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Burgled? Don't dial 999
« on: Tuesday, 28 July, 2015 @ 14:45:22 »
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Police chief warns that officers may no longer respond to burglaries
Chief Constable Sara Thornton, head of the new National Police Chiefs' Council, says officers' priorities are changing in response to budget cuts and the changing face of crime

The public should no longer expect police officers to turn up at their door if they are burgled, Britain's most senior policewoman has warned.

Chief Constable Sara Thornton, head of the new National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), said that significant budget cuts and the changing nature of criminality meant that police had to prioritise.

She admitted that if someone had an iPad stolen from their home, "it could be" that an officer would not be dispatched to investigate.

Ms Thornton, who is often described as David Cameron's favourite police officer after her eight years as his constituency police chief, said that instead, officers were focusing on child sex offences, cyber crime and terrorism.

She told the BBC: "Crime is changing in this country. There are a lot less burglaries than there used to be, a lot less car crime, but the sorts of crimes that are on the increase - sexual offences, concerns about terrorism, cyber crime - that's where we really need to focus.

"We need to move from reacting to some of those traditional crimes to thinking about focusing on threat and harm and risk and really protecting the public.

"If we're really serious about putting a lot of effort and resource into protecting children, for example, that might mean that if you've had a burglary, for example, and the burglar has fled, we won't get there as quickly as we have in the past."

Ms Thornton said the police had lost 70,000 posts over ten years and had endured 25 per cent budget cuts.

At the same time, she said burglaries were down but the number of arrests for terrrorist offences was at his highest level since 7/7 and the number of reports about child sex abuse had increased by more than 80 per cent over three years.

She added: "We cannot do everything... The cuts are so significant, we are going to have so few officers that the public's expectations are going to have to change."

She said that in her view, it would also not be a top priority to go looking for cannabis in people's homes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11767419/Police-chief-warns-that-officers-may-no-longer-respond-to-burglaries.html

The police will no longer ignore rich and famous paedophiles?  :hmm: They could be quite busy...


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Re: Burgled? Don't dial 999
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, 28 July, 2015 @ 17:59:55 »
But you still have to contact the Police for a crime number for insurance purposes. So the crime figures go up, and the solved rate goes down because they don't investigate.

Outcry at this and they get more money to rectify the situation they've made.

A very clever strategy.

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Re: Burgled? Don't dial 999
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, 29 July, 2015 @ 00:03:33 »

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Re: Burgled? Don't dial 999
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, 29 July, 2015 @ 19:59:05 »
Aaaaaaagh!

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Re: Burgled? Don't dial 999
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, 05 August, 2015 @ 19:14:45 »
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Police 'only investigate attempted burglaries at even-numbered homes'
A trial scheme in Leicestershire meant that people living in odd-numbered homes were treated differently to their neighbours

The scheme, trialled by Leicestershire police, is now being considered in at least five other counties after it was said to have had no impact on crime rates or public satisfaction.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11784254/Police-only-investigate-burglaries-at-even-numbered-homes.html


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Re: Burgled? Don't dial 999
« Reply #7 on: Thursday, 06 August, 2015 @ 00:25:12 »
Did the crims notice and only rob the odd numbers??!  :blink:

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Re: Burgled? Don't dial 999
« Reply #8 on: Friday, 07 August, 2015 @ 00:56:44 »
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Don't investigate thefts, assaults or hit-and-runs, police told
New policies emerge after Leicestershire police ridiculed for not investigating burglaries at odd-numbered houses
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11788142/Dont-investigate-thefts-assaults-or-hit-and-runs-police-told.html