tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post7952452747453520894..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Catching criminalsJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-45306104083017728242011-09-07T19:28:06.090+01:002011-09-07T19:28:06.090+01:00The suggestion is mot anathema to many in the BTP....The suggestion is mot anathema to many in the BTP. It's a requirement. Specialist training gives the transport constabulary it's distinctiveness. The question then arises when 'city dumping' occurs of those arrested for public order offences by civil constabularies on major railway stations to get a of a problem off their "patch". This can result in an obnoxious drunk being removed from a place of safety into a place of danger, both to him/herself and others. Care should be taken to stop 'passing the buck' within specialist units. There is also a measure of police performance rarely talked about (until the riots in England), that of saving lives and protecting the public. This is the primary role of a warranted officer and overrides the need to obtain a prosecution. The first stage in the decision making process of calling suspects to account is the decision made by an officer at the scene of an incident. Suspects can be victims, and victims can also be suspects. Arrest is not just a tool of potential prosecution. It's also a tool of diffusion, intelligence, and public order. This makes the whole 'target' approach taken by the government superfluous. Whilst 'specialist units' can exist within any constabulary, they are usually formed reactively, when the reality is, that to be most effective they need to be proactive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-39090270151847435752011-09-06T16:08:09.262+01:002011-09-06T16:08:09.262+01:00In an ideal world every police officer would make ...In an ideal world every police officer would make zero arrests.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.com