Addicts head to seaside towns, maybe they have memories of summers in their youth and think they can sleep on the beach or something.
Brighton has the highest level of street homeless outside of London and used to the highest level of drug related deaths outside the capital although that ‘accolade’ is now held by the North East.
Street homeless and addicts seem to like the same places that political parties use for their conferences, Brighton, Blackpool and Bournemouth are all high on the list.
Apparently, it also has the highest level of parking revenue outside Westminster - maybe they should spend some of that dosh on re-homing/rehabilitation.
No it’s not. It is a serious arrestable offence meaning the Police have a power of arrest. There is no duty to arrest. There is a duty to investigate. The Police can investigate the oaps account perfectly well by interviewing him under caution as a volunteer. I accept that the Police invariably insist on arresting the person, doesn’t make it right or proper to do so.
If he attends as a volunteer and then tries to leave they can then arrest him.
By arresting him he will invariably spend some time in a cell which could be avoided if he attended as a volunteer. An oap of clean character where there does not appear to be a prima facie case should not be arrested imo. Common courtesy would be to treat him as a volunteer.
I was a duty Solicitor for 12 years and successfully dealt with a couple of murder cases.
While this may not be ideal, there is also a burglar who’s dead who probably has a family. I sort of think on balance that a policy of arresting anyone who stabs another person to death seems reasonable; the few hours of cell time are a rounding error in the world of shit that’s been created.
I don’t follow your logic 're posting on the internet. One of my old clients would be offended if they saw that I hate criminals? They’d laugh and agree!
