By the morning of Saturday, the number of detained and arrested participants in riots in the UK has exceeded 1,700 people. As the channel "BBC on-Sea" referring to the head of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs Theresa May, many of those arrested are under 18 years of age. Despite the lull, added the minister, the police on the streets of London and other cities will remain on high alert. To this end, as previously reported, the number of MUP in the streets has been increased to 16 thousand people, and planned staff reductions suspended. However, increasing numbers of police British government considered insufficient. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, reporting on Wednesday to Parliament on the measures taken by the government, acknowledged that the Interior Ministry was not ready for such a large-scale unrest, but the existing legal mechanisms is clearly insufficient to complete the work in such conditions. In particular, the prime minister offered to allow police to force suspects to take off the mask, in which the majority of rioters looted shops today. Cameron also proposed to allow staff to carry out preventive MIA disperse the crowd, even before it goes into action. Now these powers have not the British police. While parliamentarians develop appropriate laws, the UK authorities decided to resort to counseling of police officers from other countries. According to Associated Press, Cameron personally arrange a visit to the country of the American Bill Bratton, the home received the nickname Superkop. 63-year-old retiree at various times headed the police departments of New York and Los Anlzhelesa and among his colleagues in the U.S. it is considered a legendary figure. Bratton's strategy was called "zero-tolerance policy" and how to recognize his colleagues, was most effective. Superkopa idea is to maximize the street police units, turning them into a nightmare for all offenders, and to carry out permanent prevention on the streets. According to Bratton, the criminals should be afraid at the same time and heavily armed police, and the most severe punishment possible under the law. As reported in the 2009 Los-Angeles Times, despite the difficult economic situation in the city at that time, Bratton was able to significantly reduce the level of street crime. When Superkop left office, he was immediately offered a job in a firm Altegrity Risk International, is engaged in risk analysis and consulting. Since then he has repeatedly visited the UK on a contract, but in the case of the London riots Bratton agreed to train employees of the local Interior Ministry in charge. Their plans on Saturday he podelils I with the British media. In his opinion, the first thing missing to local police, this broad array of special equipment, from water guns to electric shocks, which law enforcement officers during the suppression of riots while not in use. Also, Bratton said, the rioters to exert psychological pressure. To do this, he believes, need to carefully investigate their crimes and give participants a riot to see that go unpunished in the end no one will. At the same time police in London should not make any difference at all between rich and poor districts of the city, in any of them as tough. Author: Dmitry Karelin
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