Mr. Pat Leahy:

On a point that might round off this discussion, the issue raised is very important and I want to quote some of the research done on the nature of the challenge that is in front of us as an organisation. This is not about an add-on. It is a complete reorientation from a traditional model to a community orientation. Much has been written on this, including the following point:

The adaptive nature of the challenge has also been highlighted by others who suggest that failure to emphasise the challenge associated with this transition can make the reforms seem too simple - an apple pie issue of 'getting closer to the community' or a technical issue of effective implementation. That naïveté, in turn, may leave many police departments unprepared for the type of resistance that emerges and incapable of understanding it.

There is a discourse yet to be had to understand where we are being asked to go with this and where we propose to go. It is not what we have done before.