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Priority?
"Last Thursday a 22-year-old woman was attacked just two minutes from Waverley police station.
Police arrived almost an hour later. They told her her case had been given the wrong response category."
And an other example:
"A FAMILY with two young children spent two hours waiting for police by the side of the road after apprehending a boy who hurled a rock through the windscreen of their car, only to be told officers were too busy to respond. "
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/familys-wasted-wait-for-justice/story-e6freuy9-1225842084888
Where were the Police?
Well this morning there were two gainfully employed at the Kogarah Regent st. cab rank checking out the Taxis.
The driver of one taxi in pristine condition, with sunroof and shiny paintwork, a beautiful vehicle, not at all like the managed cabs I drove for ten years, was polite and courteous during all the seat-belt tugging, boot, interior and under bonnet inspection.
After thoroughly going over her Taxi and talking to the driver when he was finished, the driver obviously annoyed, slammed shut the two passenger doors and bonnet and hopped into her car.
The driver told me she had been booked for not ticking a couple of boxes on the back of her day sheet.
If she had forgotten to tick a box or two (which she told me wasn't necessary anyway) wouldn't a polite reminder have been sufficient?
It's hard enough to make a living driving a cab, without this sort of petty nonsense.
We need the Police to enforce regulations, but sometimes a gentle warning would be sufficient.
An "official police warning" is all the go for young graffiti vandals.
One example;
http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/graffiti-teen-arrested/1660635.aspx
