July 09, 2009

POLICE DON'T HAVE TO BECOME HIPPIES

But Mr O'Connor is going to have a go...

...speaking at a conference of senior police officers in Manchester, Mr O'Connor said "it is not simple but it is a great British thing".

He added: "It is not that we have all become hippies now and we are all OK with that.

"But it is starting from a different place and having a different mentality."...

...Mr O'Connor admitted many of his recommendations were "not terribly profound"...

...He said: "In the medium term at least it may be worth monitoring the effect of containment on people.

"The object being to win the consent of as wide a group as we possibly can."...

...He said: "I have not heard a lot about crowd dynamics and also about our own group dynamics. It is a great challenge for officers to stand for hours facing a difficult situation."...

Yes. Erm... Tell them to "Chill out"?

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