Our police need to get their priorities straight August 7, 2008

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I was in London for two days last week, and I was shocked by what happened on one of our bus journeys:

Firstly, a whole team (not just one, about 5, plus a police officer and some bouncer guy) of, yes, ticket inspectors got on our bus. They discovered one man who hadn’t swiped his Oyster card, and the card was empty/faulty. He put up a tiny argument, refusing the 20 pound fine. This was fine, he wasn’t violent or anything like that, just angry.

Then it happened, after about 5 minutes of agruing, the bus was ordered by the ticket inspectors to stop. However, was the man made to get off? No. Was every single paying customer? Yes. What is wrong with the police? The priority is to the public, not the criminal! When he eventually gave in, they even allowed him to finish the journey.

This is what should have happened: he argues, police/ticket inspectors give up, smack him round the face with their batons, and drag him onto the street where they wait for more police to prosecute him. Meanwhile the paying customers get to our destination on time.

We need to be tougher on criminals in the UK, police need more power, more respect. Currently they seem to remain as the laughing stock of the country.

One Response to “Our police need to get their priorities straight”

  1. Rhinn Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 6:08 am

    Perhaps you just haven’t realized how some things go down. Some people realize you can cut corners, the bus is going from A to B anyways, so what if one dude made it in without paying. They gave him a scare, he may be more likely not to do it again. I look at things in the sense of global workings. I work in a rather relaxed environment, on paper I’m only given 30 minutes of break. However, I smoke and so do several of my superiors. There have been times where I’ve taken 3 hours of break in a ten hour shift. Should I be working if the company is paying me to sit there? I’ve come in and worked a 10 hour shift and done nothing, simply because our network(I do Network Surveillance) is working at 100%. If shit gets done, whats the big deal?

    If you tighten that rope, you may cut your breath off. Typically if I’m around people that really stick to the rules or stick them to me I’ll fight fire with fire. If not, its all good.

    I just mind my own, I don’t care what others do. If they want to put themselves at risk, or take a chance then that’s their choice. You simply didn’t take that risk and paid.

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