Earlier this week it was revealed by a leading police chief that soon we will no longer see British policemen on foot patrol, otherwise known as “bobbies on the beat”.
The reason given was that evidence shows that random police patrols do not prevent crime and nor do they make people feel safe. I have no idea what “evidence” they’ve been looking at but it seems a little strange. Maybe it is correct that “random” patrols are ineffectual but surely the same cannot be said of regular patrols or beats.
The law-abiding general public undoubtedly welcome the reassuring sight of police on the streets just as much as criminals feel the opposite!
In support of these cuts (and the continuing closure of police stations up and down the land) police chiefs assure us that crime is on the decline and detection rates are improving. Even if that is true, they ignore the fact that whilst crime detection is an important police skill crime prevention is even more so.
Britain’s criminals must be licking their lips in keen anticipation at the consequences of this latest step towards lawlessness.
Common Sense 
Couple that locally with the closure of Police stations at Chapel en le Frith & proposed at Buxton. Compound this with the imminent closure of Buxton magistrates court, the crooks will have free rein. No one to Police or catch them, nowhere to lock any assailants unlucky enough to be captured & nowhere locally for their conviction to be heard.Yep, I feel very safe in the High Peak.Now let me look at my Council tax notice to see how much goes to policing this area, or are we really funding the policing of inner cities of Derby/Chesterfield. Watch the growth of vigilante start-ups are petty crime goes on the increase but can’t be reported.
You’re dead right – unfortunately!