Police host crime prevention workshops (From Watford Observer)

They could start with locking up burglars and street robbers. That would make a huge difference.

Any initiative like this is to be welcomed, but I do think the public need better protecting from criminals that have already been caught and not locked up because of liberal leanings by the establishment.

I agree 100 per cent with Reg Edit.

There are two things that the vast majority of people want to see in the fight against crime.....

1) Many more police officers visibly patrolling the streets ON FOOT, not zooming around in cars or stuck behind computers compiling pointless statistics and reports.

2) That criminal scum should be locked up for a very long time. But this would require the co-operation of judges and magistrates and, as Reg Edit says, the politically correct and the liberal Left have created a climate in which criminals are regarded as victims themselves and let off with a slap on the wrist.

Crime prevention workshops are no more than a weak sticking plaster solution. I bet the tips on how to avoid being a victim of crime don't include advice on how far the innocent householder is allowed to go to protect his family and property without being arrested himself!

I can't really add anything to what Reg and Roy said. But sadly under a political police leader things are likely to get worse long before they get better.

I've come up with some draft first lines for their speeches, payment to the usual place:

'Under current legistation, we are not allowed to...'

'Due to years of mismanagement, we are unable...'

'Under EU law, it is not possible...'

I should apply for the job myself; it's easy.

You cant blame the police for the majority of criminals not being locked up or being given long enough sentences, that’s down to the CPS and courts/judges and current laws the vast majority of the time. I know coppers who are as frustrated as the rest of us when they catch people over and over again for crimes just to see them get a soft or non sentence allowing them to be quickly back on the streets committing crimes again.

And if under laws and regulations the polices powers are limited again don’t blame them, blame the politicians who make the law or signed up to EU ones.

No, the police arent perfect but the vast majority of them do a good job in difficult circumstances.

As to crime prevention, maybe they would have more time to do what you want of them if they werent dealing so much with crimes that could have been prevented if people hadnt left valuables on display in cars, mobile phones sticking out of back pockets, house windows open whilst they were out and so on.