Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
With 30 years experience of policing London, I can tell you that too, like others, is a naive thing to say.

Your comment was not even nearly correct in 1961 when I joined the force, long before the silly laws preventing smacking !!
we all have how our thoughts , and as you say you have experience, most of us dont, we are just trying to protect ourselves with what we have , all we see is what we are ment to see and how most of the police are now days well, were are they when you want one, yes a flipent remark by myself, i am just so glad i was not living in the area where this was going on,