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The London riots started on the 6th of August after a local gangster was shot andkilled by a police officer. The riots consisted of rioting looting and arson and took

place for 4 days. The London riots affected allot of communities and it also affected

allot of the public services in bad and good ways and I am going to be talking about

these effects in this essay.

Police

The first public service I am going to focus on is the police. Along with the fire service

and ambulance service the police were one of the top services involved in the riots.They were the ones who were on the frontline trying to control all the rioters and they

were the ones who put themselves at risk to try and maintain peace. The first thing

that I think that would have affected the police is the injuries they had. The daily

mirror quotes, Eight police officers were being treated in hospital today following

riots which broke out two days after a man was shot dead by police. I think the

injuries they took on board within the riots would have affected them in a bad way

and I think it would have made them loose confidence in short term and long term as

those injured may now be a bit more nervous when entering a riot scene again. But

then I think that by the London riots overall, their morale would have been boosted

as one, they were chosen first to take on the London riots and two, they did a really

good job of handling the rioters. I think that the media coverage on the police would

have been a good thing for the police. I think this because them shown protecting the

country and fighting against the rioters, would have given confidence in all the

people watching the news or reading the papers. Also it could be seen in a bad way

to all the people supporting the riots, as the police were trying to stop them and that

is not what the people supporting the riots want. Also I think the media could have

bad and good points to recruiting for the police. I think it could be seen as a good

thing because allot of people who didnt want the riots to happen would probably like

to do something about it and that may have inspired them to join the police force tohelp in situations like this in the future. But then I think it could have a negative effect

on the recruiting process because it shows the police getting hit and injured and too

allot of people this would put them off from joining the police. I think that also the

riots would have tested the police force. I think this because of how many people

were rioting; the police needed to if not get over half the amount to control the

rioters.

Fire service

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The fire service is the second service I am going to focus on. The fir service played a

huge role in defending against the rioters and was tested to the max. BBC news

quotes, The brigade's 999 control staff also saw a high number of calls, handling, on

average, one call every 48 seconds four nights in a row. And between the 5 th and 6th

of August, staff handled more than 5,500 calls and the busiest night they dealt withone call every 11 seconds. The riots like the police service effected positively and

negatively on the fire service. One of the negatives, being the media. I think the

media would of made the impression that the fire service werent doing enough work.

I think this because many videos and news article were published showing blazing

building and shops being burned to the ground. This would of had a negative effect

on the service with morale. If the media and people are saying they are not doing

enough work, then their morale will drop and will have a negative effect on their

work. Also another quote from BBC news was, To me it doesn't sound like a brigade

that sufficiently coped. But then also you could look at it in a positive way as it

means next time, when something as big as the rioters comes back, the fire service

will know they will need to be more equipped and have more officers. Also I think

that the media and other factors I have just

mentioned will have a negative effect on public

confidence. I think this because if the public feel

like the fire service didnt do a good enough jobs

then, they may not have confidence in them to do

other jobs. Also I think that the recruitment side of

it will be the same as the police and will have

negative and positive effects from the Londonriots.

Ambulance service

Along with the police and fire service the ambulance played a major role in the

London riots. They did a very good job helping the injured and without them the

casualties would have been endless. Along with the other two the riots had positive

and negative effects on the service. One of the negative is the impact the media had

on it. I think the media would have shown a negative side towards the ambulance

service because many wounded and injured rioters and policemen in the news and

papers. I think this would have acted negatively on the morale and also the publics

confidence. I think it would of acted negatively on the ambulance services morale

because whilst there out trying to do their best and help people, the media is just

making things worse by showing propaganda. Also I think it will effect negatively on

the publics confidence because the media id showing many people getting injured

and hurt and nothing is getting done by it. Also I think the rioters would have had a

negative effect on the ambulance crews. I think this because certain ambulance

crews were being attacked by the rioters when they were trying to help the injured

casualties. HSJ news quotes Rioting youths threw missiles at ambulance crews asthey tried to help people injured in the violent disorder that spread across London

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last night. This could show a negative effect as some of the crew may have got

scared and now may be more nervous when they come across a situation like this

again.