Another excellent JRM article - informed and measured. I feel that the overreach of the College of Policing supports the argument made. Yet another ill-considered and damaging proposal from the party of constitutional vandalism.
Remember the phrase attributed to Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland ''When it is not necessary to change it is necessary not to change''. very true
Excellent - also applicable to the current mania for 'devolution' in which smaller, more local councils are being merged into larger less democratically accountable entities. The precise opposite of devolution, of course.
That was great. I didn't know Bobbies were named after Sir Robert Peel.
I agree that more centralization is a bad idea. We here in NY might be facing similar diktats with our new fellow traveler mayor taking office next month.
Certain centralization procedures work, like Comstat. I think it is a good idea for precinct commanders to be able to explain to their chiefs why crime is up or down, and perhaps also explain the deployment of resources. That program has been around for about 30 years now.
That kind of accountability, while vital, pales in the importance of a precinct that is totally invested in the community. My neighborhood has that. Food drives, Christmas Light parades, active foot posts in the commercial areas, pizza parties for kids, alert gang units, every kind of reach-out you can think of. And every NYC precinct is so different. To centralize things even more just divorces us citizens a little bit more from our police. We like our precinct heads running the show, not some portly desk jockey at the borough command.
The mayor-elect has thankfully backed down on his "defund the police" position he blabbed out months earlier.
Another excellent JRM article - informed and measured. I feel that the overreach of the College of Policing supports the argument made. Yet another ill-considered and damaging proposal from the party of constitutional vandalism.
Remember the phrase attributed to Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland ''When it is not necessary to change it is necessary not to change''. very true
Excellent - also applicable to the current mania for 'devolution' in which smaller, more local councils are being merged into larger less democratically accountable entities. The precise opposite of devolution, of course.
Spot on!
Good show this evening, Michael Crick is as sharp as they come.
And your YT show was good too. Regarding the inheritance tax topic and when it falls due, you made me howl.
"... but you don't know when people are going to die despite Labour's best efforts with the suicide bill".
Another JRM Easter Egg!
That was great. I didn't know Bobbies were named after Sir Robert Peel.
I agree that more centralization is a bad idea. We here in NY might be facing similar diktats with our new fellow traveler mayor taking office next month.
Certain centralization procedures work, like Comstat. I think it is a good idea for precinct commanders to be able to explain to their chiefs why crime is up or down, and perhaps also explain the deployment of resources. That program has been around for about 30 years now.
That kind of accountability, while vital, pales in the importance of a precinct that is totally invested in the community. My neighborhood has that. Food drives, Christmas Light parades, active foot posts in the commercial areas, pizza parties for kids, alert gang units, every kind of reach-out you can think of. And every NYC precinct is so different. To centralize things even more just divorces us citizens a little bit more from our police. We like our precinct heads running the show, not some portly desk jockey at the borough command.
The mayor-elect has thankfully backed down on his "defund the police" position he blabbed out months earlier.