>> It is reported today that the Met is "screening out" almost half of its crimes
>> after deciding they are "too hard" to solve. In particular they have stopped investigating 76%
>> of motor thefts, 40% of burglaries and 23% of robberies. In all 45% of over
>> 770,000 crimes were screened out.
>>
They've been doing that for donkey's years, at least 20.
I'm not an apologist for it as I think it is wrong..but..it is an inevitable consequence of not enough resources versus demand..so you prioritise and only go for what you think you can achieve.
Where they've gone wrong is by fudging the issue...they should have been open and honest 20 years ago.
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