Hold the front page Policeman seen walking in Tonbridge High St....

I know it shouldn't be anything sensational, but you see so few police actually on the beat these days that I thought this should be front page news in the local rag. I'm not just being flippant either, this is a serious problem nation wide; it beggars belief that this is only just beginning to be sorted out 25 years after I learn about it in Sociology classes. Do the police ever read reports by academics or listen to the advice of people who have known for decades, that you cannot simply rely on new close circuit TV technology and fast cars. There has never been, nor ever will be a substitute for human beings forming relations with the local community and getting to know all the nooks crannies of their patch....