Lord Adonis (that must be a made-up name surely?) is the Schools Minister.
He has forgotten to read the new school’s law enforcement policy which we have all signed up to. The one where, in an attempt to lower the crime figures, we don’t attend anything short of murder any more.
We don’t admit this of course, we say things like:
“We are excited about this new initiative which allows the Ruralshire Education Authority to demonstrate their commitment to new statutory responsibilities under Crime and Disorder Act legislation. This new system will allow us to work with parents, children and school authorities to provide an enhanced level of protection for young people in our neighbourhoods”
Actually, the new policy means we don’t deal with any potential crime in a school unless certain criteria are met. This was an attempt to put an end to those pesky “throwing cream cakes and hoisting Sir’s trousers up the flag pole” * type of crimes which were formerly such a rich “hunting ground” for “Detections”.
Is it just me, or are the police getting younger?
But his Lordship must have missed all this; being as it’s only his Ministry that introduced it less than a year ago. He wants police in every school.
Geroge Orwell would have been proud. Let’s do some sums.
National Intelligence Model + School Police + Police Performance = The Future?
This may seem extreme. But these officers will be gathering intelligence from the children and they will have to act upon it. Some may see this as a good thing. Until we came around at 5.00 am and arrest your 12 year old daughter for hitting her friend too hard with a pillow during last week’s sleepover!
You think I made that up?
They’d be better off giving schools the wherewithal to deal with disruptive children.
If teachers could sanction pupils properly from the start then the chances are many of the petty and more serious problems in schools would be greatly reduced in number from the outset.
However, school inclusion means no special referral units for disruptive kids and less education for those who want it.
here we go again…..
Incidentally do you think Jan Berry, having apparently overcome any principles she may have possessed and agreed to take the job that Jaqui Smith offered her in order to work for the government that she said ‘betrayed’ police officers, will be able to target this as one of here red tape cutting targets?
More, increasingly desperate social engineering from ZanuLabour.
For 11 years, we’ve gradually been turned into the State Police. Our function is simply to enforce Labours indoctrination of the population.
Jan Berry was always going to take that job. Must be difficult for anyone to turn down £100k plus expenses.
Everyone has their price.
“Lord Adonis” sounds like even more evidence that they are not of this world.
I suspect I’m pointing out the obvious but the ever increasing involvement of police in school discipline becomes inevitable the more teachers lose their powers to discipline. If schools can’t punish then behaviour just develops to a point where eventually legal remedies are sought.
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Ex Traffic Biker; Very well said!
Ah, another case of:”Keep fiddling my fellow Romans, there is no fire!”
“we came around at 5.00 am and arrest your 12 year old daughter for hitting her friend too hard with a pillow during last week’s sleepover!”
“You think I made that up?”
Go on, give us the link.
Cheers,
I vaguely recall someone telling me that to build muscle, you need to tear down the muscle fibres – which then grow back bigger and stronger.
‘Cutting’ red tape seems to have exactly the same effect …
A policeman in every school? Where will they get them from. In my town there are 14 schools. The typical policing levels are 4 shifts of 4 doing response plus 8 community police who do a mixture of days and late shifts
So out of 24 cops 16 would be in schools on Mon-Fri dayshifts leaving 2 on duty on an average day to do everything else.
Another sensible idea then!
“But these officers will be gathering intelligence from the children and they will have to act upon it.”
A teacher I know, a decent man of twenty-five-year’s service, was dismissed from his post after being accused of physical assault by some little scrote. The management, mindful of the minefield that is child-protection legislation, covered their backs: the scrote and his mates (who were allowed to give evidence anonymously) were believed. What an insane world, where the word of some habitual liar or inveterate trouble-maker is given the same weight as that of an experienced and well-respected teacher!
Mr Natural@12 – what do you expect in this crazy nulabour PC, the child is right every time, country we live it. The liberal-left and their mindset have taken over. They really are in a complete la-la land where they think they know best and any opposition to their views send them into total shock! Punishing unruly children? How dare you! Let them ‘discover themselves with no boundaries, let them be creative’ they think. Not even parents are allowed to punish their own children for fear of somebody reporting them. They (the liberal-left) say ‘all hail to childrens’ rights and to hell with common sense’!
What I want to know is where did you get the picture of myself and my team at a small rural station in the 1980s from?
Mr Natural
What an insane world, where the word of some habitual liar or inveterate trouble-maker is given the same weight as that of an experienced and well-respected police officer!
Hmmm, a policeman in every school collecting intelligence. What next, a Labour Youth Movement where children are rewarded for denouncing others to the Party apparatchik? Next step will be Political Officers in all Armed Forces/Police Services etc. to ensure that all personnel toe the Party line. See if I’m wrong.
FS
Be fair to the noble Lord. He is, I believe, half Greek so Adonis is not such an odd name.
Somebody stole my discretion and I want it back.
Rats to it, rather than blue flu, why don’t we have a national month of unblinking arbitrary law enforcement and book everyone for everything and then ask for discretion back.
I feel a historical investigation into cannabis possession coming on.
thespecialone @ 12 – not all of us on the “liberal-left” live in lala land and as for Let them ‘discover themselves with no boundaries, let them be creative’ I certainly don’t subscribe to that (despite classing myself as part of the “liberal-left”). Children need boundaries, they are an important part of development and those who say otherwise are just lay and misguided
“experienced and well-respected police officer!”
well-respected police officer – not where I work!
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“Hmmm, a policeman in every school collecting intelligence. What next..”
A policeman standing by his keyboard ready to receive reports at a click of a mouse about offensive YouTube material, of course.
Still waiting for the pillow-fight arrest link Gadge…
Hibbo
I can’t help you with a pillow fight but I did have to “deal” with a nasty homophobic assault in which two thirteen year old boys had an argument at school and one hit the other with his schoolbag and used the insult “gayboy” (like he had any real understanding of the term). All discretion removed. Control room Inspector on my mobile bleating on about positive action etc as this “crime” was going to appear on the Chief Constable’s Log. The “offender” was arrested by the Hate Crimes Unit and received a caution for his argument with his friend. I still cringe when I think of the effect that would have had on the lives of these two decent kids. One got a criminal record (of sorts) and the other (who didn’t really want any police action but my feet wouldn’t have touched if I came back without a statement) would have been teased mercilessly at school after having his classmate “done” for calling him gay.
My socio political conditioning has just kicked in and I must remind you all that use of the term “gay” in this post is not intended to be derogatory or offensive in any way but was necessary to relate the incident accurately. That said, children who have not yet received the “appropriate conditioning” find anything which differentiates their peers a source of insults and are the most merciless beings on the planet.
gone fishing
Don’t worry – Gay is the accepted Home Office term, it’s the word Homosexual that you can’t use.
Gone fishing – do the honest thing.
And quit.
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