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Police, Politics and Young People

It is the purpose of this article to suggest that the Police Service is inevitably placed in a false position politically. For the first hundred years of their existence the police of this country had an enviable reputation for impartiality: increased political awareness throughout all strata of our society has led however to the suspicion that this reputation was established by those on whose behalf the law was administered, rather than by the less articulate individuals against whom it was administered. The intention of the police regulations that prohibit police officers taking a part in politics is that we should not be thought to side with one faction or political party against another. By remaining aloof from transitory political issues it is intended that we should balance the rights of the individual against those of society-an endeavour that is doomed to failure. Even if we were to achieve complete impartiality in our dealings with all people whatever their class, race, or behaviour, we should still be perceived as biased. Each individual perceives society from his own egotistical viewpoint and is never satisfied with his own portion in life. We are all guilty of this -the most equitable distribution of society's cake (for which read pay, or leisure, or justice) leaves us feeling cheated-other people have more than their "fair" share. In attempting to retain the balance between individuals and society we are drawn inescapably into politics. The roots of crime lie deep in the inequalities of our society. Poor housing and education, illhealth and mental deficiency are, as all police officers know, the frequent accompaniments of high rates of crime in the "twilight" areas of our cities. These "causes" of crime however are political issues on which as police officerswe can voice no opinion. Curiously, another equally debated subject, and one of which we have little