Comments on: Police Protection in the UK http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/07/16/police-protection-in-the-uk/ Where There's Snow, There's Firepower Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: teqjack http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/07/16/police-protection-in-the-uk/#comment-26345 teqjack Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:17:44 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=4031#comment-26345 Well... This is to be a nation-wide policy. So it has to cover districts where it may be an hour's drive from the station to the place of the incident - and that is assuming there is a car (and cop) available immediately. And it will make urban forces, where stations may be under five miles from each other (heck, in fairly rinky-dink Providence RI downtown police "stations" are less than one mile from each other downtown, if you include one-officer bicycle stations) look great for consistently beating the 3-hour bit more than 60% of the time (/snark). Which, of course, is why it should <i>not</i> be a <i>national</i> policy. But that is the system there, so waddahay. Well… This is to be a nation-wide policy. So it has to cover districts where it may be an hour’s drive from the station to the place of the incident - and that is assuming there is a car (and cop) available immediately.

And it will make urban forces, where stations may be under five miles from each other (heck, in fairly rinky-dink Providence RI downtown police “stations” are less than one mile from each other downtown, if you include one-officer bicycle stations) look great for consistently beating the 3-hour bit more than 60% of the time (/snark).

Which, of course, is why it should not be a national policy. But that is the system there, so waddahay.

]]> By: Rob K http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/07/16/police-protection-in-the-uk/#comment-26344 Rob K Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:03:29 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=4031#comment-26344 I wonder how much of the three S's (shoot, shovel, shut-up) already goes on in England. I wonder how much of the three S’s (shoot, shovel, shut-up) already goes on in England.

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