Middle-class britons tend to like and respect the bobbies on the beat .

中产的英国人对街上的警察既喜爱又敬重。

On november 15th voters in each of the 41 police-force areas outside london will be able to choose a person to supervise their local bobbies .

十一月十五日，伦敦以外的四十一个警务区选民将选择一人管理当地警察。

Nowadays such forces are readier to fight protesters with distance weapons ( such as rubber bullets ) rather than grappling with them at close quarters , as british bobbies do .

如今这种防暴部队更有准备用远距离武器（例如橡胶子弹）对付抗议者，而不是跟抗议者近距离交锋，英国警察就是这么做的。

Three points are perhaps worth making . The first is that the link between boots on the ground and crime reduction isn 't absolute : many factors influence the crime rate , of which bobbies on the beat is only one .

有三点或许应当指出，第一，警察数量和犯罪的减少并不那么绝对：很多因素都会影响犯罪率，而警察巡逻只是其中一个。

All the evidence suggests police chiefs can put more bobbies on the beat by efficiency savings .

所有证据都显示，警察局长们可以通过提高效率来增加巡逻的警力。