A stitch in time...

Tragic story of a man who tried to stop a street fight, and as a result was himself badly beaten up and later died. But what caught my eye on reading the story was the fact that this happened at a particular spot which the police said was notorious for drinking in the street and drunken behaviour. So the question is - if the police were aware of this, what action had they taken to stop it? We've had this discussion before, but surely a major part of the police's job is to stop criminal and anti-social behaviour happening, and not just catching people after the event. If they had taken pre-emptive action this tragedy may not have occurred.