AFP 'needs staffing boost' to enforce anti-terror laws.

AFP 'needs staffing boost' to enforce anti-terror laws.:

"The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) has cast doubt on the capability of the AFP to carry out the proposed counter-terrorism laws."

New days call call new measures. We don't live in an easily identifiable world some days , so our management strategies are challenged. Crisis management techniques and responses will have to be reviewed. There is normal daily living, disaster response and then response to those who would explode and destroy us. I do not think the police should have to handle it all. Up to a point the British police were doing a fantastic job then it all became too big and complicated as far as I could tell and then the forces were stretched trying to manage the special event and normal police tasks. It's almost as if you need groups who are trained for specific purposes who would be doing other jobs but who could be accessed during times of crisis.

I watched video footage of the riots in Paris at Clichy-sous-Bois and the thing which impressed me was how co ordinated the police were, how controlled and how they were having to manage very dangerous, insane behaviour but they had a very strong, disciplined approach. I had to admire them, but I was also thinking those conditions were not at all what police should be expected to manage. That they were was praiseworthy. It was more like an insurgency attack by the youths, more like a terrorist attack because the weapons and approach were really violent and they were using some very interesting weapons. It wasn't really kids running amok . It was pretty heavy duty. So , as far as I could see, you needed military intervention to shut it down and then you would be in trouble for over doing it... Those kids meant business. The Paris police, like the London police, were very well trained, calm and in control. I think we need to look at teams which can support police when it's "above and beyond."