{"id":81790,"date":"2015-12-09T14:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=81790"},"modified":"2015-12-09T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T22:44:38","slug":"five-police-officers-claim-donald-trump-is-right-about-parts-of-london-being-so-radicalised-they-are-no-go-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=81790","title":{"rendered":"Five Police Officers Claim Donald Trump Is Right About Parts of London Being So \u2018Radicalised\u2019 They Are No-Go Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Robinson, Daily Mail, December 9, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Serving police officers today backed Donald Trump\u2019s claim that some Muslim communities in the UK are no-go areas because of extremism.<\/p>\n

Several Met officers have said the \u2018Islamification\u2019 of some parts of the capital requires \u2018extra vigilance\u2019 and they can\u2019t wear uniforms for safety reasons\u2013despite Scotland Yard claiming the tycoon \u2018couldn\u2019t be more wrong\u2019.<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Theresa May tonight rejected Mr Trump\u2019s claims, insisting: \u2018The police in London are not afraid to go out and police the streets.\u2019<\/p>\n

The US presidential contender caused worldwide consternation yesterday after a string of incendiary remarks about Muslims, including in Britain, and said: \u2018We have places in London and other places that are so radicalised that police are afraid for their own lives.\u2019<\/p>\n

But one serving officer said today Trump had \u2018pointed out something plainly obvious, something which I think we aren\u2019t as a nation willing to own up to\u2019.<\/p>\n

Another policeman said that he and other colleagues fear being terror targets and spoke of the \u2018dire warning\u2019 from bosses not to wear a uniform \u2018even in my own car\u2019.<\/p>\n

It came as more than 250,000 people\u2013seven people every second\u2013signed a petition demanding Mr Trump is banned from Britain for being a \u2018hate preacher\u2019\u2013an idea rejected by Chancellor George Osborne.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has said the US should close its borders to all Muslim migrants and claims parts of Britain are no-go areas because of Islamic extremism.<\/p>\n

MPs responded by calling for the property tycoon to be stopped from entering Britain, where he owns several golf courses. Scotland Yard also hit back last night,<\/p>\n

But one serving officer in west London said: \u2018Islamification has and is occurring\u2019, adding: \u2018You have to have extra vigilance in certain parts when you are working\u2019.<\/p>\n

He told right-wing website Breitbart: \u2018When I was a teenage lad in Burnley there were no go white areas. This is the case still nationally, including London where you have to have extra vigilance in certain parts when you are working\u2019.<\/p>\n

A Lancashire Police officer told MailOnline: \u2018There are Muslim areas of Preston that, if we wish to patrol, we have to contact local Muslim community leaders to get their permission\u2019.<\/p>\n

One officer from Yorkshire said on the online forum Police.Community: \u2018I\u2019m not allowed to travel in half blues to work anymore IN MY OWN CAR as we\u2019re \u2018All at risk of attack\u2019\u2013yet as soon as someone points out the obvious it\u2019s \u2018divisive.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018In this instance he (Trump) isn\u2019t wrong. Our political leaders are best either ill-informed or simply being disingenuous.<\/p>\n

\u2018He\u2019s pointed out something that is plainly obvious, something which I think we aren\u2019t as a nation willing to own up to\u2013do you think a US Police Department would ban officers from wearing their uniforms under jackets etc due to FEAR of their cops being killed by extremists?<\/p>\n

\u2018We implement half measures such as \u2018No-one is allowed to come into work half blues, even in your own cars because if you get beheaded it\u2019ll be your own fault.<\/p>\n

\u2018It would be seen as un-American, un-democratic, not the done thing\u2026 In the UK though we accept it\u2019.<\/p>\n

One female officer in the Met said if a police officer was attacked it would be written off.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018Even if one of us did get killed or dragged off in a van. It would just be reported as a \u2018one-off incident\u2019 and no reason to change the \u2018British style of policing.\u2019<\/p>\n

Another Met officer who resigned this year said: \u2018I was a PC in the Met for 11 years\u2013I resigned as I couldn\u2019t handle it anymore<\/p>\n

\u2018Whilst provocative Trump\u2019s comments does carry some weight. PCs are not permitted to even come to work in \u2018half Blues\u2019 (just wearing trousers and shirt) for fear of attack whilst going to work. That is a directive from Scotland Yard.<\/p>\n

\u2018PCs have come out to find police cars having the brake lines cut and sometimes their own personal cars damaged\u2019.<\/p>\n

Another serving police officer agreed and said: \u2018Same here regarding the dire warnings of wearing half blues even in my own car and I\u2019m not in London\u2019.<\/p>\n

But another officer responded: \u2018I don\u2019t think banning people from wearing half blues\/blacks (uniforms) on the way in is about fear, I think it\u2019s about minimising risk wherever possible. If there\u2019s enough evidence to support the current threat level then why make life easy for people who will try and target us?\u2019.<\/p>\n

Another serving officer told LBC Radio: \u2018There has been a time when it\u2019s been advised not to wear half-blues or uniform to and from work.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s like damage limitation. You try to do the most you can to prevent anything bad from happening.<\/p>\n

\u2018All intelligence is around you and you do the best with that to essentially stay safe. And if that means taking measures to not identify yourself off-duty too much then so be it.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s covering your backs. It\u2019s a common sense approach\u2019.<\/p>\n

In 2014 Tom Winsor, Her Majesty\u2019s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, caused a row when he claimed minority communities had turned their back on police.<\/p>\n

He told The Times: \u2018There are some communities born under other skies who will not involve police at all.<\/p>\n

\u2018I am reluctant to name the communities in question but there are communities from other cultures who would prefer to police themselves.<\/p>\n

\u2018There are cities in the Midlands where the police never go because they are never called. They never hear of any trouble because the community deals with that on its own. They just have their own form of community justice\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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