It&#x27;s a statist perspective, but hardly radically-so.<p>From your link:<p>&gt; The Home Office has explained this approach as &quot;the power of the police coming from the common consent of the public, as opposed to the power of the state. It does not mean the consent of an individual. No individual can choose to withdraw his or her consent from the police, or from a law.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s the difference between the police and private citizens. Interactions between private citizens must be consensual. Policing, at some level, must necessarily be coercive.