Things Noticeable this week

[Wendigo]

Originally Posted by CARLTON BROWN

Police need to be respected by the public and respect needs to be earned. Having good law enforcement people on the streets remains important wherever you are in the world.

I totally agree, however respect should not and does not automatically come with the uniform as some of these cops seem to believe.
It only takes a few bad apples to screw it up for everyone and any Force's attempts to cover up offences by officers who are corrupt or just a small step away from street thug level rather than weeding the bastards out and rewarding good cops should be stamped out.

[haroldeye]

The principles of policing as laid down when the Met was founded:



When saying ‘policing by consent’, the Home Secretary was referring to a long standing philosophy of British policing, known as the Robert Peel’s 9 Principles of Policing. However, there is no evidence of any link to Robert Peel and it was likely devised by the first Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis (Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne). The principles which were set out in the ‘General Instructions’ that were issued to every new police officer from 1829 were:

To prevent crime and disorder, as an alternative to their repression by military force and severity of legal punishment.

To recognise always that the power of the police to fulfil their functions and duties is dependent on public approval of their existence, actions and behaviour and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect.

To recognise always that to secure and maintain the respect and approval of the public means also the securing of the willing co-operation of the public in the task of securing observance of laws.

To recognise always that the extent to which the co-operation of the public can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of physical force and compulsion for achieving police objectives.

To seek and preserve public favour, not by pandering to public opinion; but by constantly demonstrating absolutely impartial service to law, in complete independence of policy, and without regard to the justice or injustice of the substance of individual laws, by ready offering of individual service and friendship to all members of the public without regard to their wealth or social standing, by ready exercise of courtesy and friendly good humour; and by ready offering of individual sacrifice in protecting and preserving life.

To use physical force only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient to obtain public co-operation to an extent necessary to secure observance of law or to restore order, and to use only the minimum degree of physical force which is necessary on any particular occasion for achieving a police objective.

To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police, the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.

To recognise always the need for strict adherence to police-executive functions, and to refrain from even seeming to usurp the powers of the judiciary of avenging individuals or the State, and of authoritatively judging guilt and punishing the guilty.

To recognise always that the test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, and not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them.

Essentially, as explained by the notable police historian Charles Reith in his ‘New Study of Police History ‘in 1956, it was a philosophy of policing ‘unique in history and throughout the world because it derived not from fear but almost exclusively from public co-operation with the police, induced by them designedly by behaviour which secures and maintains for them the approval, respect and affection of the public’.

It should be noted that it refers to the power of the police coming from the common consent of the public, as opposed to the power of the state. It does not mean the consent of an individual. No individual can chose to withdraw his or her consent from the police, or from a law.

[Devius]

Having just arrived from work, and peeked at some of the previous posts, this entry should fit in nicely...

Largest crime rise in England and Wales for 10 years

Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The total number of crimes reported to and recorded by the police rose by 10% between April 2016 and March 2017 to almost five million.

Violent crime was up by 18%, robbery by 16% and sex offences by 14%.

The figures come as Home Office data shows the number of police officers is the lowest since 1985.

A report said there were 123,142 officers across all ranks in England and Wales at the end of March this year.

Despite the rise in crime recorded by police, the Crime Survey of England and Wales, based on people's experiences of crime, showed a 7% drop.

The Crime Survey is always published on the same day as the ONS figures.

Its results are based on a face-to-face survey of 38,000 adults and children in which they are asked about their experiences of crime in the previous year.

The method means it includes crimes that are never reported to the police.

In the ONS statistics, nearly five million crimes were recorded by the police in the last year - 458,021 more than the previous year.

The number of offences of violence against a person went up 18% to 175,060 offences.

Theft was up 7%, with 118,774 crimes recorded, and public order offences rose 39% to 78,697.

There were 723 homicides in the past year - made up of murders, manslaughter and infanticide cases.

The figure included the 96 Hillsborough deaths for the first time, following the inquest verdict in April 2016 that the victims had been unlawfully killed 27 years earlier.

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40665733

Back in 2015 (then Home Secretary) Theresa May told the Police Federation to stop "crying wolf" about the impact of financial cuts:

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32806520

Over to you, Prime Minister...

[SanteeFats]

Originally Posted by Devius

Largest crime rise in England and Wales for 10 years

Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The total number of crimes reported to and recorded by the police rose by 10% between April 2016 and March 2017 to almost five million.

Violent crime was up by 18%, robbery by 16% and sex offences by 14%.

Not really judging but I wonder how much of the increase is from terrorist types.

[seany65]

Earlier this week I noticed that the "More to share" maltesers bag (which they introduced a few years ago at the same time as dropping the amount of maltesers in the "Family bag" from 170g to 153g), which orginally had 290g now only has 166g of maltesers in.

[SanteeFats]

Originally Posted by seany65

Earlier this week I noticed that the "More to share" maltesers bag (which they introduced a few years ago at the same time as dropping the amount of maltesers in the "Family bag" from 170g to 153g), which orginally had 290g now only has 166g of maltesers in.

WTH are you posting about?

[seany65]

@SanteeFats:

I posted about something I noticed this week in the 'things noticeable this week' thread.

The thing I noticed is the continuing trend for a certain company to cut the weight of maltesers in their bags, in this particular case, the bag in question (the largest bag they produce, called the 'more to share' bag) has had it's contents reduced from 290 grammes to 166 grammes, which is 4 grammes less than the original largest bag (which was called the 'family bag'), which used to have 170 grammes in but now only has 93 grammes.

I don't know how long it's taken them to reduce the content from 290 grammes to 166 grammes, it's just something I noticed this week.

I can try to 'google translate' that into any language you prefer, although into English would seem to be a bit of a waste of time.

[sandhunter]

Seany65 , Sans like me have no clue what is a Malteser
Is it candy or is it like vegimite , things us in the Americas don't understand why people would do that to themselves by putting that in their body

[seany65]

@ sandhunter and SanteeFats:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltesers

[sandhunter]

Originally Posted by seany65

@ sandhunter and SanteeFats:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltesers

I don't click on unreliable links , show pictures