Trust me, I'm a copper

Apparently, the local community where the anti-terrorism raid took place last week is angry and is fast losing trust in the police.

"Trust between the Muslim community and police could be damaged in the wake of a terror raid in east London, a leading Muslim has warned."

You have to understand how the local community feels. Dozens of nasty policemen invade their community and walk straight through the door of a home of one of their neighbours without knocking first or even opening the door and then they arrest two people who must be innocent because they haven’t been charged four days later, and in the process of this event one person gets shot - by whomever. (Let’s forget for a moment that the police believed they were planning a chemical attack which could well have killed dozens or many more people) It’s grossly ill-mannered to smash through someone’s door at four o’clock in the morning. Whatever were they thinking of? The occupants may have been asleep. And what about the poor neighbours?

We appear to be living in odd times.
Were the police meant to send a letter to the house to announce their intention to pay a low-key visit next week?

Dear Sirs, I am writing to you to declare our intention to pay a friendly visit to your property early next month. We would like to visit your home a week next Friday to do a routine search which I regret to inform you may take a week or more. As this search may be rather disruptive to your daily lifestyle we would like to offer you living accommodation which will be free of charge for the duration of this routine and friendly search. If the 02nd of June isn’t a convenient date for you please contact our customer service helpline on the number printed above and our helpful staff will be more than happy to arrange for the search to take place on another date which will be more convenient for you” P.S. If your home should contain an item which resembles a vest or waistcoat; please can you leave it prominently displayed on the day of our friendly visit. Thank you for your assistance. Your’s sincerely Sir Ian Blair Your friendly local Metropolitan Police Chief

Even after 7/7 it appears that some people still think that community relations are more important than preventing terrorist attacks which could kill or main hundreds of innocent people.

It is only a matter of time until the next 7/7 attack.

Why are we appearing to make this event more likely to happen by giving a prominent platform for those who seem to want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend nothing is wrong? This is not the time for the police to be battered into being even more politically correct. We aren’t dealing with petty thieves, joyriders, or people who park on double yellow lines. We are faced with the threat of an enemy willing to kill and injure scores of people and in the process, kill themselves.

This is not a game. In games opponents play by the same set of rules.

BBC News: Terror raid could ‘damage trust’

And so could 52 dead commuters.