Londoners have given their thoughts on crime in the city - just as the Metropolitan Police have come under fire for supposedly hiring 1000 officers without checking references
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00:00I actually feel safe because I'm aware and I have no problem to talk to people and pay
00:08attention. If I see something wrong, I'm going to pay attention. If I see someone about to fall,
00:13I'm going to hand them the hand. I'm going to greet people. I'm going to look at people. I
00:16have no problem to approach people, as I said, because I cook to people and I approach to people.
00:23I think being socialized, it's very, very important. So if I see something wrong,
00:28I'm going to pay attention for other people and I'm going to ask what's the reason or how can I
00:32help, you know? So I specific feel safe. And when people say like, I don't feel safe, I think they
00:39should understand there is nothing specific against them. It's in generalized crime is
00:44generalized. It's really rare. It's specific to someone, you know. I'm a guy, so it's not so bad,
00:52but I feel for the women of London. And I think at the moment, the police haven't got the powers
01:03to stop it. They, you know, they're too, shall I say, I mean, I think they're too liberal at the
01:12moment. They're not able to to control crime because they're too, you know, restricted in
01:23what they do and say. I don't know anyone who work in the police, so it's a bit hard for me
01:28to criticize them. I think in some of the time they deal with something so stupid because during
01:35COVID, for example, when I was in Battersea Park, there was policing people with the bicycle,
01:41with the bike. But on the other hand, they went to some places and they said like, this is wrong
01:47to drink here and they don't actually deal with the crime. So I think sometimes they may be dealing
01:53the wrong stuff. So if my friend's restaurant has been broken and he called the police and there is
01:59no people, but then there is people in the park policing people on a bicycle, I think it's a bit
02:05prioritized, a bit funny. So for me, if I see a police officer, he's the police. And when you say
02:11I don't have people, but I don't know how they are, I see them eating doughnuts somewhere.
02:15So I don't know, you know, like in the end of the day, they're dealing with it. They prioritize
02:21if they're doing right or wrong. I don't know. I think the police should be policing and they
02:27shouldn't have, you know, they should be policing for everyone. It doesn't matter what creed,
02:35what race, what religion, what gender. It's general, you know. And I think sometimes they
02:44don't do the right thing. I love London and I love coming around here. But I think
02:53everyone should feel safe and enjoy this wonderful city.