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For those unaware the "City of London" is in fact a small part of London, what you might call downtown, and they have their own police force. fwiw they're regar
by jack_riminton 2y ago
For those unaware the "City of London" is in fact a small part of London, what you might call downtown, and they have their own police force. fwiw they're regarded as a very competent police force
- cjk2 2y agoapart from the financial crimes unit...
- fragmede 2y agoGCP Grey on the city of London: https://youtu.be/LrObZ_HZZUc https://youtu.be/LrObZ_HZZUc
- mintplant 2y agoMap Men on London's 32 boroughs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daeB46Z4fjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daeB46Z4fjs
- jack_riminton 2y agoAs a londoner, even I learned several things from that video. And it's done by an American!
- oakesm9 2y agoHe's american, but moved to the UK to study and then become a Physics teacher in London. I think he's been London based for all of his YouTube career.
- LAC-Tech 2y agofwiw they're regarded as a very competent police force What makes them different?
- jack_riminton 2y agoWell it’s a reputation, so it’s hard to quantify. But anecdotally I’ve heard from numerous people who had dealings with that they were very competent (compared to most British forces presumably). I’ve also heard that their average level of policeman is more educated , ie many holding degrees, masters etc. I presume this must be due to the nature of the work they’re most known for ie combatting complex fraud, organised crime etc
- walthamstow 2y agoThey have about 1 officer per 10 people living there which helps quite a bit For reference, the Met has 33k officers for 10m people
- OJFord 2y agoBecause policing is all about who's resident in the territory covered?
- walthamstow 2y agoIs that what I said? Nope
- OJFord 2y agoErm, yep? You compared #officers/#residents for City & Met police; I'm saying that's irrelevant. City has much lower #residents/#crime, or / money changing hands, or / footfall on an average business day, etc.
- r-w 2y agoGood point, bad tone :)
- Steve44 2y agoThere is one very important caveat about the population of the City though. Whilst there are only 8,600 residents, there are apparently over 600,000 commuters working there every day. https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/about-the-city-of-london-corporation/our-role-in-london https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/about-the-city-of-l...
- justinclift 2y ago> fwiw they're regarded as a very competent police force That's not at all the reputation they have. They've been acting as an extension of the copyright lobby for years: • https://torrentfreak.com/new-uk-police-unit-announces-two-arrests-following-pirate-iptv-investigation-210305/ https://torrentfreak.com/new-uk-police-unit-announces-two-ar... • https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn4nw/cops-arrest-3-people-for-running-club-penguin-rewritten-beloved-by-millions https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn4nw/cops-arrest-3-people-... • https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2023/february/four-arrested-during-nationwide-crackdown-on-the-supply-of-illegal-streaming-services/ https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/... There are probably hundreds of instances of them doing stuff like the above, that was just the results from a quick search.
- jack_riminton 2y agoPersonal opinion may vary
- socksy 2y agoTo be fair, a police force doing stuff you don't like doesn't necessarily mean that they're incompetent at doing those things
- justinclift 2y agoSure. But their reputation is pretty much "police force for hire" rather than anything to do with competence.
- dubcanada 2y agoBut isn't that what police are? I don't see a ton of volunteer police...
- justinclift 2y agoThat's a funny way of looking at it. Generally a "police force for hire" is more associated with corruption, or were you not picking up on that?
- euroderf 2y agoIt's more like an autonomous enclave free of any control by Parliament. The Guardian plumbs the depths once in a while, such as in this article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/31/corporation-london-city-medieval https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/31/corpor...
- walthamstow 2y agoIt's not the Wild West, the laws of the UK Parliament apply to people and companies in the City. In that piece Monbiot tries to blame the Corporation for the 2008 crash, which is laughable.
- euroderf 2y agoThis article and others say the Corporation pretty much does as it pleases. There's a "conspiracy theory" that says that the City instigated Brexit to avoid EU jurisdiction.
- walthamstow 2y agoYou are confusing the City and the Corporation. It's a common mistake. The City is not an autonomous enclave free from Parliamentary control.
- euroderf 2y agoRight, my bad, we're talking past each other. The Corporation is some kind of acquisitive out-of-democratic-control alien dropped into the middle of London finance. OTOH the City is just another rich men's club I guess. Nice that its democracy for company-entities.
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