IT’S a tough job being a policeman these days.
On the one hand, there has been a huge growth in certain anti-social and criminal behaviour over the past 50 years.
The binge drinking culture has taken hold in town and city centres. Drug-taking among younger generations is rife. The use of guns and other dangerous weapons in crimes has rocketed, against a backdrop of public opposition to officers arming themselves US-style. A lack of respect and, in some cases, antagonism towards those trying to uphold the law is a sad indictment of many in today’s society.
On the other hand, those to whom the Force must answer have not always been kind. Fighting paperwork takes as much time for bobbies on the beat as does fighting crime.
And resources for Merseyside Police in particular are stretched even further each year, with everyone from the Chief Constable, to the Sefton area commander, to neighbourhood inspectors, sergeants and PCs left to work out how to increase their front-line presence and improve public reassurance despite budgets that are far from ideal.
So for the Home Office’s annual crime statistics to reveal there have been 2,500 FEWER crimes committed in Sefton than the previous year is a phenomenal result.
Information-led policing and careful targeting of certain offences at certain times has been a huge success – the blitz on drivers using mobile phones where images of offenders caught were passed to the Southport Visiter for publication was one notable example.
Along with the Midweek Visiter and our website www.southportvisiter.co.uk we hope the Southport Visiter can continue to help local officers, whether in publicising witness appeals, warning readers to beware of certain crime trends, celebrating police successes or naming and shaming those villains who have been caught, as a warning to other would-be miscreants that they will be too.
Congratulations to every local officer, community support officer and civilian support worker for making such a huge difference to local people’s lives – and for making our neighbourhoods that much safer.
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Jack K-W wrote...
Today i went to the Alexdria and Victoria hotel for a meal with my parents, when our main meals arrived i was a little dis-satisfied because the "Chef's Special" (a lamb shank with minted mash and gravy, which cost a further £2.50) arrived and the mash was very lumpy and tasteless, with the lamb shank over cooked. so i began the laborious task of eating it and complained to my parents.
(Not to totally complain, my parents both enjoyed the chicken and mushroom pie, which i tried and thoroughly enjoyed, wishing i'd ordered it myself.)
We then received the desert and i ordered my overall favourite desert, Bread and butter pudding, it arrived and was probably the worst version of the dish i've tried (made with brown bread), apparently just butered bread with brown sugar then ovened for a few minutes, raisins and ice-cream.
I complained to the waiter having refused to eat the dish and he smiled and was very polite, he later brought the bill to the table and vanished back to his usual chores. no sooner had i looked at the bill he arrived back, taking the bill from me and informing me that the head chef wished to see me. So obliging him i went to see the chef, who informed me that the bill had been wavered and that i was to leave the restaurant immediately and never to return. I informed my parents who joined me in leaving the building, upon leaving the establishment i thanked the chef and was told in no uncertain terms to P&%$ off.
I complained about the staff member to the manager who said he would have a word with him but looked a little reluctant to take interest in my comments. So i thought i'd let you guys know just to complain.......sorry to ruin your day.
Jack & Family
Posted by: Jack K-W | August 31, 2007 3:31 PM