While one of the problems the public have with the police is the thought that they are just out for revenue gathering, the NZ Herald touches this morning on the more serious problem. That is, that the police are spending more time enforcing the road rules than they are at solving crime.free arabic mp3 dwnload

That is ultimately the problem. I think that there would be much less of a perceived problem with police if they did enforce all the road rules strictly, but had a decent handle on other crime problems. But that is simply not the case, particularly with crimes such as burglary.free arabic mp3 dwnload

Every 3-4 months there seems to be a fresh wave of newspaper articles raising problems with this. They give many examples of burglaries that the police are simply ignoring. It seems inexcusable when in some circumtances, the victim provides the police with video footage of the offender, and their license plate number.free arabic mp3 dwnload

Put simply, the police are overstretched. And as with any organisation that is overstretched, you need to set clear priorities about what actually gets done.free arabic mp3 dwnload

Despite Helen Clark's statement that "I'm all in favour of trying to get an emphasis on what looks like the lower end of crime but is actually a stepping stone to serious crime if it's not apprehended and dealt with effectively", this simply doesn't appear to happen. Police are clearly putting a priority of traffic enforcement over many crimes.free arabic mp3 dwnload

That is why their public image has declined so much over the last few years. They appear to not care and to be neglecting their primary function. Of course, that is a governence problem, not an operational issue - it is the government that needs to set the priorities, and get police back to their core duty of fighting crime.free arabic mp3 dwnload

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