child without an eye

200 police swooped on Queen's Crescent in Camden, London yesterday in what was a massive suprise raid on suspected drug dealers and criminal gangs in the area.

See http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2011/jul/200-police-gang-swoop-queens-crescent-rush-hour-operation-targets-drug-dealers-estate for details.

Although many will be delighted that a police operation on this scale has been mounted in the Queen's Crescent

area some will be questioning the timing of the operation.

A similar operation that had also been "months in planning" took place this week in Hackney.

See http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/police_arrest_20_in_dalston_junction_drugs_crackdown_1_969092

That both these operations took place in the week that Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates resigned seems more than a coincidence.

The briefing given to police in Queen's Crescent that I saw yesterday included a section attributed to Mr Godwin (presumably Tim Godwin Deputy Commissioner).

It was a rallying call to staff to "walk tall" during these "tricky" "challenging" "upsetting" times.

It refers specifically to the resignation of Sir Paul and Mr Yates.

I can't help but see this operation serving two purposes.

One is to fight crime.

The second is to boost police morale and to create positive propaganda in a bad news week for the Met.

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Operation Target - massive police propaganda?

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