Watson highest unlawful entries in ACT.

Not surprised really – it’s mostly a dark leafy suburb, right next to a busy highway and people can easily escape in any direction they want from there (Belco, Gungahlin, Inner north, Sydney)

Hey settle down there its – Fight crime TOGETHER and win – Do I see you doing your part. Not likely. Add to that define Intelligence led policing -New York pulled it off although they also have 800 Police per 100,000 populace. ACT is just over 250/100,000 – thats the reason its reactive.

Chase the same wankers over and over again until you finally catch them when they mess up only for them to be let out again. The whole system needs an overhaul.

Being overworked/underpaid/abused is no excuse to not/not do your job properly. Having served with the police for numerous years I know what police have to put up with, however, it is evident that something is not working with ACT policing. Maybe the lack of Intelligence Led Policing or lack of pro active policing has something to do with it. From the police I speak to, it appears that it is all reactive policing in the ACT and that won’t stop the crim. As for the comment that the public should approach the govt for more police… well yes they should, but the police force members should also take action by putting pressure on their police association to request more troops/funding. Bottom line is – the police have a job to do, despite being abused, misunderstood, underpaid etc they should treat every job they attend with the enthusiasm of the first job they ever attended. Whats the motto “TO FIGHT CRIME AND WIN” You are not winning at the moment.

“Two of the most ignorant, full of themselves, overweight, overpaid and ill educuated people I have ever met.”

Never met an overpaid cop. It has to be one of the worst jobs I can think of. Low pay silly hours including shift work all over the place. And having to deal with other peoples problems every day.

In qld they work a silly 4 shift monthly system where you do mornings for a week then afternoons then evenings then nights. So you can never settle into a routine lol.

The level of service the ACT public get from the police is far and beyond any other jurisdiction. Half the stuff people have police attend here wouldn’t even get a look in in other states – you’d just be talking to someone over the phone.

AS for repeat offenders point the finger where it belongs – Courts, holiday resorts (Gaols), or even ACT up the bot bot dating sites.

More police = more money Sepi. The Government seems to have far more important things to spend money on, like Al Grasby statues, speed cameras and arboretums.

Hmm…If only we had a decent opposition.

I know that we need more police – I just don’t know how to get them. The govt used to talk about the issue, but now they’ve gone really quiet on it.

It annoys me though – the more kids that get away with stealing numberplates and smashing bottles all over the streets for fun, the more they just progress to worse and worse crimes.

Sepi,

If you were over worked, got no recognition for the work you do, were misunderstood by the public, stressed, and had to deal with filthy druggies and whingers everyday, would you be interested?

Maybe if the gd coppers weren’t flogged when they went to work it might be a different story. ppl think coppers have all the time in the world and should be out there just patrolling the problem areas….your right they should be, but realistically, the AFP hardly have the numbers to cop with the constant reports that continue to come. They go job to job to job, may get a meal in there somewhere, and when its time to knock off, they all of about 30 minutes (sometimes) to type up the paper work.

Rather than direct your frustration at the coppers, redirect it at the Govt! they are the only ppl that can do something about this problem!

I like to bag them. I am related (by only marriage, thankfully) to 2 of the ACT’s constable plods. Two of the most ignorant, full of themselves, overweight, overpaid and ill educuated people I have ever met. The male half enjoys beating up supposed “crims” and also wading into peaceful protests to thump people. The workplace culture of these federal employees that I have witnessed is disgusting.

In my opinion, its just a simple matter of maths.

In the whole of the ACT there are about 180 general duties police.
Due to shift work only about 30% of those are on shift at any one time (with some shifts overlapping).
Due to leave, courses and court take out about another 15% at any one time and you are left with 45 odd police to attend “reports of suspicious behaviour” for the entire territory. (Traffic cops, beats, detectives and tactical police of course have their own work to do).

Don’t bag them, these guys work to the bones of their arses and over a 10 hour shift choose when it’s best to run or walk based on their own discretion on when it is worth it.