On police, has anyone actually seen one recently?

PEP

Yes.. i saw one on foot patrol this afternoon.

ziggy bulldust

we have a lot of those community officers, who are not in fact police.

sister

Yep i see them everyday not actually in my road but in the town and out and about

meg.terry@btinternet.com

There are always Police in Oxford also in the village were I live I have seen one

ergo

try going out with a policeman for a day...you would have a nasty surprise...political correctness from their superiors has caused excess administration and time wasted. Courts are failing to give support for their valuable time.

brownsuga

Yes i live in a town in buckinghamshire and every time i go out i see a police car

yeah there are loads of police where i live patroling the streets all the time, and wheni called them and they arrived in about 5 minutes too, but i dont live in london so i dont suppose it makes any difference to you lol.

stanfran

Yeah frequently, like every other day. Only a quaint village as well!

Gilly S

Yes. Unfortunately. :-(

Hilts

saw loads today!

designsbyniki

Girl they are everywhere here in the states.

Sally J

Every time I look in the mirror! (well, police woman). And I was out on my bicycle all day today patrolling the neighbourhood that I work in. I broke up a fight between two swans and stopped a dog from chasing a swan that he obviously wanted to eat for his dinner!!!

BUT, you have a point and they are not visible enough. BUT, they are under resourced and if out on foot patrol or on a bicycle, cannot respond the emergency situations unless they are very close by.

So, more officers and more on foot and bicycle patrols PLUS those in cars.

If you have issues, contact your local police - and ask if you have neighbourhood police officers? Ask how you can meet them and discuss with them any concerns you do have. Perhaps you are really lucky and live in an area that has no problems????

One other point, I recently spoke to a local resident who has a 6 foot hedge at the front of his house and electronic gates. His living room is at the rear of the house. He told me that he NEVER sees police officers in his road. I politely told him that I had been down there MANY times and that it was impossible for him to see me anyway!!

So, there are more than two sides to every story!

taketwo

nope

BlackBerry Addict

Yes, there was one investigating missing plant pots from a house about a half mile down the road in the village... nothing much happens here.... although it does get rather exciting when a police helicopter swoops overhead!

ragill_s1849

Blimey, you're lucky. 1) It means you don't get Police cars going past your house on nee-nors all day. 2) It probably means you have a very low crime rate in your area. Don't knock it. Anyway, to answer your question, yes, we see them quite regularly round here. Dodgy area. :o)

heaton_russell

phil j

I have, but i am a police man so i know where to look.
to be perfectly honest, the reason why you don't as many police today, as you may have done in the last 10 years is the way the government are telling the police service to conduct themselves. They have given us so much red tape to cut through, that even the simplest task takes hours to complete. If i arrest a shoplifter at 8am in the morning, and say that the suspect is under 17, wants a solicitor and needs some medication, this will extend what should be a simple 20 minute interview into 6-10 hours spend battling through red tape and crap in the police station custody suite. And should the suspect no make admissions to the crime, as police officers we now are not allowed to charge a suspect with the crown prosecution service reviewing every case where the suspect hasn't admitted the offence, as they will not run the case if it's not 99% certain that they can win the case.
As well as this, the government have also given us stop search forms which need to be filled out when we speak to someone, which can taken 5 minutes to complete, and if you count on the fact that a police officer can speak to hundreds of persons everyday, that's alot of time spent doing nothing useful.
And on top of that, the government have told us that every crime that's called into the station must be investigated, even if the matter is clearly not a crime under UK law....we still have to investigate the matter to crime the offence as NO OFFENCE.
With a high workload and probably 20% less police officers, it's a tall order to also patrol the streets and do our duty to the public that pays their taxes for a police service.
Until the government gets a spine and gives the police back some sort of discretion when dealing with crime, and gives officers a decent pay rise to retain officers, the matter will stay the same. All i can say is that 90% of police officers are hard working and want to get back on the streets and serve the public, so don't think you don't see us cause we off have donuts and coffee..........although this could be the reason for 20 minutes per day.....we all need a break once in a while. ; )

Pretorian

Ive just seen loads of them. They broke down my door & confiscated a passiflora plant I have????

Simon B

I see lots every day!

mini prophet of fubar

i see them frequently but then again i live next door to the police station, but i do see them on patrol in the area as well when im not out side the station

tigeroscar2005

Yes around where i live in southend they ride around on bikes and the other day they stopped my cousin for looking suspicious and staring at them but he said he was so surprised to see one on a bike!! but if there is an incident it still takes them about 5 hours to respond!!

guitarvirgin

I see loads of them all the time except when I want one.

bullatpool

there was one outside my workplace yesterday, all day

kasey

i saw 3 police cars yesterday on the side of the road, 1 with a speed gun and 2 just up the road who had stopped a motorist probably for speeding.

dollysdress

not a real one just community support

button mushroom

Police? are they the ones who are supposed to uphold law and order on our streets, have they got legs? I only see the top half as they cruise by occasionaly in their patrol(?) cars.

dink2006

Think Richard Attenborough has classified them as an endangered species.

Petrol Head

Yes at the McDonald's drive thru.

kebablamb

Yeah ! Got a phone call from one at 3 am on Saturday to see if I could identify some piss heads fighting outside my house, woke my teething 6 month old up ! thought that was very nice of them ! Or what about the one that gave me his phone number and asked me to report if I saw any kids up to no good. So not only am I paying his wage with my taxes, he wants me to do the job for him aswell ! I ask yer................

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