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Sadly the trend is more towards "fire brigade" policing. Everyone sits in the nick doing the paperwork from the previous jobs then rush out to the next job. Arrest is a last resort and policing by appointment is very popular and then of course there's the "station cats" or "Olympic Torches" - PCSOs. In my experience they are pointless yet other colleagues say they do a good job.
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No surprise looking at lack of punishment for when cyclists actually get hurt.
Where is a police officer to give someone a bollocking and 3 points when you need them... ;)