I'm finding it curious that people seem to miss a big problem with suicide bombers. They can let them off when ever they like. So say people are searched in a queue - how much space between them? It could be possible at some events to say no rucksacks but what to do if one turns up. How big a bag does it need to be.
Some examples of suicide bombers
What happened to some one with more direct action that might have been one and wasn't
A question on another aspect mentioned - what is the ideal ratio of police to the general population?
In many cases of crime particularly burglary style things the best option for catching them is some one noticing them say getting into a house. Just how many police would be needed such that all were spotted?
I would agree that more are needed especially travelling around looking for criminals but a perfect 100% solution isn't really on. One of my grandads used to do that on foot long ago. He would even leave us sometimes when we visited at night for an hour or so to do his rounds. So maybe there is something wrong with organisation but what ever will never be 100% effective. I've seem him off duty show his warrant card and intervene when people are doing things they shouldn't. He was a pretty big bloke. That ended as they could not get enough police. If in uniform and some one proves violently resistant out comes the truncheon and some one's collar bone gets broken. Rather painful and disabling. Batons have been known to kill some one with a hit over the head. They have other options now, pepper spray and tasers. The latter may get misused - something does need doing about that.
Some examples of suicide bombers
London bombings of 2005 | History, Facts, & Map
London bombings of 2005, coordinated suicide bomb attacks on the London transit system on the morning of July 7, 2005. At 8:50 AM explosions tore through three trains on the London Underground, killing 39. An hour later 13 people were killed when a bomb detonated on the upper deck of a bus in...
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What happened to some one with more direct action that might have been one and wasn't
The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes: Hyper-Militarism in the Neoliberal Economic Free-Fire Zone on JSTOR
Jude McCulloch, Vicki Sentas, The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes: Hyper-Militarism in the Neoliberal Economic Free-Fire Zone, Social Justice, Vol. 33, No. 4 (106), Deaths in Custody and Detention (2006), pp. 92-106
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A question on another aspect mentioned - what is the ideal ratio of police to the general population?
In many cases of crime particularly burglary style things the best option for catching them is some one noticing them say getting into a house. Just how many police would be needed such that all were spotted?
I would agree that more are needed especially travelling around looking for criminals but a perfect 100% solution isn't really on. One of my grandads used to do that on foot long ago. He would even leave us sometimes when we visited at night for an hour or so to do his rounds. So maybe there is something wrong with organisation but what ever will never be 100% effective. I've seem him off duty show his warrant card and intervene when people are doing things they shouldn't. He was a pretty big bloke. That ended as they could not get enough police. If in uniform and some one proves violently resistant out comes the truncheon and some one's collar bone gets broken. Rather painful and disabling. Batons have been known to kill some one with a hit over the head. They have other options now, pepper spray and tasers. The latter may get misused - something does need doing about that.
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