The End of The World

jp · 20-05-2006, 11:57 AM

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Many officers wonder how long it will be before the whole system of responding to calls from the public, investigating crime and prosecuting offenders completely jams under the weight of its own lunacy. I'm not exactly sure how this will happen, but in my own small way, I notice that every time a go to a job some small task is added.

For example, I might deal with a hate crime incident and have to complete three separate checklists listing all the jobs that have to be done. The following month, I attend another hate crime incident and there is a fourth checklist to be filled out with a little extra information. It only takes a minute or two, but the following month, there's another one, the next week someone has added another page to a domestic questionnaire. So before I know it a whole series of tasks which, individually, only take a minute end up taking hours.

One of the ironies of all this is that I have recently discovered something called a Policing Bureaucracy Gateway but cannot work out if it is open or closed, locked or unlocked, manned or merely a figment of someone's imagination. One thing's clear though, police bureaucrats are not without a sense of humour: to introduce more checklists in the police, you first have to complete... a checklist! You couldn't make it up.

In order to address the complex root causes of the human condition, Newtown police (like every force in the country) has set up different squads to deal with particularly upsetting aspects of human nature. The proliferation of such teams mean that there are fewer and fewer of us actually completing checklists and more and more people analysing the results of our ticking.

All of the above was cogently argued in an e-mail I received from an unnamed officer:

I don't know if you ever get short of things to write about - I suspect not - but in my little corner of the world, things have taken a splendid turn.

After a couple of years of generating squads to do this, squads to do that, and realigning everything with something else, all in order to create better efficiency, the edifice has finally crumbled under its own weight - as there are not enough people left on the streets to actually go to jobs anymore, and the compulsory tasks for any given job are now so longwinded that the few resources still left take forever to do anything. The list of outstanding jobs has grown and grown - people can now wait weeks to be seen.

I say that the edifice has collapsed - and it's now official, as today there has been a comb out of us plastics to stop whatever we're doing, and attend to the huge number of outstanding incidents by phoning people, getting them to come to the nick to be seen, cuffing the odd job here and there - until 1 June when we can stop. We can stop then because the new Ch Super will have had his appraisal then the panic will be over. Who will then investigate all these new crimes, God knows but it's just swapping one list of outstanding stuff for another.

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andypandy · 27-05-2006, 10:47 PM

If the law enforcers find they are being strangled in their efforts to actually enforce laws due to politically correct form-filling requirements, then what hope do the public have in maintaining any chance of faith in either the police or the justice system?

I just don't know why this government doesn't go ahead and create a special police force to deal specifically with hate crimes. Let them get bogged down with dealing with the complex social upheavals that are occurring on a daily basis, leave the proper police to deal with crimes of violence, theft, fraud, assault and so on.

Intbel · 28-05-2006, 12:36 AM

On 11 May 2005 - in Strasbourg Nigel farage said:

"If we go on selling this project to the peoples of Europe on a lie, we are more likely than not to stoke up and cause bitter resentments and extreme nationalism."

A year later his words have proven correct.

There is more nationalism and as a result more division within our society.
Our government seems intent upon causing unrest and creating a climate in which crime flourishes and in which the police are unable to do the job for which they are paid and trained.

The cumulative effect will be, if not severely soon curtailed, total chaos on our streets.

The only measures left then to keep any kind of control would be to use the military.

But then, it is possible that Military Rule is the objective.

Conspiracy theory? Sure, I make 'em up all the time ... BUT ... look at the facts and and tell me there may not be somthing in what I write or else give an alternative explanation for why things are being disordered as they are.

What is happening is happening for a reason - it is not accidental.
Indeed, we have laws and rules and policies and directives to make it happen.

Our government is deliberately causing chaos, unrest and unease.
When they push things far enough, folks will be so unsettled and scared they will accept any plan which will restore order, no matter how draconian that plan maybe.

To force through unnacceptable policies you first create a climate in which folks will welcome those policies.

My guess is the govt. is about two thirds of the way there ...

I am unable to find any alternative logical explanation.

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27-05-2006, 10:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
andypandy Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 880	If the law enforcers find they are being strangled in their efforts to actually enforce laws due to politically correct form-filling requirements, then what hope do the public have in maintaining any chance of faith in either the police or the justice system? I just don't know why this government doesn't go ahead and create a special police force to deal specifically with hate crimes. Let them get bogged down with dealing with the complex social upheavals that are occurring on a daily basis, leave the proper police to deal with crimes of violence, theft, fraud, assault and so on.

28-05-2006, 12:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Intbel Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a field near you - look for the yellow and purple tent ... Posts: 4,665	On 11 May 2005 - in Strasbourg Nigel farage said: "If we go on selling this project to the peoples of Europe on a lie, we are more likely than not to stoke up and cause bitter resentments and extreme nationalism." A year later his words have proven correct. There is more nationalism and as a result more division within our society. Our government seems intent upon causing unrest and creating a climate in which crime flourishes and in which the police are unable to do the job for which they are paid and trained. The cumulative effect will be, if not severely soon curtailed, total chaos on our streets. The only measures left then to keep any kind of control would be to use the military. But then, it is possible that Military Rule is the objective. Conspiracy theory? Sure, I make 'em up all the time ... BUT ... look at the facts and and tell me there may not be somthing in what I write or else give an alternative explanation for why things are being disordered as they are. What is happening is happening for a reason - it is not accidental. Indeed, we have laws and rules and policies and directives to make it happen. Our government is deliberately causing chaos, unrest and unease. When they push things far enough, folks will be so unsettled and scared they will accept any plan which will restore order, no matter how draconian that plan maybe. To force through unnacceptable policies you first create a climate in which folks will welcome those policies. My guess is the govt. is about two thirds of the way there ... I am unable to find any alternative logical explanation.