Wild West Becomes Utopia for One Day
Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › September 17, 2009
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Crackdown ITV1 "IMAGINE what it would be like to live in a city where there's no crime for a day," said assistant chief constable John Long.
"Where you see no problems. Where there isn't nuisance on the street corner and there's no disorder in the city centre. Imagine what's it's like to live in a city that is that safe." Sounds OK, I suppose. On the other hand is it really realistic to try to prevent the scourge of the overdue library book? Crackdown followed Bristol Police - the uniformed branch of The Wurzels - as they executed a 24- hour operation to make the city the safest in the world, a kind of West Country Utopia where everyone leaves their doors open and gangs of youths carry old ladies shoulder high over the road. Some 500 officers were to be deployed against the drugs trade, anti-social behaviour, and kerb crawlers. Anyone even remotely resembling a litter-lout would be exiled to Taunton for 15 years.See the full content of this document
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Wild West Becomes Utopia for One Day
Crackdown joined officers for an early morning briefing. "This is an opportunity...
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