Dear diver dan,

Well that got a laugh.

Mate, I am painting the picture with broad strokes and all you are seeing is just the stripes you want to see.

You claim "My mark with policing is maintains its independence out of the hands of politicians and the military."

The public via the politicians fund police numbers. Please let me know of a single Australian police force which has rejected extra funding thrown at them by law and order cash splashes. In Victoria the political one-upmanship has gotten completely out of hand and the State is having to find and extra 4 billion dollars annually to fund it.

Yet all you can say is they should be funded to provide adequate policing to the community. Well who do you envisage determines that?

Many thanks TTBN...

I'm the first to admit, Australia's policing could well be improved, but compared to many forces abroad, we're miles ahead. Especially when juxtaposed with some of those countries in South America where police corruption is rife. The days of resorting to the White Pages is long gone as it should be. Moreover it's a case now of smart policing outsmarting some, not so smart crooks. Thanks again TTBN.

The massive increase in crime rates in progressive cities in the US such as Oakland is no coincidence and is entirely due to the woke politics of their councillors.

Nobody joins the police force for the money, it is normally a calling. For police putting their lives on the line, every day depends on their superiors having their backs. Oakland while not actually reducing the spending on police froze any new recruitment leading to record low numbers. They also made the police feel like criminals resulting in large numbers of resignations.

Also, the new problems with physically restraining criminals made policing the crime-ridden black areas physically and legally dangerous and with the catch and release bail conditions crime has soared not only in Oakland but in all "progressive" cities.

SteeleRedux

We live in very confused times. While left wing fanaticals (viz “Dictator Dan”), bolster their defences against the imagined threat from the right wing, increasing police numbers to do it, their own side is actually its own enemy, burning down city centres and attacking Police headquarters in the US, the more dramatic example.

It’s the perception of crime among Politicians, and their inability to recognise the actual causes behind crime, the problem here.

Striped rainbow paint comes in a tin doesn’t it? Check your garage for me and report back Constable.

Dan.

Wow Ahhh…

Check this one out: headlines this morning

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-17/inside-mick-fullers-nsw-police-punters-club/100818960
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Corruption at the top of NSW police force again.

Time for another Woods type Royal Commission into NSW police.
Actually, I think personally, after the evacuation of the NSW Premier and her Deputy recently, it’s actually time for a top down Royal Commission investigation into NSW Political corruption.

Dan

Australia's policing could well be improved,
o sung wu,
I can only think of one method to achieve improvement & that's the introduction of a kind of National Service but with a military aspect to be optional & this option has to be available only to those who can satisfy a criteria based on proven integrity !
Those who think we should not have a NS are fools who are fooling themselves !