However, there are various issues with the conclusions that he draws. He states, sometimes in absolute terms, that police power can be summed up often as monstrous. However, barring the social contract theory aspect of security and the willful giving up of rights, his theories do not account very well for those who use police power for good. His view of the police is very negative, and thusly would be hard to reconcile with the positive force that policing can have, including community initiatives, and the promotion of values that are important for a society that is free from violence, abuse, and other anti-social behaviour. However, in the counterbalance of the negative viewpoints of his arguments, his promotion of the ‘monstrous’ actions of the police aligning with Hobbes’ Leviathan does help explain some of the seemingly extra-judicial or illegal activities that the police may take part in. Some examples of this are things like the quickened legalization of water cannons as a form of group dispersion, the usage of undercover police officers in the infiltration of groups, such as Bob “Robinson” having a child with an animal rights activist, and then leaving when his undercover mission was complete. (Casciani, 2014) In these instances, it appears that Neocleous’ theory could be applied and shown to be a possible factor in the misbehaviour of police in certain situations, as well as the police problem as a
However, there are various issues with the conclusions that he draws. He states, sometimes in absolute terms, that police power can be summed up often as monstrous. However, barring the social contract theory aspect of security and the willful giving up of rights, his theories do not account very well for those who use police power for good. His view of the police is very negative, and thusly would be hard to reconcile with the positive force that policing can have, including community initiatives, and the promotion of values that are important for a society that is free from violence, abuse, and other anti-social behaviour. However, in the counterbalance of the negative viewpoints of his arguments, his promotion of the ‘monstrous’ actions of the police aligning with Hobbes’ Leviathan does help explain some of the seemingly extra-judicial or illegal activities that the police may take part in. Some examples of this are things like the quickened legalization of water cannons as a form of group dispersion, the usage of undercover police officers in the infiltration of groups, such as Bob “Robinson” having a child with an animal rights activist, and then leaving when his undercover mission was complete. (Casciani, 2014) In these instances, it appears that Neocleous’ theory could be applied and shown to be a possible factor in the misbehaviour of police in certain situations, as well as the police problem as a