Are We Effectively Legalising Burglary?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-33788264
I suppose Insurance premiums for odd numbered houses will be rising in Leicester!

[Canary42]

There's not much point in the police catching the burglars as the soft magistrates let them off with slapped wrist and they're back in business again immediately. This even happens if they've got numerous previous convictions. So I can quite understand why the police don't bother.

[birdie1971]

This is the inevitable result of a criminal (pun intended) lack of funding to the police service. What was it David Cameron said: "These budget cuts will NOT affect front line services"? No, of course they won't Dave. Because all those 'back-room' staff were never actually doing anything at all were they? Just sitting there, twiddling their thumbs. So we can make all those time-wasters redundant can't we?

What? They were actually doing something? Really? Oh. Well someone will have to take on their workload then. But who? Oh, I know - give to one of those lazy, under-worked PCs. They've got precious little else to do haven't they?

Etc.


The galling thing is that there seems to be a general public perception that police officers are lazy. This negative stereotyping is reinforced regularly by the press and gobbled up by a largely gullible public, most of whom would need professional counselling if they were to step into the shoes of the average response officer for a day. I know. I've done it and easy it ain’t.

[birdie1971]

"Are We Effectively Legalising Burglary?"

Yes. Essentially.
Watch the domestic burglary figures skyrocket in the next few years.

[lindapalmara]

We don't have a house number, just a name. Does that mean they top a coin? There was a burglary nearby a few days ago.

[lindapalmara]

//Yes. Essentially.
Watch the domestic burglary figures skyrocket in the next few years.//

Not necessarily, they will probably only record the ones they investigate!!

[anotheoldgit]

According to these two charts, Police numbers in 2014 were the same as they were in 2001, and crime has dropped considerable since 2001.

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/82234000/jpg/_82234376_police_crime_chart624_v4.jpg

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/82234000/jpg/_82234376_police_crime_chart624_v4.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32250072

[Gromit]

AOG,
Those figures do not include the civilian employees who have taken the brunt of the cutbacks. Wothout those, the police become less effective.

You seem to be saying that the levels now are the same as in 2001, so there is nothing to worry about (unless I am reading you wrong).
Do you think therefore that we have had too many police for the last 14 years?

[Gromit]

// and crime has dropped considerable (sic) since 2001. //

Do you believe that?

[youngmafbog]

The Polie are not underfunded, they waste money and have a political agenda driven by the University liberal academics that now populate high Police ranks.

Coupled with the point Canary makes about a lot of work for no sentence it's hardly surprising.

[Gromit]

Ymb,
I expect in your mad world, the magistrates and Judges not convicting these crooks are part of some liberal conspiracy as well.

[ToraToraTora]

not convicting is one thing gromit but they don't even bang up the ones they do convict.