Senior British police officers reacted with dismay yesterday
after the head of a UN drugs agency said parts of Manchester, Birmingham and
Liverpool were "no-go areas" similar to Latin America's notoriously
violent favelas. Professor Hamid Ghodse,
president of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board, said communities
across the world, including those in the UK, were locked in a "downward
spiral" caused by growing poverty, crime, alienation and hopelessness. Speaking ahead of the launch of the annual
report on the global narcotics trade, Professor Ghodse said "In many
societies around the world, whether developed or developing, there are
communities within the societies which develop which become no-go areas. "Drug traffickers, organized crime, drug
users, they take over. They will get the sort of governance of those areas.
Examples are in Brazil, Mexico, in the United States, in the UK, Birmingham,
Liverpool, Manchester, and therefore it is no good to have only law
enforcement, which always shows it does not succeed." Police reacted
angrily to the suggestion there were areas of major cities beyond their reach.
Chief Constable Tim Hollis, the Association of Chief Police Officers lead on
drugs, said "I simply do not recognize the reference to 'no go' areas in
the UK. It appears to be set in the broader context of social cohesion." Merseyside
Police said they "absolutely disagree that there are any 'no- go areas' in
Liverpool," and West Midlands Police also denied their existence. These no-go areas are not something that
should be ignored, even if the police are offended by their presence and claim
that they do not exist. Drug related crime
is becoming very dominant in many of the world’s societies today, and it is not
something that should be written off simply because the police are ashamed that
they are not able to control the problem.
All of this needs to be taken care of very soon or it will begin to spiral
out of control and they will never be able to set it back on track. I believe that if the police are ashamed of
the problem and that they are not able to handle it themselves, they should
seek outside help.
1 comment:
I was definitely agree to you,I also believe that if the police are ashamed of the problem and that they are not able to handle it themselves, they should seek outside help. " Keep sharing valuable infomation.
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