“A big menace to law and order”

It’s not who “you might think.”:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=NXEQ43OWFPOJJQFIQMFSM5OAVCBQ0JVC?xml=/news/2005/03/22/nbates22.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/22/ixportaltop.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=17147

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bq. _The husband of a woman who was shot dead during a raid on their jewellery shop yesterday condemned a police chief who admitted that his force was unable to cope with growing violent crime._

bq. _Victor Bates, 66, accused Steve Green, the Nottinghamshire chief constable, of being a “menace to law and order” and making Nottingham “lawless” by removing front-line officers from the streets to do desk jobs._

bq. _Last week Mr Green said in The Telegraph that the situation had become so bad that he was having to call in other forces to help with murder inquiries._

But don’t worry – the police will protect you, right?

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