I have a great idea.

We should co-opt Paul & his mates for a flying squad or two. We could fly them by chopper to any area with a difficult arrest going on. He could then demonstrate his superior ability to do the job.

If he failed, the cops could than at least use him as a shield. where he could take the knees & elbows to the groin, & other tender bits of his anatomy. His attitude would change very quickly.

Like my lady, a real case of bleeding heart for years, telling anyone who would listen, that those unemployed were victims not bludgers. It took over a year of working for a charity Job Network Provider, specifically with the long term unemployed case book in our town, to finally change her mind.

One might after a harrowing day, when they had to call the cops twice, to control ratbags threatening violence because they had been breached, & their welfare reduced, it all came out.

She finally admitted to herself that 60% of her casebook were very real bludgers. Dozens were caught working cash in hand, while still claiming the dole. Many others stopped turning up for work they had been found, in less than a fortnight.

Most of these bleeding hearts have very little experience of those they are crying over.

Paul,

"The attitude from the rapid right is deplorable..."

What about the slow right?

Anyway, since the police obviously have the rough end of the pineapple during an arrest event, why not use a tranquilliser dart; or a net?
It's a technology for capturing dangerous wild animals which works well. It would fit the circumstances to a tee, tackling drug induced psychotics IMHO.

OSO

I had a couple of years mowing lawns for the Queen at one stage. Every weekend locked up in PDC with two football teams of alcoholics. That was pretty cruisy.

unfortunately, as cruisy as it was, it was way too difficult for many of the drug induced psychos, who quickly ended up over the wall in the big house!

It was a breeze for me, just like being in the army again! Everything in life is a game with rules.
If you understand the need for rules, no problem. But I sense the recognition of this fact is slipping out of sight.
There have always been drugs to contend with, but I am appalled at the sophistication of recreational pharmacology and its outcomes now!

You got me thinking HASBEEN each generation as they begin to develop and expand, have some new social impediment they need to confront. In our times it was of course the strong emergence of Communism. Followed later by the increasing powers of the Union movement, and so it goes on. And in the 1960's was the age of rebellion by our younger folk; viz opposition to the War in Vietnam & free Uni fees etc.

Later, from the mid 1995's through to the present day, we have the emergence of this other new Group. At first glance, they seem to be quite good, albeit with narrow policies. They're known generally and colloquially, as 'The Greens'? Recently and less kindly, some have described them as the 'Browns' - apparently representative of the colour of human excrement?

You couldn't possibly find a more demented and cuckoo group of social oddball's, anywhere. They're probably the greatest political embarrassment ever to emanate from this country, since federation. And one well known name, Ms HANSEN-YOUNG strikes fear into every ordinary, clear thinking Australian citizen. Dogs bark; children scream and all semblance of bird life disappears. While everyone else is wondering with bated breathe as to what next, this extraordinarily vacuous lady might possibly do? A few centuries ago, Wm. SHAKESPEARE may well've written a brilliant comedy even a sonnet, on the Greens, alas he's no longer around, and Dr Brown wants nothing more to do with them, nor their madcap ideas.

It now seems (these Greens) are hellbent in totally dislocating the very fabric of Society, by obstructing, good policy in the Senate. Moreover generally playing havoc with everything else the Reps. have proposed in the Senate. For some reason they're unable to understand, the true function and role of the Senate. Being primarily a House of Review, not one that produces Bills, in order that it be enshrined it into Law. What next will we have to incur? What next me' ol' Navy Aviator mate?

Now that is a surprise DIVER DAN? What terrible earth shattering thing did you do, to get yourself confined for twenty four months earning the 'Queens Shilling' by mowing lawns? Somehow my friend, if I were to juxtapose you and PDC, somehow it just does NOT compute? Certainly not for a 24 months period?

I don't propose to quiz you about it, as it would be quite rude and intrusive. We had another contributor on 'The Forum' with his epithet 'Known unto God' (I think?) or similar, and he by his own admission was in and out quite regularly all due to Drugs, which was very very sad. I'm positive you'd recognise his moniker?

But you're right of course. From what I've heard, more violence and fatalities occur in gaol through ingestion of illegal drugs than any other single cause? Alcohol is way back I'm afraid? It's drugs, drugs and more drugs! Simple as that?

Next question how do you stop drugs getting into gaol - I don't know.

Next question; how do you stop drugs getting onto the street - still don't know, other than we seem to have tried everything? Thanks mate.

OSW: Next question; how do you stop drugs getting onto the street - still don't know, other than we seem to have tried everything?

Well not everything. Ol' Dutete seems to be getting the job done. It's a method we haven't tried here, yet. Maybe worth a try. Of course you'd have the Greenies upset, but that'd be a good thing.