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Thursday, 2nd July 2009

The Conservatives' proposals for reforming the police win support from an unlikely quarter, the Guardian's Peter Hetherington:

The Tories are on to something. The status quo is not an option. Local taxpayers, through their representatives, need greater involvement in policing priorities. For starters, the powers of police authorities - the fine line between officers of the crown and local accountability - need greater clarity. We need statutory forums with teeth at the three tiers of policing - neighbourhood, command unit and force levels - to question priorities and tactics...Why, for instance, are many town and city centres virtual no-go areas for anyone over the age of about 25 at weekends, courtesy of high-tolerance policing of alcohol-fuelled mayhem? Compare this to the situation when a relatively inoffensive political demonstration is swamped by an intimidating riot squad bent on zero tolerance.

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