Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

[daftandbarmy]

The whole of the CAF needs to have this realization.

You'd be surprised... complacency rules even in times of crisis.

For many years in the UK the barracks had no fences around them, or much comprehensive controlled access at all, even after the IRA had blown up a few of them.

I recall being looked at with wonder when I, as Duty Officer, ordered the guard to bring out some of the logs we used for PT and put them across the entrance road to our barracks in Aldershot to build a field expedient chicane after the threat level went through the roof. There was no entrance gate or 'non-permissive' structures of any kind, and a below average car bomber could easily have driven right up to the block housing both RHQ and the Guardhouse, taking care of business in one go.

The logs were gone the next day, of course, because: PT

 

[lenaitch]

We seem to have a lot of that going around these days.

Sir Robert Peel called for "citizens in uniform" and expected the rest of the citizenry to assist their fellow citizens in the commission of their duties. Up to and including apprehending and detaining suspects. (And defending themselves and their homes - but back to the point).

Peel assumed a mass of citizens, divided by class but, all citizens.

Currently we have a citizenry, including the police, divided into those that went to university and profess the faith and the rest of the unbelievers that didn't go to school.

And our institutions only recruit those that have learned the catechism.

Police, like many other sectors of society, are no longer reflective of the society they serve. They assist less and direct more.

In the States, in Indiana, the cops lived among us. To emphasize the fact they drove their cruisers home and parked them in their driveways.

Setting aside that the concept of 'citizen' was different back then (i.e. women as chattel), the world, and law enforcement, is a tad more complex now.

Personal vehicle assignment is common in several US jurisdictions. Where it doesn't exist, is a cop living on your street still not part of the community.

This thread shouldn't devolve into the law enforcement or emergency services in general. I think there is a thread for that.

 

[MilEME09]

On the topic of security at bases, should our ID cards include biometrics in the future?

 

[MJP]

On the topic of security at bases, should our ID cards include biometrics in the future?

We can't even issue a driver's license properly

 

[MilEME09]

We can't even issue a driver's license properly

Fair point, which is one thing we gotta sort out when the CDS wants more troops