Why I See Little Point In Operation Unite…
Well I'm sitting back tonight watching twitter out of the corner of my eye and the few posts that are turning up in #OpUnite tonight are a little interesting. Even if it does seem that the NT Police and VicPol are the only ones down with the whole twitter thing.
Interesting in the way that I disagree with operations like this. The figures may disagree with me at this point but I believe that publicity stunts like this do very little to reduce crime related to alcohol in the centers. The reason for this is quite simple, if you where gonna go out and have a real big night would you make anything different because of OpUnite. I know I wouldn't.
Some may, but it would simply involve taking it easy or staying home for the weekend away from the multitude of police that will only be here for a couple of days tops. Then it goes back to the usual force that's out and about and the numbers of people being caught and crimes being prevented goes back down to it's usual figures.
It makes the community feel as though the police really are doing something when in fact it's only happening this weekend. If we really do need more cops in the centers to attempt to quell the violent drunken rabble that seems to inhabit the CBD perhaps we should, get more... Not just re-assign some for a weekend to make it look like our police forces are united against this kind of thing. But in their defence it is the best they can do.
To the state parliament, perhaps if we actually had more cops we wouldn't need operation unite and instead we'd have the lower crime levels that are inevitable after an increase in police numbers.
Feel free to throw some numbers my way if you really think publicity stunts like Operation Unite make any difference in the long-term, but IMHO they do nothing but provide the media unit with some nice stories to make it sound like it is making a difference out there. And maybe it is, but I'm betting it's just for tonight...
Also, to those who care on Facebook now my posts are getting posted as notes again...
Solution To Violence In The Melbourne CBD…
Hi all, I know it's been a while... But you know, I have a life... I decided to post today mainly because yet another person has ended up in hospital seriously injured after an attack in the CBD. All while the government seemingly stands by and watches. All while the police talk about CCTV not being an effective deterrent. Do you know why it's not a deterrent? Because although it may lead to successful prosecution, there's not really this feeling that it would directly link the person to the crime, without additional evidence to tell the police who the person on the tape is.
Fact is CCTV in the CBD is abysmal, it's either not being monitored, not being maintained, or is just shit. There is no reason we can't have a CCTV system that covers the CBD and is monitored 24x7 by a few operators. I really cannot understand why the government doesn't just invest in a system that covers the CBD and the major ways in and out (ie, up to the trains/trams/taxis). That way when an incident occurs, an operator can be tasked to managing the incident, rolling back the tapes (or even watching it live), tracking the people involved as they leave. Track what train they get on, get into Connex's CCTV system (which also needs work) find out where the train they've gotten onto is going. Then just tell the train to reduce speed and give the cops time. Cops roll up at the next station and arrest all the people. All in 30 mins tops. It's not really that hard people.
All it takes is a bit of money and a bit of co-operation.
The other side to the issue seems to be that Victoria Police is underfunded and desperately needs more police on our streets. If you doubled the number of cops on Melbourne's streets, put them into cars each by themselves, you could never be more than a couple of blocks from an officer. Supply them all with Tazers and pretty soon the criminals will get the message. Victoria Police means business. Right now it feels like they don't. They just don't seem to have the resources to do anything about the CBD issue.
How many more people have to end up in hospitals before the government and Victoria Police act and do something useful for a change?
In short, more police, more resources, more non lethal but very painful weapons, and a CCTV system that actually works and allows police to track people across the CBD and out on the major arteries and I reckon we'd have this problem licked in no time.
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