Where was the Robocop army when 'Mister' Moat was busy selling drugs?

This is Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday column

When Raoul Moat was roaming the North East dealing drugs and smashing people's windows, with his wild weapon dogs straining and slobbering on the end of their ropes, do you think his neighbours could have got our criminal justice system to help them against him?

You know the answer. The system was too busy, or too feeble.

But once the police had ignored a warning from Durham Prison that a dangerous man was loose, and he had killed and maimed his...