Fail.
- The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
- Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Peelian Principles Fail
Treating this with caution with it being from the Daily Mail, but Peelian Principles 2 and 3 are looking very shaky indeed...
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Yeah, Peel rather dubiously assumed that the law itself would have the support of the public.
I think Peel was going on the assumtion that all laws would be fair, purely to protect individuals from the hostile actions of others. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case, so these principles don't apply.
If the law was fair then it WOULD have the full support of 99% of the public (there will always be a minority that don't).
The law in this case *was* fair. She littered, then assaulted a police officer. The officers involved have my sympathy.
In this case yes, but when there are unfair laws at all then it makes people resent the police. That leads to a complete lack of respect for them by large numbers of people, particularly younger people that feel that they are being demonised by society as a whole.
If people think that the police are not always on their side then they will find it very difficult to secure the willing co-operation of the public.
This is unfortnately where we are, and it's got to the point where some don't even respect the police even when their actions are fair. In this casde the officer was acting legitimately and has my sympathy also.
I might be talking BS but that seems to make sense to me lol
Well that is the point. Where are we at when the public gang up on police acting in the line of duty?
this is not "the public" but a bunch of indulged people who have not been confronted with consequences of their actions.
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