Why the need for fancy names?

[anotheoldgit]

The Met. have recently launched such operations as:

'Operation Trident', (investigating black gun crime).

'Operation Blunt 2', (investigating knife crime).

'Operation Connect', (crack down on violence driven by gang culture).

Is there any need for all of these or should the Met get on with their general fight against London's crime without the need for giving them fancy names?

[anotheoldgit]

hc4361

Thank you for putting Gromit hopefully on the right track.

But perhaps he was getting a little confused?

Judging by more recent posts, he had even a long and torturous night in front of him, crossing swords with a 'TeddyBoy'.

So hopefully he can now sleep on it.

[anotheoldgit]

Steve.5

i would have thought that during WW2 those were 'code' names used for security reasons, while these operation names that the Met uses, are openly known to most.

[saxy_jag]

Could also be a way, in some cases, of maintaining an element of secrecy. Using random words that have nothing to do with the crimes being dealt with is a good way of not drawing attention to your project.

[anotheoldgit]

Steve.5

Got you.

[Carakeel]

I do think the police helicopters do a great job and an important one at that. Among the many, like policing the motorways etc., they also are very effective in locating missing people, criminals on the run, maniac drivers etc. The ground forces rely on them heavily in these situations!

As for the names ...well, I see no harm in using names to replace lengthy explanantory titles, especially when it allows communication without giving away what is being talked about to people who shouldn't be in the know.

[bazwillrun]

op trident is black on black crime not just gun crime, innit !

yours pedantically