Half the "police" I see are PCSOs or "Traffic Officers" (who appear to be impersonating police AFAICT) are they included in figures?
In our UK city we don't have traffic wardens (who were part of the police authority I gather), instead there are private parking attendants and PCSOs do an occasional blitz.
Police used to be regularly on patrol in the town centre, but there's only volunteers and private security now; maybe that's atypical.
The absolute numbers of police is not the issue, it's how they are allocated or how they choose to spend their time. Policing random people being mean to celebrities on Twitter seems to be a lot easier than walking the best...
Half the "police" I see are PCSOs or "Traffic Officers" (who appear to be impersonating police AFAICT) are they included in figures?
In our UK city we don't have traffic wardens (who were part of the police authority I gather), instead there are private parking attendants and PCSOs do an occasional blitz.
Police used to be regularly on patrol in the town centre, but there's only volunteers and private security now; maybe that's atypical.