The police can neither protect you from crime nor catch the criminals. But, they can write speeding tickets. POLICE forces are shelving investigations into up to half of crimes, including theft, vandalism and fraud, unless evidence pointing to the culprits is readily available. Figures released under freedom of information laws show police forces are using new systems to “screen out” hundreds of thousands of crimes as not worth investigating. It means many of the most common offences are routinely filed “not for action” by telephone operators after the first initial call reporting the crime. Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, [disingenuously] pledged last week at the Labour party conference in Bournemouth that there would be “zero tolerance” of neighbourhood crime. However, the figures reveal how guidelines aimed at helping police hit government targets for solving crimes mean many criminals responsible for offences are not pursued. In many forces an officer would previously have been sent to the crime scene. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2558261.ece The Metropolitan [London] police are “screening out” about 53% of all crimes. * * * http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2558261.ece Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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