Have you ever noticed the literally hundreds - sometimes thousands of police - on duty for a large football match, not including the ones inside the ground paid for by the club?Did you know that in a town of 90,000 people a mere four will be patrolling at any one time?
I was told that the streets of the city of Manchester have just fourteen patrolling on any typical Saturday night.
With a now massive police force of record proportions - sorry there, of course I meant service - of 143,000 (??!!!) we now have fewer police on the streets than any time in history.
[You would be well advised to read 'A Brief History of Crime' by Peter Hitchens if you want full, sad details of why this is the case.]
So where are all these missing officers? - They are involved in 'initiatives', bureaucracy, bridge-building exercises, more bureaucracy, courses learning how to become politically correct, over-policing sports events, off sick, compiling statistics, learning how to make graphs and how to massage crime figures.
Little wonder that I refused to believe my Mum when she made the laughable and outrageous claim that she had seen two officers walking down our street some two months ago. That is just pure fantasy. Why, the last time that happened was ... now, let me see ... well... er ... never!
