British police in turmoil

While growing up, I had always believed that the role of the police was to serve and protect the people of this nation from crime within our society. Now, after seeing the adjustments that new Labour have made to this system, Britain can no longer expect the British police force to perform its required dutys to an acceptable level. But why has Tony Blair brought our police units to their knees?Only 30 years ago, Britain was known as having one of the greatest police forces in the world, but now, it appears to be completely the opposite, as New Labour brought in numerous measures that would only make a mockery of our legal system. Before, police men & women could do their jobs with ease, but now, no matter how small an incident, are required to fill in a 60 question form which takes on average 7-10 minutes to complete. This form of paper work not only takes up too much time, but also prevents officers from being where they should be; on the street. Instead, they are stuck behind a desk filling in numerous time consuming forms, just so this government can prove to ethnic minorities that they are not being racially discriminated against. If this wasn't enough, Mr.Blair also feels the need to hinder our police force with ridiculous legislative measures, preventing officers from carrying out their duties, even in known illegal incidents (for example: officers are no longer permitted to chase after illegal immigrants fleeing from ports because of health & safety reasons). It appears that Mr.Blair fails to realise that officers simply can not carry out their duties with political correctness acting down upon them. And whats more is that Mr.Blair has the audacity to claim that crime within the UK is falling...despite police contradiction to this claim, and an increase in the number of gun crimes, burglaries, thefts, e.t.c. Britian needs to take action on this matter now, by having more police on the streets protecting the public, and more importantly, by ending the countless measures put against police including red tape and political correctness. If this does not stop now, New Labour will only drive our police force further into dismay and apprehension.
Red tape - a hindrance to our police force?