What do you want from the Police?

Davidth88 · 03-02-2009 09:11AM

Hi,

I would like them to actually be given the tools to perform the jobs , and the backing from the ' system ' so that they can perform the jobs.

By that I mean the following.

On the roads .... give them ANPR , ensure they can police effectivly , ie get those un-insured/un-taxed cars off the roads without the need for ' road blocks '

If a person is done for drunk driving then they should be prosecuted , I read recently that only about 10% of people charged actually get done because ' technicalities ' . Now I know technicalities are there to protect us , but a drink driving case should be open/shut . It must be hard for the guys out on the beat to work on nicking someone to have it thrown out because the person can afford a half decent solicitor, either give the police the training or the legal backup to stop this happening.

Also , is it really needed to have so many police lining up to give evidence in court , why isn't a system built to allow them to give evidence remotely somehow ( I am talking about routine traffic matters now ).

I would also like to see them more pro-active around the communities , where I live there is a certain pub car park that is obviously used for drug dealing ( you see cars pull in the same people run out of the pub , speak to the people in the car then the car drives off , then 10 mins later the same thing happens again ) If I ( and other residents can see this , and report it ) then why can't the local police , it's not rocket science .

metman · 03-02-2009 10:43AM

mikemac wrote: »

Well realy I want all the options in the poll but I select : I want my crime solved.

Three times my motorbike has been vandalized. So three times I've gone to the local garda station and that's actually two different stations due to house moves.
Report made, promised a callback and never a word. If you're not going to call me back then just say so and don't leave me in hope. Hey, I'm not expecting CSI treatment or instant succuss but I would like my promised phone call to let me what, if anything was done on this

It's a difficult job for sure and I'm not here ranting but when (not if) my bike gets vandalized or stolen next time, tbh I wouldn't bother reporting it.....what's the point

Mikemac, you raise a valid point that seems to surface too often in my view. There are on occasion mitigating circumstances for lack of contact, officer in your case being on leave, maybe off-sick, or simply inundated with enquiries whilst doing routine police work, but unfortunately there are also a small number of lazy people who provide a poor service and you may have fallen foul of this. Either way, its not really acceptable is it? What I would suggest is that if you have no joy with the officer dealing with your case, then speak to their supervisor or Inspector. You should be kept up to date as to where the investigation is at, and that may mean not being contacted for weeks at a time, but you should be made aware of that fact and get the occasional phnecall to say 'no update, enquiries ongoing'. So rather than saying sod the lot of them, put in a call and express your dissatisfaction. I certainly would.

As regards not reporting crime in the future, well look at it like this. If you don't report it, it doesn't go on the crime stats and the stats then give a false picture of crime and may even show a decrease in figures (say for motor vehicle crime) in your area which might be completely wrong, but as people aren't reporting crime.....this then leads to even less resources being put into the area, and someone will probably get a promotion out of it.

Give them a ring, find out what's going on.

What do you want from the Police?

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