Peter Bleksley

Can't find them.

Yes, it is.

And it's very gloomy from my perspective.

The public trust and confidence in the police is tanking, but it's hardly surprising.

They've retreated to their fortress-like police stations.

They don't investigate the crimes that affect everyday men and women anymore, like burglary, car crime, and that kind of stuff.

Oh, here's your reference number.

Now go and report it to your insurance company.

So they're not connected with the public in that kind of way.

The public had very little, very little trust and confidence in them.

Certainly the people that I speak to.

And it's depressing.

I could go on all night as to the reasons why.

But basically, the police, unfortunately now, are not the public like they used to be, like Robert Peel said they should be.

police are the public and the public are the police there's a huge divide the police have picked their side and they've gone over to being about fluffy liberal progressive kind of service rather than a false and the people are not forgiving them for that well you say the police Peter but hold on a second surely you mean the people at the top right because I don't think the the normal cop on the ground is on board with any of this crap do you

Oh, some of them are.

Well, unfortunately, many of the, you're absolutely right to pull me up on that.

There are some brilliant men and women serving on the frontline, but so many of them, and I hear stories on an almost daily basis, they're afraid to stop and search people of colour.

because if you get an allegation of racism made against you, that will be investigated.

It could damage or end your career.