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Policing the Nineties

01 July 1991

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Webb David, Wroxton papers in politics (B7), £3.50, 1990, pp14 David Webb was in charge of the Handsworth police sub-division when he retired in 1981. In this paper he writes: "Everyone now knows that the Handsworth dream has finally been shattered. The will to persevere with those community initiatives has been lost and those who considered community policing to be a soft option have won the day. The potential for racial conflict continues as evidenced by recent rioting and the open hostilities engendered by the Rushdie affair". The appearance of the policeman in riot gear and in possession of equipment thought necessary to subdue unruly British subjects is a reality not just in the inner cities but, at industrial disputes, soccer matches and other public gatherings."

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