[user104658]

Originally Posted by Maru

I thought part of police's job was to institute blockades when there are major protests like this. i.e. clear doors to major facilities so that protesters aren't able to block the public/businesses from functioning... easy OT for the police officer, and the people are still able to practice their right to protest.

Police budgets have been cut so far that they're threadbare... They don't have the money to have enough police on the streets on a normal day, let alone a budget for overtime. If it was London there might be more of a police presence, but not in a North of England city like Liverpool...

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Police budgets have been cut so far that they're threadbare... They don't have the money to have enough police on the streets on a normal day, let alone a budget for overtime. If it was London there might be more of a police presence, but not in a North of England city like Liverpool...

What you say concerning budget cuts is true T.S. but it is not the whole story.

I watch dozens of documentaries such as 'Street Crime UK' - usually recorded and watched in the early hours - and one regularly recurring scenario which infuriates me, is one where up to 8 or more police officers and 4 or 5 Police vehicles spend hours dealing with one town centre drunk after another only for the offending idiots to be eventually let go or put in the cells for the night then let go in the morning.

Watch one episode and calculate the cost to the 'Public Purse' of such a waste of resources and 'Man Power'.