Monday 2 August 2010

Here's A Saving We CAN Afford To Make...

A website called Safe which aims to keep youngsters safe is being launched by the Met police today (July 29).
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You are, I hope, kidding me?
The site is aimed at 11 to 16 year olds and is full of information about crime and safety issues, ranging from bullying and drugs to gangs and knife crime.

It was designed with the help of youngsters from a wide range of backgrounds.
Oh, just great. Not only is it a website, it's a diverse and inclusive website.

Is there someone from the Met that can be wheeled forward to justify this vanity project with a collection of pointless buzzspeak phrases?

Why, yes, there is:
Met police spokesman Chief Superintendent Adrian Hanstock said: “Safe is a website designed in partnership with young people for young people.

“They are big users of the internet and consume a lot of information online so the Met needs a presence in that space."
And you don't already have one?
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 August 2010 at 12:05

    What next? Surely not hours of BBC television devoted to the reverence of a notorious wife-beater? No,they have that on now (Hurricane Higgins).

    How about a police website with a murder video game to occupy real murderers so they never do the real thing? Or a police brutality website, where they virtually kill hopeless MOPs trying to get home during protests (cameo from head of IPCC saying 'don't worry lads, there's no CCTV we'll be able to find in central Metropolis')?

    ACO dxed

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  2. Nick22 August 2010 at 12:20

    IMO the Police probably do have a responsibility to publish information relevant to the public, and particular age groups. And that 'Safe' is in reality just another Met Police Web portal, administered like all of the others.

    Themed websites (and publicity-seeking Police Press Officers) are just another example of the reach of the state growing - is 'Safe' intended to achieve existing goals more effectively? To complement existing efforts to achieve those goals? Or to formally adopt additional ones?

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  3. English Viking2 August 2010 at 15:33

    The Police are not the Social Services (although the Social Services are not far off being Police).

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  4. JuliaM3 August 2010 at 05:48

    "How about a police website with a murder video game to occupy real murderers so they never do the real thing? "

    Now, that could be a quick route to Chief Super for someone!

    "Themed websites (and publicity-seeking Police Press Officers) are just another example of the reach of the state growing - is 'Safe' intended to achieve existing goals more effectively? To complement existing efforts to achieve those goals? Or to formally adopt additional ones?"

    It seems that they've assumed that their audience - in this case, yoof - must have a website that talks to them in their own 'language'.

    So I look forward to the website for the elderly, where all the fonts are size 85 and there's pictures of Dixon of Dock Green and 'Hearrtbeat' all over it...

    "The Police are not the Social Services (although the Social Services are not far off being Police)."

    The police are, sadly, social services now.

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