeding, 35 mph 
in a 30 mph limit bothers me not one jot, 75mph in a 30mph limit does but 
I've yet to see that in my village.

It seems that the police are as disconnected from public opinion as are 
the politicians. Boris is a refreshing change; for while he may turn out 
to be a joke, hopefully not, he has made it quite clear where his 
priorities are, sort out the yobs and thugs! If he does that Londoners 
will forgive him any gaffs. Other politicians and public servants (sic) 
should take note.

"Toooldtocare"  wrote in message 
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>I have had an email communique from our Local Community Police Officer who 
>is based in Maidstone. Seeing as my community is 10 miles away from 
>Maidstone that does not seem very "local" to me.
>
> Apparently the police in my area are responding to public concerns and 
> will concentrate on speeding, parking, and the fear of crime. I don't know 
> who they asked to come up with those priorities, certainly not me, but at 
> best they have them in the wrong order and at worse they are wrong. It is 
> not "fear of crime" that people are "concerned" about, it is actual crime. 
> And while inconsiderate parking may be an inconvenience it is not top of 
> my list for the police to spend my council tax on. As for speeding, 35 mph 
> in a 30 mph limit bothers me not one jot, 75mph in a 30mph limit does but 
> I've yet to see that in my village.
>
> It seems that the police are as disconnected from public opinion as are 
> the politicians. Boris is a refreshing change; for while he may turn out 
> to be a joke, hopefully not, he has made it quite clear where his 
> priorities are, sort out the yobs and thugs! If he does that Londoners 
> will forgive him any gaffs. Other politicians and public servants (sic) 
> should take note.

Isn't it a lovely way of blaming the public .... its not crime that is the 
problem but "fear of crime".  That puts the blame firmly in our laps.  It's 
us being all silly and scaredy.  We've got nothing to worry about really. 
Take a look at your local crime statistics  like alcohol fueled violence and 
you'd be forgiven for thinking that your fears are justified - but no, its 
"the way the statistics are being collected" that makes it look like a 100% 
rise.

Look at us all when it comes to knives and guns.  Quivering behind our 
couches at the "fear of being stabbed".  Young lads aren't really being 
off'd at a record rate in London and if they are it isn't that that's the 
problem... its *us* being scared of it.  It's our fault.  Perhaps a 
commission should be set up to investigate the institutional "fear of crime" 
that is blighting this Country - influencing the way we don't go into town 
after 6pm on a weekend or the way we stupidly avoid eye contact with large 
gangs of youths ... or the silly way we don't venture into inner city 
housing estates.

We should all be ashamed of ourselves for this epedemic of fear we're all a 
party to.  Don't you think the police have enough to do without having to 
deal with the public "fear of crime"?  There's revenue to generate ..... 


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> Isn't it a lovely way of blaming the public .... its not crime that is the
> problem but "fear of crime".  That puts the blame firmly in our laps.
It's
> us being all silly and scaredy.

Now come, come young man, you have failed to understand the central problem!
We are the ones causing the crimes so what should we expect! They are merely
trying to solve the problems created by us! Its not their fault!

Oh and well done to those of you who voted for the Conservatives in the
local elections. I don't support any political party by the way, but its the
only way to show this thieving, incompetent, power-crazed, sleazy excuse for
a government that we don't like them, even if we don't like the
Conservatives either.

Pissed me off the way the bar charts on the News round-ups showed Labour in
second place behind the Conservatives with the Liberals actually beating
them into third shown on the line below. For some silly reason the
presenters on the BBC for instance had to point that out.  Why that wasn't
shown on the bar chart who knows, but it would have done well to reinforce
the idea that Labour are on their way out even more dramatically had they
chosen to do the chart correctly.

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>> Isn't it a lovely way of blaming the public .... its not crime that is 
>> the
>> problem but "fear of crime".  That puts the blame firmly in our laps.
> It's
>> us being all silly and scaredy.
>
> Now come, come young man, you have failed to understand the central 
> problem!
> We are the ones causing the crimes so what should we expect!

I don't cause any crimes... speak for yourself. 


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