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De kracht van de Politie met een begroting £320 miljoen - maar geen misdaad!
Zaterdag, 12 Juli, 2008 Bespreek dit rapport in de forums RINF > NORTHUMBRIA de politie is één van de grootste en bezigste krachten van Groot-Brittannië. Het stelt meer dan 4.000 ambtenaren tewerk en heeft een begroting van rond £320 miljoen per jaar. Van dat, meer dan wordt £1 miljoen besteed aan zijn afdeling van PR. Nochtans, als freelance journalist die in Northumberland wordt gebaseerd, ben ik vaak verbaasd bij hoe vreedzaam het gebied - of minstens als u gelooft het de persbureau van de kracht is. Ondanks de kracht die nu zijn persbureau op Zaterdagen en Zondagen betaalt te bemannen, zijn er gehele weekends wanneer niet één misdaad aan de media wordt vrijgegeven. Maar er is hier een meer fundamenteel principe en dat is de eeuwenoude traditie van de politie die de media gebruikt om het publiek te waarschuwen over wat gebeurt - en hen te helpen misdadigers vangen. Voor het laatste decennium, heb ik meer open voor Politie Northumbria met het publiek een campagne gevoerd te zijn - d.w.z. de mensen die hun lonen betalen. Ik heb honderden voorbeelden van ernstige misdaden verzameld die of niet aan de media zijn vrijgegeven of weken of zelfs later maanden vrijgegeven. Deze omvatten verkrachtingen, bewapende diefstallen en andere horrendous aanvallen die die van het publiek worden verborgen zijn gehouden. Na het hebben van een aantal vergaderingen met Belangrijkste Constable Michael Craik in de loop van de jaren, ben ik herhaaldelijk beloofd de dienst zou verbeteren. En ja, is de begroting voor het persbureau, opgevoerd - groeiend van £620,000 twee jaar geleden aan £1 miljoen nu verbruikt het. Er is ook een grote verhoging van het aantal verhalen geweest over hoe de hogere ambtenaren misdaadcijfers snijden. Telkens als er een horrific misdaad - zoals een moord of een messenaanval - de de machineschoppen van PR in het leven met een citaat van een hogere ambtenaar beklemtoont die is namelijk hoe „zeldzaam“ dergelijke misdaden zijn. Evenals het uitrekken van geloofwaardigheid, zijn sommige van deze verklaringen ontzettend ongevoelig. In fact, it would appear they are cutting them so dramatically that one recent weekend saw not one crime worthy of being given out by Northumbria…. However, through an application under the Freedom of Information Act, I discovered there had been more than 4,800 incidents that weekend, including 161 serious crimes. A good question – and one I’ve been trying to have answered for nearly 10 years now. In the past, I have taken the liberty of occasionally writing to or telephoning the senior officer concerned. There then usually followed a reasonable and well-mannered debate in which they would either quote particular “operational reasons” or admit there was no good reason why the public had not been warned. But now, following the publication of a series of articles in The Guardian, The Times, Press Gazette and other publications, I have been banned from even daring to ask such questions. In a letter, Deputy Chief Constable David Warcup claims crimes are not released for “operational reasons” and the force does not have to “justify” such decisions. As a journalist with more than 23 years’ experience – most of it spent specialising in crime – I appreciate there are times when crimes might have to be held back for genuine “operational reasons”. But there is no way they have to be held back in such huge numbers. My contacts tell me that, as part of that strategy, they have to reduce the “fear of crime” and, if that means telling the public less, then so be it. Mr Warcup recently defended the force’s expenditure on PR by saying: “Although crime in Northumbria has fallen significantly in the past 10 years, our research shows that the perception of crime has not. “We have therefore invested a significant amount in services which aim to make sure people have a better understanding of crime in their region.” Ironically, since the publication of my comments, I have been contacted by a number of police contacts who agree with my stance. Like me, they are not anti-police. However, as well as being police officers, they are also members of the public – and taxpayers. And, like me, they believe that, in a democracy, the likes of Mr Warcup should have to justify why the public are kept in the dark about what is happening in their area. For more information visit: www.nigelgreenmedia.com See More:UK NewsDiscuss this report in the RINF forums > Have Your Say: The Police force with a £320 million budget – but no crime! 2 Responses to “The Police force with a £320 million budget – but no crime!”
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Well done Mr Green, but your seach for answers has only just begun. The Police authorities spend a massive amount on Diversity training, Common Purpose training and NLP courses, some Police Heads are even NLP practitioners.
If Policemen/women are not Diverse enough, they will not be promoted. Police Authorities will be tested on their EU Diversity training by 2009 - not on crime. Diversity training includes political attitude, a programmed officer will tell you that ” this ‘democratically’ elected Government has the power”………… Other officers are perturbed by behavioural changes in some of their colleagues. Some police on ‘postings now do not take the Oath.
These EU citizens are programmed to be anti-British and wrongly believe that Treason and Misprision of Treason are not crimes. They are trained to follow an agenda to change the whole fabric of our police forces and crime fighting to make way for EU State police - or Police State.
We were warned of this long ago, when I too was sceptical, surely people can see what is happening for themselves, if they don’t wake up soon it will be too late.