[mobertol]

Cameron can ask who he likes for advice I suppose but i wonder how much this man's advice is going to cost at a time when they are trying to save money and are cutting funds so drastically in policing already. I think it's all a bit of spin, we're supposed to think this person will come and have the answers to all the problems of gang crime. The UK and American cultures are so different and as far as i can see there is much more violent and gun related crime in the USA - so I think this shows just how good the British police force is as they are mostly unarmed.
I know that the Met have come under quite a bit of criticism recently for incidents in crowd control, allegations of corruption related to the hacking of phones by The NOTW etc. All things considered these issues get dealt with by an independent complaints system and anyone found to be acting outside the rules is eventually made to pay. The numbers of these cases is small considering the size of the staff involved and the number of cases handled every year.
The system they have over the pond is so different with mayors, police etc being elected and therefore under direct political control whereas the British police force is an autonomous body which has been protecting the people of the UK for over 170 years -I say, let them get on with their jobs they serve all the people not just their electors agendas, god-forbid they try to adopt a system similar to that in America...