Reap what you sow?

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Red Devil said:

Cat said:

Rovinghawk said:

I thought all police are civilians.

Plenty of dictionaries define the word civilian similarly to "a person not in the armed services or a member of the police force".

Cat

I would contend that definition doesn't sit well with UK tradition and practice.

Sir Robert Peel's Principles of Law Enforcement 1829 Number 7 said:

The police at all times should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police are the only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the intent of the community welfare.

It is still as true today as it was then.

Elsewhere it's less clear cut. For example the French Gendarmerie, the Italian Carabinieri, and the Spanish Guardia Civil are all branches of their respective countries Armed Forces which have jurisdiction in civil law enforcement.

So the police are the public and the public are the police?

Will that still be true after the police are privatised?

16 minutes and 25 seconds in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s619O3F0oDE

They'll have police cap badges like Bentleys are now VAG mobiles with Bentley badges and Rollers are Spirit of Ecstacy adorned BMWs?