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Article: Widening the net: live webchat with Paddy Tomkins of Lothian & Borders Police: What the public asked
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- February 25, 2006
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QUESTION: Do you think the smoking ban will tie up too much police
time?
ANSWER: We expect there will be occasions when tempers become
frayed. Officers will, as always, exercise their discretion.
Q: Do you think ASBOs are a deterrent?
A: There is much evidence that this is achieving real benefits in
improving quality of life and encouraging people to come forward with
intelligence, allowing us to tackle a small and disruptive minority.
Q: Are you aware the public have lost confidence in the police and
that rank-and-file morale is at an all-time low?
A: Resources are inevitably constrained and do not allow us to
achieve all that we might wish. However, our force is demonstrably
one of ...