Vic Police feel threatened.

[Matthew X]

"...Police Association assistant secretary Graham Kent said the results 
showed that people believed no technology or strategy could beat having a 
good police presence."

No technology or alternative strategy has even been proposed...unless you 
count professor rats canvassing of APster.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4964570%255E2862,00.html

Get tough call on crime
SHELLEY HODGSON
25aug02

VICTORIANS want a tougher stand on violent thugs and sex fiends.	
A resounding 82 per cent believe the courts should hand down harsher 
sentences for violent criminals and sex offenders.
An extraordinary 88 per cent of country Victorians want the courts to get 
tougher.ETC...