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It’s really great to see the good old telly providing us with some much-needed evidence of the rampant ‘waste’ of public money and our personal security resources. With police chiefs continuingly ‘insisting’ that they’re not a fund-raising unit for the government, they then allow TV cameras to follow their every move when it comes to ‘crim’-catching’.
The majority of these shows concentrate on the infamous ‘police chases’ involving cars, and helicopters of course. Where no expense is spared to catch drugged-up Johnny who’s nicked a car, often a clapped out wreck anyway, but is still an exciting prospect to show the TV viewers just how ‘brave’ and efficient our good old ‘Bobbies’ really are.
NOT!
In just man-hours alone, the cost is usually far more than these cars are worth. Then you have the damage done to other motorists’ cars as well as the police cars, as they get bumped out of the way by these marauding social misfits. (That’s the Police as well as the Druggies.) Of course, the inevitable helicopter with it’s ‘all-seeing-eye’ has to be brought into the fray at God-knows ‘what’ price.
All to catch little drugged-up-Johnny, who’s only going to get a slap on the wrist anyway by the courts ‘if’ he gets arrested.
WHY? Because he’s a druggie of course. Or a habitual criminal with a record as long as your arm. In the UK our magistrates have their hands well and firmly ‘tied’ by our own government, who want to be seen to be hard on crime, but not willing to payroll it in terms of ‘punishment’.
They know that no matter how many times you arrest young Johnny, he’s just going to go back out there and do it again anyway, so why waste even ‘more’ money than they have already? What with the cost of the police chase, the possible ‘custody’ costs, legal aid and then court costs. The bill for recovering that car has spiralled out of all control, so magistrates are the governments ‘scape-goat’.
They are the last in line of well-paid resources that have been ploughed into this whole escapade, which could have been spent far more wisely by attending a burglary or physical assault somewhere else. But, as many people know to their cost. (Sometimes with their lives). It’s very difficult to get a police response to these situations. That’s if you can even get a timely response to your emergency call in the first place.
Dial 999 in the UK and you’re met with a barrage of useless information questions by some half-wit in a ‘call-centre’ of all things, and usually MILES away from your own location. So they don’t have a clue about the position or environment that you’re in. You’re usually asked; “Where exactly is that?” “Can you give me a more precise location?” “Do you know the postcode?” etc, etc, etc. All the time you’re answering this twaddle, the emergency you’ve phoned up about is getting out of hand. Then by the time the police DO get there, it’s all over and done with, often with serious consequences.
Phone up about a car being nicked and you’ll get ‘Instant Response Vehicles’, often referred to as ‘The Interceptors’. Ready, willing, able and pumped up to the hilt. Revving up in anticipation of a really exciting chase.
Which car will get the spoils? It’s a high-octane competition now, often involving ‘outside forces’ who are looking to get one over on their neighbours and ‘capture’ drugged-up Johnny before he can commit a really ‘serious’ offence like; sitting in a car park somewhere injecting himself into oblivion.
Those that say their car cost £10,000, £20,000 or much more, should take a step back and see reality.
It’s just a car. It’s made of metal. It has no soul. No feelings. It can be replaced at far less a cost than the out-of-control police chase that will ensue the moment it gets reported. Yes it’s a horrible feeling when your car is stolen, and it’s very inconvenient all round. But more often than not, the car gets damaged in the chase anyway.
Compare the emotional damage caused by a car theft to that caused by a burglary or physical assault and there is NO comparison. You will get over a car theft very quickly. People DO NOT get over having their personal space invaded by a burglary or assault. Both can be life destroying for the victims. But both are dealt with in a half-hearted way by those who are paid to protect us.
As for the courts, if or when the perpetrators are caught? Again, costs are brought into play, and if the burglar or attacker is a repeat offender, there ‘will’ be just a gentle slap on the wrist. Maybe a nominal fine, which they won’t pay anyway, and they’re back on the streets to cause even MORE trauma for their unsuspecting victims.
Of course, if, as a normally law-abiding citizen, you get embroiled in a ‘fray’ of some sort, you defend yourself, and by doing so you injure the person ‘responsible’, then that’s a whole different ball game. The MIGHT of the law is brought down on you. Imprisonment will be a possible outcome. But at the very least, you will be looking at a heavy fine of at least a couple of thousand pounds.
Where’s the justice? What justice are we talking about here? There IS no justice for law-abiding citizens.
We have no genuine rights anymore if we pay our taxes on time, keep our head low, and try to live a ‘normal’ life. We are ‘the fodder’ that feeds the ‘Holy Cow’ that is the Government of the day. (No matter who that government is).
Drugged-up Johnny, or the repeat offending criminal DOES NOT contribute to government coffers. If you are a ‘normal’ law-abiding individual, then you DO. Not only that, but you can be fined and confidently expected to be able to PAY. Or if not, you will get yourself into more debt to enable yourself to PAY. Right?
Next time you watch a ‘Police Chase’ on the TV, just remember this article, and see if you can tot up the ‘number’ of resources used. The possible ‘cost’ of those resources, and the end result achieved by the ‘squandering’ of all those resources that are ‘incidentally’ being paid for by YOU!
Car chases are just an ‘Adrenalin-rush-fest’ for the police and crim’s alike. They both get a ‘high’ from it. You can see it in their faces, and also by their actions. They simply ‘love’ a good car chase. (And if we’re honest. who wouldn’t).
Feel cheated? I’ll bet you do, and rightly so too. Our supposed personal security is just a sick joke, played on ‘Us’ by people that ‘We’ elected to do so.
WHO’S the FOOL?
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