Militarization of the police...

[Transk53]

In a case like that, tactics and weapon use are seldom a primary emphasis of the training when US officers go somewhere. Instead, it's more often things like strategic approaches, policing styles, administrative practices... In short, the things that make US policing "work." Often -- the results are mixed, because a lot of what makes our methods "work" are cultural. You can't take a Bobby off the streets of London, and plop him in a US city, and expect him to be effective without significant changes in how he works, any more than the top cop out of the NYPD -- or my agency, for that matter -- could be dumped in London and succeed. (Assume that basic issues like knowing the streets, the laws, and the community are magically taken care of, in either case.)

Yeah, nice reply

 

[Tez3]

While I think JKS is generally correct,'bobbies' on London streets are not what you think they are anymore, they would fit in much better in an American city than you imagine. American practices have been closely studied. The City of London police, these days are armed more often than not while the Met police are a very sophisticated force who have specialised units for gangs and terrorism plus Special Branch. Community policing is something quite different now.

 

[Transk53]

Still the numbers of street cops are still too low. Yesterday we had the usual cliff jumper issue. Thankfully he was rescued, but numbers in Brighton and Hove are stretched. A while ago one night, there were only 13 covering the East of the city.