https://freerepublic.com/tag/nationoffootball/ en-us Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:03:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489493/posts BRITAIN’S top police chief wants “superconstables” armed with Judge Dredd-type powers to fight yobs on the streets. He also wants ex-soldiers to bolster firearms teams in the battle against terrorism, he said yesterday. Announcing a controversial package of police reforms, Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has proposed that experienced senior constables would be able to suspend or seize driving licences, take cars and issue antisocial behaviour orders. But the plans have been condemned by lawyers and civil liberties groups, who said that people’s liberty should not be removed without their appearing before an independent judicial authority. John Cooper,... Times (U.K.) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489493/posts#comment Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:03:15 GMT