Keith Rich Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Crime is set to become even higher than what it was the last time the Tories were in office due to slashing Police numbers. It won't effect Cameron et al however because they live in mansions behind high walls and can afford to pay for security guards. How do these people sleep at night? http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2011/07/22/camerons-broken-promises-on-policing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 We know keith, it is not news. The Metro free paper today said 32,000 police will be cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 We know keith, it is not news. The Metro free paper today said 32,000 police will be cut. What do you think about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs patching Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Tory bashing again . Don't you talk about anything else. Labour was just as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 What do you think about it? Well, it's not good. People knew what was going to happen if the Tories ever got in. As much as I don't like Liberals I feel sorry for them being sold down the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fake Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 And just who says the crime rate will rise, the very people whose jobs are at stake so no surprise there then! To quote parts of the HMIC publication; "Although we found no direct relationship between the size of the cuts and planned performance the five forces with the most ambitious crime reduction targets are subject to a proportionally higher estimated budget reduction (more than 16%) than many of their peers." And, "Although there is good evidence to suggest that a total lack of police presence leads to an increase in crime, a direct link between police numbers and crime is less well evidenced." And, "Overall, therefore, the main message HMIC took from these findings was that forces will need to improve their efficiency in order to ensure the service they provide is maintained while their workforce numbers reduce." In other words its about efficiency and its just basic scaremongering stating that crime will rise as there is no data on hand that it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 And just who says the crime rate will rise, the very people whose jobs are at stake so no surprise there then! To quote parts of the HMIC publication; "Although we found no direct relationship between the size of the cuts and planned performance the five forces with the most ambitious crime reduction targets are subject to a proportionally higher estimated budget reduction (more than 16%) than many of their peers." And, "Although there is good evidence to suggest that a total lack of police presence leads to an increase in crime, a direct link between police numbers and crime is less well evidenced." And, "Overall, therefore, the main message HMIC took from these findings was that forces will need to improve their efficiency in order to ensure the service they provide is maintained while their workforce numbers reduce." In other words its about efficiency and its just basic scaremongering stating that crime will rise as there is no data on hand that it will. Why not get rid of them all then and save much more money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Cutting the police makes sense. The jails are full, people are being released early, suspended sentences issued. It makes no sense catching people who we haven't the resources to rehabilitate/punish. We have too many police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Tory bashing again . Don't you talk about anything else. Labour was just as bad. What colour is the sky in your world Mrs Patching ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I thought that's what some of you people wanted. After all it was only a few weeks ago that you were all banging on about too much police presence during the recent protests..... All those comments about police sitting round in the cars doing nothing.... police wandering around shops when they should be working.... police being a law onto themselves..... etc etc etc etc Now you wont have to worry. Seriously though, how can you automatcially assume that police cuts will equal more crime. Nobody other than the bosses in charge know where and who the cuts will be on. Civil service has been cut everywhere but the roads have not instantly fallen apart, sanitation has not dramatically deteriorated, the transport is still running and, shock horror, even with the NHS cuts there has not been an increase in deaths and sickness. Stop beleiving everything you read in the papers and get off your tories are bad campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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