Link: Put young children on DNA list, urge police | Society | The Observer.

I am not even going to comment on the suggestion in this article. If it is not patently absurd, then Britain is finished. I link to it only to pose a question. Should the police - tasked with enforcing the laws - express public opinions on what those laws should be? Given that any debate which ensues will - by nature - be political, does it not damage the perceived impartiality essential to good policing?

I would be fascinated to hear what my favourite police blogger and his forthright band of commenters have to say on this subject.