[steeljack]

number 1 ....get Mr Plod out of his car and get him walking the local beat so he knows the local population, the local/neighbourhood police patrol doesn't require a university graduate who want's to be Chief Constable it requires a chap with common sense who wants to do right with the local population on his beat , no supercillious attitude to the locals, a guy from a simlar community who can talk to the locals on their level without resentment .
When i was a youngster growing up in Gt.Harwood everyone knew where the local PC lived (Mr. Robinson) top of Park rd. ) and if there was a problem that was where you went not the town police station (outsiders)the police have to live in the local community,and be a part of the local community it's the only way