feel safe...?

[Devonian]

I think its far less about policing than about people, society has changed and not for the better, when I was younger people knew just how far they could go and no further, these days people have no OFF switch, look at "black Friday" for instance, people FIGHTING over a so called bargain? no off switch!!!

Spot on!

Personally I don't think the police have an easy job to do by any means and certainly in this area, I think they are pretty good. Cities and other large built up areas are a different kettle of fish altogether and with the way the Romanian and Somali gangs in particular operate, can you really blame them for holding back in certain situations until backup arrives. As said earlier, they are only human like you or me and they are doing a "job". The police are not the problem, it's the scum that the police do not have the powers to deal with and which the courts refuse to punish which is the real problem.

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I can also remember to my great shame NOT getting my camp craft badge at the Cub Scout because I did NOT have my pen knife with me and both evening meets and the camping weekend.

And you call yourself a life long prepper