Police priorities discussed

It's not just rural areas, I rarely see police patrolling the known hotspots for antisocial-behaviour despite one of them being under 100m from a police station!

James, Arent you being naive that this doesnt happen already? Do you use a credit card or supermarket loyalty card? Do you have a contract mobile phone? If you do and the state wanted to track your every movement these things alone allow them to do it now and most people have them with no problems. So I repeat my point what is to fear with ID cards? Proving who you are and liberty are very different things and I think you are confusing the two.

David Wright,

There is a huge difference between simple ID cards and the tracking system proposed by the previous Labour Government, of which ID cards were merely the front end.

And, lets not forget, our delightful Council would have had access to the ID card database and would have been able to track every time you presented the card, and for what purpose.

Still have nothing to hide? Still have nothing to fear?

Liberty is a precious thing, and a big part of one's personal liberty is the ability to go about your lawful business in private. If I am suspected of something, then I have no issue with targeted surveillance, but the kind of wholesale storage of our private activities by the (thankfully defunct) ID card system or this Government's Internet tracking proposals is an unacceptable intrusion (and one that won't, actually, work).

Benjamin Franklin once said " Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liber

I wonder what was discussed about about the closure of HMP Camp Hill.

I suppose you can't say there not doing there job at all. Look at the high profile drug case's they stopped. Yet i'm sure there's plenty of smlaler time drug users still doing there thing. Are we to say that there not working hard enough again because the drugs are still filling the streets.

Personelly i rekon they could ship in a bunch of monekys to do the majoryity of all works around here .. all we need is a leader to crack the whip. I think you've all got puch lined up there .. keep a-whip'in ... these filthy dogs don't know the meaning of work

give the man a piece of rope and he will hang himself....brilliant expose on you views of rape JMcC....and an insight into you views on child abuse

absolutely genius and a UKIP supporter

Difficult for murder victims perhaps?

And if you are the victim James?

No James we need a police presence not a police state. Lets not get carried away here.

If you are honest why fear the police?Its like the people frothing at the mouth against ID cards, why? I like to be able to easily prove who I am and we all have various forms of ID so why be scared of an ID card unless you have something to hide? Dont get me wrong I certainly dont want a police state but at the moment we are letting the law breakers have a field day as there is no police prescence to make THEM look over their shoulder.

I agree David. They rattle on about community policing but don't make much effort to be part of that community. I don't think they are that busy here in the West Wight but where are they? Cruising around in top range BMW's seems to interest them more.

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