Sir,
'Ello, 'ello, 'ello. Wot's going on here then?
Wozzatime some years ago when it was said 'if you want to know the way, ask a policeman'.
Times have changed long since. First, not only do our senior police officers not know the way, but they have most certainly lost the plot.
As a time when we are repeatedly told of the first class service given by Dyfed Powys Police Force, they have come up with a cunning plan to underline their commitment.
More cops on the beat at night? No, think again, something more important than that. Their latest whim and whimsy of cash and work displacement is, wait for it - a customer relations manager. Wow!
Now, before any potential villain, yob or slob starts quaking in his shoes, have no fear, he has, he assures us, no experience of police work, but there are staff who will be of benefit to him - more benefit to him than policing the streets at night, I have no doubt.
And, dear reader, have you noticed that senior police officers nowadays speak the same mumbo jumbo as politicians and are therefore viewed with the same amount of scepticism and distrust.
The good superintendent talks of 'improving the experience of members of the public'. What rubbish! Sad too, isn't it, that they don't even sound like police officers anymore.
Look, I've got a much better idea. Whoever were the, I have no doubt, highly paid bunch, chief constable included, who sat around the table discussing this pantomime script, then let's get shot of say half of 'em - because on this showing they won't be missed - then use the money saved to put cops on duty at night, perhaps even on the streets where they belong. Now that would certainly 'enable the force to better place resources and enhance efficiency and public safety'.
Carry on Super. Evening all.
Ken Fryer,
Seascape,