The result of law enforcement by speed camera!

More and more we are seeing our police resources replaced by things like speed camera's and security camera's instead of the police presence being the deterent, the criminal just stands out of sight of the camera or hides themselves so they can't be recognised.

So hence there is no deterent to crime now for those who choose that avenue and the results of lack of policing are highlighted in the next article.


A few beers and a gun to the head

February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph

THESE frightening scenes - in which bandits point guns and a samurai sword at hotel patrons - have become a daily occurrence in Sydney.
The raid on St Leonards Tavern in Artarmon early yesterday was just another night at work for the armed gangs prowling Sydney.

Two other pubs were hit within an hour of the Artarmon raid, while a hotel security guard was shot on Wednesday night in a separate attack.

But dramatic scenes like those caught on security cameras at the Artarmon tavern and obtained by The Daily Telegraph yesterday have been deemed too legally sensitive by police.

For the past three days, police have repeatedly said they were unable to provide footage of seven other Sydney hold-ups.

The tavern's manager yesterday released the CCTV footage in the hope the public could help identify the attackers.

A second video obtained from a service station last week of a masked gunman robbing the Kogarah business also captured the reality of Sydney's shocking, and increasing, gun crime.

A police spokesman said any footage which could be available today would have the actual crime edited out because it could prejudice future court proceedings.

Such sanitised footage would not show the tavern raid where drinkers enjoying a beer are suddenly plunged into a fight for survival at 1.34am.

During the nine-minute raid, chilling footage shows one patron raising his arms in defence as one of four masked bandits went to swing a samurai sword at him.

A brave manager intervened, standing at the bar and announcing: "I am the manager, I am the one you want."

He was then forced to the tavern's office where the sword-wielding bandit stood over him while he bundled cash into a bag.

The manager yesterday said violent raids on pubs had become so common he was struggling to understand why police had not provided more resources to catch the criminals. He said the "Australian institution" of having a beer at a local pub was under threat.

"These armed gangs go around in (Subaru) WRXs, they robbed two other hotels, it is amazing the police aren't out looking for these types of cars at night," he said.

There were 560 armed robberies at gunpoint in NSW in the year up to September, with the crime rising significantly for the first time in almost five years.