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| Cameron calls for police reforms | Cameron calls for police reforms |
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| The police must be more accountable to the public, Conservative leader David Cameron has said. | The police must be more accountable to the public, Conservative leader David Cameron has said. |
| Mr Cameron also praised London Mayor Ken Livingstone's efforts to boost community policing in the capital. | Mr Cameron also praised London Mayor Ken Livingstone's efforts to boost community policing in the capital. |
| He told BBC One's Politics Show there needed to be a "big cultural change" in the police and that he favoured elected police commissioners. | |
| The Tory leader's comments follow the fatal shootings of three teenagers in south London in less than a fortnight. | The Tory leader's comments follow the fatal shootings of three teenagers in south London in less than a fortnight. |
| Public accountability | Public accountability |
| In the interview to be broadcast on Sunday, he said he thought police felt put upon by Home Office regulations and targets, rather than focusing on the people they were meant to be serving. | In the interview to be broadcast on Sunday, he said he thought police felt put upon by Home Office regulations and targets, rather than focusing on the people they were meant to be serving. |
| "And that's the big cultural change that needs to take place in the police. | "And that's the big cultural change that needs to take place in the police. |
| "The police are supposed to be accountable to police authorities, but I don't think anybody knows who sits on police authorities or what they do. | "The police are supposed to be accountable to police authorities, but I don't think anybody knows who sits on police authorities or what they do. |
| We've said why not replace the police authorities with a single elected police commissioner David Cameron | We've said why not replace the police authorities with a single elected police commissioner David Cameron |
| "And so we've said why not replace the police authorities with a single elected police commissioner, not a police chief - he or she wouldn't run the police - but they would be the chief focus for public accountability." | "And so we've said why not replace the police authorities with a single elected police commissioner, not a police chief - he or she wouldn't run the police - but they would be the chief focus for public accountability." |
| The Metropolitan Police have stepped up operations in the south of the capital following a spate of shootings. | The Metropolitan Police have stepped up operations in the south of the capital following a spate of shootings. |
| A man in his mid-20s was shot dead in Hackney, east London, on Saturday. | A man in his mid-20s was shot dead in Hackney, east London, on Saturday. |
| On Friday, Mr Cameron called for more powers to "compel" fathers to look after their children in a bid to tackle gang culture. | On Friday, Mr Cameron called for more powers to "compel" fathers to look after their children in a bid to tackle gang culture. |
| He said children were often attracted to gangs if they lacked a father figure. | He said children were often attracted to gangs if they lacked a father figure. |
| 'Mistakes made' | 'Mistakes made' |
| Mr Cameron said there was more beat-based policing in London because there was an elected mayor in the city. | Mr Cameron said there was more beat-based policing in London because there was an elected mayor in the city. |
| "I want to see that right across the country," he said. | "I want to see that right across the country," he said. |
| "This isn't the only part of police reform but I think accountability, making the police accountable to the people they're serving rather than upwards to the home secretary, I think that would be a big change." | "This isn't the only part of police reform but I think accountability, making the police accountable to the people they're serving rather than upwards to the home secretary, I think that would be a big change." |
| Mr Cameron admitted he had "made mistakes", after revelations he had smoked cannabis when he was a teenager at Eton. | Mr Cameron admitted he had "made mistakes", after revelations he had smoked cannabis when he was a teenager at Eton. |
| He said he was "very comfortable" leading the Conservatives and that he felt he was making the "right judgements" about the future of the party. | He said he was "very comfortable" leading the Conservatives and that he felt he was making the "right judgements" about the future of the party. |
| "I think I've got the right judgements, I've got the abilities to do the job," he said. | "I think I've got the right judgements, I've got the abilities to do the job," he said. |
| "I'm human, I've made mistakes, I will make more mistakes and it's for people to judge me as a person, as a politician, as a character, as a leader and, in the end, they'll make the judgements and I just have to do my best." | "I'm human, I've made mistakes, I will make more mistakes and it's for people to judge me as a person, as a politician, as a character, as a leader and, in the end, they'll make the judgements and I just have to do my best." |
| 'Good things' | 'Good things' |
| Mr Cameron said he had not dwelled too much on the last week. | Mr Cameron said he had not dwelled too much on the last week. |
| "If you spend your whole time looking back and thinking, well how did that go and how did this go, you'd never have any time to look forward," he said. | "If you spend your whole time looking back and thinking, well how did that go and how did this go, you'd never have any time to look forward," he said. |
| "And I get up every day and think, right, what are we going to do today to try to succeed in politics and to do for the good things of this country. | "And I get up every day and think, right, what are we going to do today to try to succeed in politics and to do for the good things of this country. |
| "If I spend all my time thinking about last week or the week before, I wouldn't get anywhere." | "If I spend all my time thinking about last week or the week before, I wouldn't get anywhere." |