Over a million crimes not investigated is actually, if you listen carefully, “not fully investigated”. Some worrying cases & some admissions of failings but this is rationing of police services because there is too much crime & not enough police officers. Downward spiral.
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Where do you stand on the correlation between the slump in stop and search and the surge in violent street crime?
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Correlation is between reduction/disappearance of visible police presence on the street & criminals thinking they're not going to get caught. Plus youngsters not feeling safe as a result and arming themselves. Accurate stop/search relies on community intel, which is drying up.
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I’d like to see your evidence if I may
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You need evidence of reductions in community policing/visible policing? I've talked to young people and ex-offenders and they tell me a) they feel less safe without community officers so they carry b) stop/search ineffective as they hide weapons in bushes/give to girlfriends etc.
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You claimed the rise in violent crime was due to other factors and s+s is only effective through directed intelligence. Please quantify.
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A lack of s/s doesn’t cause violence. S/s based on knowledge of who is carrying (because community tells you who is carrying, where & when) is obviously more effective than random or even suspicion. People feeling they have to protect themselves instead of relying on police =

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So what you’re saying is the years of policing that kept Britain’s streets safe were bunk? All I see is that as politicians have demonised and marginalised the practice streets have become a killing zone
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It hasn't been balanced or objective so far.
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As the ex cop said It’s a growing market Anybody would think the cuts are there by business design ?
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Absolutely! They should have got a retired Commander! QQ!
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When they asked for the Deputy Commissioner he locked himself in his car
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