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A politically incorrect attempt at humour. I am not the author. Stop reading if this offends you.

And it came to pass that the Philistines took to the streets and smashed the graven images. And the police said to their leaders, “Let Us Go Amongst Them and Give Them the Jail.” But the leaders said “No, Rock Not the Boat.”

And the word went out to bring back the retired officers of long ago who gave not a fuck about the police leaders.

The word went out to search high and low among the pubs and the bowling clubs, to leave their Tesco shopping trolleys and get back into uniform from whence they had come, for the young police said unto them, “We Have Listened to Your Shite About What You Would Have Done 30 Years Ago, Now Put Up or Shut Up.”

And they gathered together, the sick, old & lame, the sore of back and the gammy of leg, and went to sort out the Philistines.

And the Philistines laughed when saw their white hair, crying out “Fuck Off You Old Bastards”.

And the old bastards drew their sticks and delivered the Philistines a proper series of good old fashioned hidings which made them run like fuck, and there was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the land of the Philistines for most of them got the jail and were seen not again.

And the young police said among themselves, “These Old Guys Are Truly The Dogs Balls” and they too gave the Philistines a severe doing.

And the old police went back to their bowling clubs, armed with more good stories to bore the arse off everyone, and all lived happily ever after.

Except the Philistines of course.

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I've seen this one before but it's always a pleasure to see it again!

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There is a phrase that springs to mind….

‘People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf’.

I’m not advocating police violence but firm, fair enforcement of the law without fear or favour should be the focus of police officers.

The increased politicisation of the police has resulted in a service that’s lost its way. You articulate it with humour and very eloquently.

A good read, thank you! Tim

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At the risk of plagiarizing myself, I will repeat part of my comment on your previous post.

Tweets are not important and people using social media need to develop some backbone.

The police need to return to keeping people safe and preventing and detecting crime, especially the ordinary stuff that affects many peoples’ lives, not the esoteric things that no one really cares about. If the public see this happening, they will fall back in love with the police, who will be supported rather than being attacked and abused.

It’s not rocket science and time senior officers realised it.

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Fubar

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Another well written piece Dom which hits the nail squarely on the head. We all know incidents where the police have failed to deal with the crime or expectations of the victims.

We all know the justice system as a whole needs shaking up from top to bottom and the police and prison services are at the mercy of budgets but also quality people who don’t want to be associated with failing businesses. I think the word service has something to do with it.

When a limit is put on the amount someone can steal before they are officially charged and brought before the courts (at some distant point) they will use that to their advantage, we’ve seen recently in a Tesco where a masked gang robbed the store of alcohol and cigarettes etc that the staff filmed it and did nothing to stop them. Even the security guards did little or nothing as they are outnumbered and facing violence for a minimum hourly wage.

In fact my wife and daughter caught up in a similar attack on a local Coop shop, my wife being the wife of a retired police officer berated them and threw cans of beans at them in an effort to distract or stop them while my daughter took video evidence and described the robbers whilst doing so but by the time the police arrived the attackers were long gone on the Tube across the road ready to sell their ill gotten gains for cash at the market values…

Sadly while we accept these daily occurrences as part of our new societal structure, most are not ready for the people who have had enough and are ready to defend their property and livelihood with whatever means they have to hand. While they know the police will not act as their defence or even investigate their crime, they will turn to the shadows to get help from those willing to vent their anger and take a chance in the failing system of getting caught and being dealt with for their vigilantism.

I have a young relative serving in the police who is doing his best to serve his community but is doing so hopping on one leg with an arm tied behind his back as society wants a service and not a force to deal with our crimes.

He is sceptical of hope for the future but has committed to carry on serving for now. I respect that and having served for 34yrs under a force and a service I think I know which worked better.

Thanks again for bringing this to the attention of thinking people who may agitate some change.

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Chris, I hope they were Home Office approved bean cans.

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Dom, to be fair to her I don’t think she stopped to check 😉 her sense of right and wrong is too strong for that. It’s the breaking of the fabric of society at this level that is the sign of what’s to come. My daughter was worried Sue would be arrested for assault on the Crim’s.

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I love the story that your wife threw bean cans as your daughter took video. I have great sympathy with all the brave people still in the job but the people who need to sort this out are at the top and they are just too self interested.

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Nail on the head, Dom, as usual. The frustration is huge. Back before the fall down the stairs put me in a wheelchair, one day I checked my online bank statement and saw a number of debits that were not mine. I called first direct, and they gave me some information, including that the card was being used as we spoke, in a hotel in Cornwall. I called the hotel and they confirmed that I was currently staying there. I told them that I wasn't and that they might want to consider calling the local gendarmerie. The seemed reluctant to do so, so I called St. Austell nick, as I know the area, and informed them they had a 'percher' waiting for them at the hotel. Did they go and get him? You know the answer. I got my money back, the hotel got paid, so who lost? The bank lost, but most of all society lost.

Dom, given the similarity of our careers, quite happy to do an objective review of the book, no charge!

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