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January 12, 2005
British police worst?
News often makes sense when two or more reports on separate but related issues are put together. On the one hand we have a report from Civitas say that Britain has the worst police force in the developed world, and on the other a report that the police want to scale back their operations opting out of minor crimes, community problems etc.
In 2001, we had GBP 1500 worth of things stolen from our car when it was (theoretically) in a safe, secure area. The Newcastle police gave us a crime number and refused to investigate. We were outsiders, the company involved were local. For various reasons we first reported the crime through the Edinburgh police who attempted to send faxes to Newcastle that never arrived.
In contrast we soon noticed the alacrity and efficiency with which parking and speeding offenders were pursued and fined. I suppose this is a demonstration of the power of the profit motive, but it doesn’t indicate a good police force.
www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,1382161,00.html?gusrc=rss
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4142869.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at January 12, 2005 12:08 AM