THE INTRODUCTION OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS - WHY GOVERNMENT HAVE GOT IT WRONG
The
introduction of Police Commissioners is seen as 'giving taxpayers the
choice' of what crime problems are focused on by local police. However,
the potency of such a notion is riddled with questions. For instance,
how can true problems reflected in crime statistics (which statisticians
work incredibly hard to produce - and are paid by the taxpayer!) be
dealt with by police when inexperienced peoples are allocating police
resources? Unfortunately we, although we like to think, are not experts
in dealing with crime thus the
police force should deal with it.
Moreover,
relating to this issue David Cameron was on ITV show This Morning
earlier this week condemning presenter Phillip Schofield for supposedly
trying to convert a policing issue into a widescale political issue.
Contradictory? I think so. The introduction of police commissioners will
(as demonstrated by the BBC in the link provided above) cause frictions
between commissioners and police chief constables. Taxpayers will have a
heavy influence on the commissioners decisions on policing, which may
well be in contrast to that of the chief constables, who are unanimously
the experts. Therefore, it is
inevitable that the decision (made by central government) to introduce
such a new system could potentially dampen communications and thereby
the overall quality of policing in the UK.
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