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Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud, where each week three of our writers read out their

pieces in the magazine. This week we're joined by Kevin Hurley, who is the former police and crime commissioner for Surrey,

and he gives his opinion on why relations between some black youths and the police is just so bad.

We're also going to be joined by Alicia Moncton,

who writes about the private state gap between students during this lockdown.

And last, James Dillingpole reviews Alan Bennett's new talking heads and writes about why he's not such a fan.

First up, Kevin Hurley.

I was a borough commander in West London and come from a long line of officers.

And I can tell you that it's fast becoming impossible to police the streets.

The police are attacked on all sides.

They're both told that they're too aggressive and too politically correct,

to understanding and too intolerant.

They're required to reduce the level of violent crime on the street

and yet told they're racist if they stop and search young black men

and put hands in pockets to check for knives.

As a society, we can shout and scream at the police,

regulate them, scrutinise them, sack a few.

Bring in external bosses from industry.

We can try to re-educate them and have an independent complaint system.

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