Majority of crime reports go uninvestigated

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Reinforces the old adage about 'lies, damned lies and statistics' ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23967098

[norfolkngoode]

No surprise there really.

I would also say that the vast majority of what would be called petty crime (to the authorities, not to you and me) probably now goes unreported..........

You just know you're never going to hear anything back from plod when you report stuff.
They are always happy to give you a crime number though (Gee thanks)

[ARC86]

This is only set to get worse with the forces budget set to be cut by another 22%.. its only a metter of time before crime rates go upwards again

[ARC86]

The closure of the York Road neighbourhood police office will now result in even less crime being reported, if crime falls again next year then those stats will be false

[WhatTheHeck]

Nothing new in this, most crime reported to the police that is of the lower scale, or those that are classed as 'undetectable' are just recorded and screened out of the system and have been for years.

[mk1]

the slide in our respect for the Police to the point where we now have officers deliberately lying in order 'stitch up' a cabinet minister.

This is how the Police treated the most disadvantage in society for decades. However no one cared because they 'deserved' it.
It is about time those in charge got a taste of how it really works.

[mk1]

The police "service" has become increasingly politicised over the years and that was a deliberate policy of the political class,

We saw it best during the Miners Strike bit no one cared then either. It is only when the Police pick on the 'wrong' people we get the complaints

[mk1]

When the 'rights' and protection of the criminal are enshrined in law and defended by those who enforce the law you can rightly feel aggrieved.

A culture change is what's required, and as with most issues it must begin at the top.

Yes lets go back to the good old days when, if you knew the arrested persons was guilty, you made up evidence to convict them.

Who can forget the West Midlands Police Serious Crime Squad.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/west-midlands-serious-crime-squad-police-unit-to-blame-for-dozens-more-injustices-1120219.html

and the Soho Porn Squad where 400 officers (up to  deputy assistant commissioner) were sacked or jailed.


Some outstanding examples of police fit-ups:

Bridgewater 4
Birmingham 6
Maguire 7
Guildford 4


These 'old fashioned' police officers got results all right. They just got the wrong people.

Anyone remember Liddle Towers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liddle_Towers

As long as those being jailed belong to the lower classes then its a price worth paying.

[mk1]

The victimisation during the miner's strike was an example of the government of the day using their democratic mandate to instruct the police force to behave in a certain way under the law. The government defined policy, parliament agreed it,  the police implemented it. No laws were broken.

As I said. As long as the 'right' people are victimised   then  get on with it.

I find that most  people who whine about 'Human Rights' actually mean other peoples Human Rights. They still consider their own Human Rights paramount.

This countrty is really in trouble when the armed forces go the same way!

They thought about it under Harold Wilson.