How dare idle cops use shame signs as weapon!

In the way of the film title, we seem to be falling into an "If it's Tuesday, this must be police bashing day," rut - but we honestly have nothing against out local lads and ladettes in blue.
We just wish they'd get on with the job they get paid for, and stop trying to do everything in their power to stay off the streets they are so famously supposed to hit.
The latest piece of serge-wrapped nonsense appears on one of our local paper websites. It tells us that "the town's police say they are attempting to put the brakes on dangerous parking with a sign campaign, created as a result of persistent problems involving drivers ignoring School Safety Zones, in particular parking on the zig-zagged area designated outside schools."
The signs, outside each school in the area, will read 'Shame on You' and 'What will it take to stop YOU parking here?'
"If road markings are not enough to reverse the offenders' decision to park outside a school, it seems unlikely a shaming sign will have any extra effect," the piece goes on. "But the Neighbourhood Policing Team say it is the next best thing to having a physical presence outside schools."
A PCSO is quoted as saying: "Much as we'd like to be outside every school in the mornings and at the end of each school day, it is physically impossible.
"We know that a high visibility police presence does make a positive difference with parents and carers abiding by the rules when we attend, but we're hoping that because we can't be at every school every day, these signs will make drivers think about the dangers of parking on zig-zag areas, prompting them to think again."
We accept that the police cannot be outside every school, every day.
But is it not beyond their abilities to draw up a list of schools where the parking problems are more acute, and tackle those with a physical presence.
The problem with this one-size-fits-all approach to problems starts at the bottom rather than the top.
It says that because we cannot do everything, it's ok to do nothing - which is not the way to go about it. There is always a middle path.
We think that the police who buy into the latest big idea should join the kids back in the classroom, where they might learn to grow up and stop finding ways to dodge their responsibilities.

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