One enlightened policeman isn't going to scare the bad people

This is Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday column

Things will not get ­better. Just because Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constab­ulary has suddenly realised that police officers should once again walk the beat, do not expect that anyone will pay any attention.

Maybe you'll see a token patrol of two tiny, rotund PCSOs, chatting to each other as they tactfully ignore the anti-social behaviour raging all round them.

The yelling louts and the ­problem families will still rule the...