ONLY HALF OF BRITAINS TRUST POLICE

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A series of high-profile blunders has left more than a quarter of Britons not trusting the police, a new poll has revealed.

Half of those surveyed said they still have faith in officers, according the ComRes survey for ITV but, i n response to the statement "I trust the police", 26% said they disagreed, while 50% agreed.

The findings come in the wake of a series of public controversies involving the police in recent months, including claims officers lied over the 'Plebgate' affair, and anger over the shooting dead and subsequent inquest of suspected gangster Mark Duggan.

A jury found earlier this month that Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot dead by armed officers in Tottenham, north London, in August 2011, sparking riots across England.

But his family claimed he had been "executed" by officers and have criticised the jury's verdict as "perverse" because they had also concluded he did not have a gun when he was shot.

The Tory MP at the centre of the "Plebgate" row Andrew Mitchell said a Royal Commission could be needed to examine how to restore trust in the police.

"We need to make sure that the police are honest and we need to make sure that the citizen is safe," the former chief whip told LBC Radio 97.3.

"Both those two things, I think, go hand in hand.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/only-half-britons-trust-police-002126512.html#wpipT7B

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The complaints system is not fit for purpose, why is the investigating body for complaints against the police made up of ex and serving police officers?

That is mainly to do with the culture of the police that a complaint is only justified if disciplinary action can be taken against an officer.

There is no such thing as an honest mistake; nothing that challenges set procedure even if illegal.

[Meat-Head]

Well i suffrrrrer with Xenalhopia if its any use
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[nara]

Britons not Britains SJ.

Anyhow, Plebgate and the Mark Duggan affair are two totally different situations. It's dumb to suggest that they go "hand in hand"

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Britons not Britains SJ.

Anyhow, Plebgate and the Mark Duggan affair are two totally different situations. It's dumb to suggest that they go "hand in hand"

Did it ever suggested to you that sky news wrote that, you may get better aswer asking sky news to spell Britons not Britains.

On the Mark Duggan topic there is more to come!!

Stick to the topic do you trust the police???

[Snowy79]

A waste of time quoting those figures. Unless they ask everyone it just becomes pointless. Did they just ask scum or not ?

[Canker_Canison]

I trust the police. I don't trust politicians or the daily mail.

There's a simple belief. If you are a normal member of society & not a scum bag, the police won't stitch you up.

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I trust the police.

Give me 1 example how do you trust the police, they suppose to protect people when the law abiding people have lost confidence people dying in police custody, shooting when no gun found, there was a man killed few years back he was shot when holding a peace of wood!!

[Snowy79]

As a simple experiment watch this video and decide if the Policeman was in the right then read the write up and watch the video again. This is real life for some Policeman. https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=670841776267356 Maybe it will change your shoot to kill opinion.

[gc1966]

watched the video,which policeman am I judging,the one asking and getting the gunman to place his firearm on the floor or the trigger happy law enforcement officer who sees fit to shoot a complying suspect in the back.

[Snowy79]

gc1966 you've just shown a great example about what I meant by how little time a Policeman has to react to a potential life or death situation. As I said " watch the video then read the write up and watch it again " maybe in slow motion if you can. I'll admit I thought the Policeman had murdered him until I looked closely.

[ifred]

SJ when they say half of Britons don't trust the police .....Was that the half of Britons., that's the one who were born here or was it the half who live in Britain., who were not born here?
the answer to this question might influence the result ?

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Watched it they waited till he got rid of the gun then shoot!!
Has it ever occurred to any one that criminals going out wanted to kill the old bill for no reason god help us I do not have to see this day.

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SJ when they say half of Britons don't trust the police .....Was that the half of Britons., that's the one who were born here or was it the half who live in Britain., who were not born here?
the answer to this question might influence the result ?

Poll was revealed by Sky News, I would ask the sky news.

[gc1966]

gc1966 you've just shown a great example about what I meant by how little time a Policeman has to react to a potential life or death situation. As I said " watch the video then read the write up and watch it again " maybe in slow motion if you can. I'll admit I thought the Policeman had murdered him until I looked closely.

i never stated that anyone was murdered,i also fully accept that things are not always what they seem, but a blurred 8 second video with no one in uniform declaring their business proves nothing.is the vt genuine or fake???? is that really a firearm in his right hand,do all people who get shot in the back fall backwards and adopt the starfish position??? would 3 bullets fired at such close range not propel the body forward when he head is in front of the waist and the laws of physics are obeyed??? who says the people in the write up are not also party to the scenario?? too many questions and zero fact in that video