New security norms: Alarm bell rings

Every society in every time gets a warning that something may be wrong, that something we regard as almost impossible may be about to happen. 

The deeply shocking picture from Liverpool, Ohio, some months ago that showed a man and a woman had collapsed, because of a drug overdose, in the front seats of a 4x4 as their grandchild looked on from a baby seat behind them was one.

That image led to a chilling documentary but whether it changes the fundamentals in what a policeman contributing to that documentary described as “a lost battle” remains to be seen.