We are well overdue to have a political dialogue on policing
The minister in question is a mere undersecretary for transport, but he came out swinging in a radio interview, warning that his government intends to require mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders who commit shoplifting, burglary, theft or assault.
These crimes, our rabid authoritarian friend insists, inflict enormous harm if they’re allowed to spiral out of control: “If people are persistently breaking the law, then they should go to jail. And if we need to build more prison places for them, then so be it.” Chilling words indeed. Our story then turns to the country’s minister responsible for prisons, who is busy with other dystopian law and order measures this week. On Monday, plans were leaked to have police chiefs throughout this country explicitly promise to investigate every property crime for which a reasonable lead exists “after years of overlooking lower-level offences such as criminal damage, shoplifting, car and bike theft.
Meanwhile, the prisons boss has ordered regional cops to make much heavier use of facial-recognition software — which, in turn, turns out to be pervasively used already in large retail stores, with the approval of the country’s information commissioner. There was an error, please provide a valid email address.Thanks for signing up!The next issue of Headline News will soon be in your inbox.
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