Funny how media concious the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary are these days. On the day that the media circus hit town a couple of Devon and Cornwall's finest could be seen patrolling the streets and chatting to anyone they could find, whilst on friday night, no less then four police persons could be found in the village complaining that their time would be better spent in Tiverton or Cullompton.
What the police dont seem to grasp is that people are'nt stupid. They are not impressed by police on every street corner because of media attention that they know will Disappear once the media attention shifts elsewhere. All they really want is a copper with a regular presence in the village over a prolonged period, who knows the people of the village tey serve and are not goping to be relocated because of the changing priorities of the new crime commissioners, a Chief Constable or because some new Home Secretary decides that community policing would be better dome by G4S.
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