Good evening to you STEELEREDUX...

That's the sort of commentary that should be expressed to all the new recruits at the Goulburn Police Academy. Albeit somewhat idealistic I would've thought.

STEELE I've got no argument with you, or what you've written, or even the general tenor of what you've said. In an ideal world it would apply. In fact since the inception of structured policing in Great Britain, British police were loath to bare F/A's under any circumstances, that is until the advent of terrorism.

I don't know if you've seen a movie starring Paul NEWMAN, called 'Cool Hand Luke'. It's about a petty crook who damages council parking metres, and he gets 12 months gaol in a Labour Camp in a Southern State of the US. The convicts are worked hard in the heat of the South, our hero Paul NEWMAN, starts to rebel from the harsh discipline. Eventually he gets into real trouble so the Warden decides to make an example of him, telling his guards and other convicts '...what we have here, is a failure to communicate...'? Whereby he sets about giving our hero a real flogging.

That's often the real problem STEELE. If we or they, "fail to communicate" we've got enormous problems.

I've been told by my former colleagues, the only form of communication they actually understand is aggression and violence. Sudan is a nation where violence is understood and expected. While negotiation, remonstration, and warnings, are all virtually ignored, and a sign of weakness.

Fortunately I've never had to interact with black Africans. My area of 'expertise' if you like, is the Lebanese community. I think the term applies to the entire world, together with all the worlds problems. "...What we have here, is a failure to communicate...".

VICPOL are having enormous problems with them at this time. What do you suggest they do, other than getting physical with them?

African gangs in Victoria?

We've been here before.

This is from 2007 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH684WWgi-8

Funny how these allegations and get-tough policies seem to come up in time for elections.

Whatever happened to the Chinese Triads that were tearing Sydney apart?
I guess they just updated the script.

Toni,

"...and they'll just stab you for no reason"

as apparently happened to a young man in the Sydney suburb of Balmain.

http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/police-hunt-for-a-man-and-woman-after-teen-stabbed-in-sydneys-inner-west/news-story/7c02780a6752815e5b9214ed3fba8948

//The man and the woman fled up Palmer St.

The male has been described as being white, late 20s to early 30s in age, 185cm tall and with ginger hair...//

Yeah, see, it's the gingers you've got to watch out for:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfRtgMWUgs

We should have a 'one strike and you're out' policy for those disgusting freaks: any ginger convicted of a single serious crime, and we stick 'em on a boat back to where they come from.

While we're at it, we should round up all the dwarves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrjStSqu_w4

And of course, throw the Jew down the well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo

Then our country can be free!

Oh dear, it is the nature of their crimes plus their frequency that
together makes them significant.

//it is the nature of their crimes plus their frequency that
together makes them significant.//

It sure is:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sean-king-gordon-cramp-colin-farrow-kelvin-willmott-australias-most-violent-ice-killers/news-story/eb5cff8a29dd3809522256b19969f4e7