Arrest police wokery

HURRAH for a top policeman who speaks sense.

Andy Cooke, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, says officers should knuckle down and stop trying to be everyone’s friend (Mail).

He warns that police chiefs have taken their eye off the ball on crime detection and urges officers not to be nervous about making arrests.

If the police stopped everyone smelling of cannabis in my town centre, it would be a full-time job.

Officers should go back on the beat and local police stations must be kept open.

A. E. HAYWOOD, Newport, S. Wales. I HOPE Andy Cooke sticks to his guns and gets officers from the top down to do what they are paid for: detecting and preventing crime and bringing offenders before the courts.

Good luck with his crusade, but I fear he has an uphill battle. PAUL MORLEY, Skipton, N. Yorks.

IT’S heartening that Andy Cooke is to go to war on police wokery. But judging by pictures of a superintendent wearing a rainbow helmet, he’s got his work cut out. PETER CHAPMAN,

Barnsley, S. Yorks. AT LAST an old-style copper has been appointed to a top job. It’s what most of the country has been waiting for.

MIKE DAVEY, Castle Bromwich, W. Mids.