How Many Cops Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb

By Richard Shrubb

Considering in our estimates information technology took 55 hours of frontline law time to bust a woman with a gramme of cannabis, the answer to the lightbulb question is going to exist very high indeed:

Planning performance: 5 hours
Admin staff calling in the burn down brigade for a ladder: 2 hours + paperwork
Clearing entire building in example of a shock hazard: i 60 minutes
Clearing access for the fire brigade to access corridor with errant lightbulb.

Jeeze! North Wales Constabulary don't practice anything by half do they?

St Asaph cannabis raid nets 1 gramme.

On the 24th July, North Wales Constabulary proudly announced they had raided a single mother's domicile and constitute some weed. Not just whatever weed, but cannabis weed that tin can brand you giggle a bit and make y'all want cake or pizza after inhaling its fumes.

According to one of the UK'south acme cannabis legalisation campaigners, Jeff Ditchfield, "This "successful" warrant was executed by over a dozen officers who arrived at the holding yesterday at viii.30 am in two vans and two cars, The NWP officers remained at the property until lunchtime."

Assuming 'lunchtime' meant 12:30 and adding in the conference and transportation fourth dimension, not to mention planning time before, nosotros are talking in excess of 55 hours of frontline police time busting so much weed that i person could inhale the lot in ten minutes.

In the comments of the proud NWP police Facebook announcement, Jeff continued, "This "successful" warrant was executed confronting a Mum and her two young children who were in tears and traumatised by the raid and one gramme of cannabis was recovered with the "culprit" being issued a "street circumspection".

The law announcement of the successful raid should make whatever dealer's bowels move as they are prepared to put in more than a week of an individual policeman's working hours merely for a gramme – if you have 20 grammes? That would make the law operation to hide protestors from President Trump when he visited look a toddler's tea party … (Oh sorry, it was wasn't it?)

Sadly, NWP aren't the only ones who have gone for low hanging fruit and made a fuss nearly busting a tiny amount. In our article, Westward Yorkshire Police Polish Tiny Turds we showed how that strength had made a fuss about busting a man with a joint in a secluded spot in the countryside.

Policing 'shut to breaking point'

Jeff pointed to the Daily Post's article where the NWP Chief Constable whined that they don't take enough resources to deal with all the crime they have to deal with.

According to the newspaper, "North Wales' acme cop says policing is "close to breaking indicate", with law-breaking expected to have risen by as much as 33% past the cease of the fiscal yr. Chief Constable Mark Polin fabricated the grim assessment as he revealed that sex offences against children is up by 34% year-on-year, and domestic abuse by 44%. The rises come against a properties of cuts of virtually £30m to the force's budget between 2011 and next year – a 20% reduction in resources."

Those staff they practice are taking lots of sick leave due to the increased demands on their time. Yes, the bacon is getting burned and the government is turning the heat up on the pan.

Social media bites back

The response from the Facebook public wasn't exactly encouraging for the Force.

One commenter said:

"I was so pleased upon hearing about this functioning, that I didn't heed the fact that my grandmother had simply been robbed and my friends sister sexually assaulted; when at that place isn't funds to investigate those crimes. At least, when I run into this, I can empathise why, and appreciate the sacrifice my friends and family unit made to prevent a female parent from consuming a devastating constitute. I can only begin to imagine how traumatised she would have been subsequently taking it. It would make my grandmother's PTSD look mild. Sterling work, keep up the gold. True heroes."

Meanwhile, a not-weed smoking Christian got very fired up:

"Waste of fucking petrol never mind resources and taxpayers money I'm a Christian and don't even smoke cannabis and if I'yard maxim it should be legalised they sure every bit hell should be!!! Impaired fucks only exercise what they are told since Pharmaceutical companies will lose billions of pound same with booze.. call up who would stand to lose money if it's legalised non only that GW PHARMACEUTICALS in the u.k. are growing massive farms up in north Wales and Kent it's because they are growing on the governments turf they can't accept that now can they… check it out gw pharmaceuticals and get this our own prime government minister and drug Government minister has shares in the fucking company."

I'one thousand sure y'all the reader may have something to say on this as well and so become ahead and put your thoughts on their Facebook Page.

Only a few of the comments left on NWP Conwy & Denbigh Rural'southward Facebook page.

Richard is a marijuana, water sports and electric vehicles writer based in Dorchester, Dorset. Living in Prince Charles model housing estate, Poundbury, he is an avowed republican, community and Labour Political party activist. Visit his website at www.richardshrubb.com for more well-nigh what he does.