Posted on 10/26/2017 5:03:17 AM PDT by markomalley
The number of people arrested in England and Wales has halved in the past decade despite crime reaching record levels this year, new figures show.
The total number of arrests has gone down from 1.5 million in the year ending March 2008 to 779,660 in the year ending March 2017, a drop of 48 per cent.
Arrests have fallen 12 per cent in the past year alone: in 2015-16, a total of 885,516 people were held.
Meanwhile the total number of recorded crimes has risen above 5 million for the first time. Figures released earlier this month showed a 13 per cent year on year rise in crime in England and Wales.
The Home Office said the drop in arrests was partly down to "greater use of other outcomes, such as community resolutions, as part of efforts to reduce the number of young people entering custody".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The policy of “leave the Muslims alone” seems to be fully in place.
Headline: Police arrest half as many people as they did a decade ago despite record levels of crime
I’d change it to something more like: Police arrest half as many people as they did a decade ago, leading to record levels of crime
“Despite”? No, “Because”. The police have high levels of crime because they arrest fewer criminals.
Hmm...so arresting less criminals leads to more reported crime? Yet another example of why liberalism is a life-threatening mental disorder.
Do they or do they not seem to write more speeding tickets on the highways?
Not sure?
I see it more and more. They could probably ticket everyone so what if you’re the unlucky one? The open road is safer than in the city. State governments have issues with revenues. Just where do they make up the shortfalls?
Stalin called theives and robbers “social allies”.
Meanwhile, hate crime arrests of people for quoting the Koran are up.
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