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Bobby on the Beat

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Tom Hayes, Oxford City Council’s lead on community safety, suggested that having a visible presence and a targeted approach could be coupled together. Mr Hayes said a new task force, jointly put together by police and Oxford City Council and boasting two PCSOs and a 'problem-solving role', deliberately utilised both methods of policing.

Unfortunately technology hadn't caught up with us and we worked points. The men who drove cars all had radios, whilst those of us on the beat stood by phone boxes (these were called points) on the hour and for ten minutes there after. I met my wife on a point so it wasn't all that bad! bobby, slang term for a member of London’s Metropolitan Police derived from the name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the force in 1829. Police officers in London are also known as “peelers” for the same reason. Transient means that serious crime is not usually commited by locals. The norm these days is for a crew from one part of the country travelling to another part and committing a series of crimes in a short period before returning home. This is evidenced by home office statistics. The nature of these crimes is not normally offences against persons (i.e. murder, assualt, r*pe etc.) they are usually still more likely to be commited by a person known to the victim. These transient crimes are normally offences against property (i.e. theft, burglary etc. ) and they make up the biggest percentage of crime in the UK today. Cuts in public funding and a decline in officer numbers have helped shape the way police now do their job. In March this year, there were the equivalent of 4,067 full-time officers in Thames Valley Police – a drop of 29 on March 2017.He said: “We have to use our limited resources in more methodically-based processes because we don’t have the resources to send people out on foot beat in areas where, potentially, there is no crime happening. PC O’Leary also noted developments in the 'policing family', like the introduction of Police Community Support Officers. He said PCSOs were now fulfilling some of the roles historically filled by police officers.

Unsung local bobbies like PC Kelly are becoming rarer now in police forces where strains on budgets and a move towards prioritising threat, risk and harm mean neighbourhood policing is gone in all but name. But cops like him keep the thin blue line strong and maintain that balance of trust between the people and police which is so vital.

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Noblet, I'm not a police officer but I have worked with them a lot over my career. If I were I would be proud to say so.

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