There has been an increase of 14 per cent - the highest since 2008 in homicides which is a worrying situation. We need more bobbies on the beat to face this rise in crime, anti-social behaviour and homicides. It is time now to restore the Police force to its original numbers and re-instate the 21,958 police officers reduced because of the government unnecessary cuts. Protection of the people is more important than saving a few quids in the name of reducing the deficit. It hardly makes any dent to the deficit instead causes more misery for the people.
The police federation of England and Wales said it shows’ a country in grip of a terrifying spiral of violence and an embattled police service struggles to cope’. The federation’s national chairman John Apter said: ‘ Society just isn’t as safe as it once was, and although the police service is doing everything within its power, we are swimming against the tide and it is the public who are being let down’. Also, Chief Constable Bill Skelly, National Police Chiefs Council lead for crime recording and statistics, said: ‘Rising crime, increased terrorist activity and fewer police officers have put serious strain on the policing we offer to the public’.
This dire situation cannot be allowed to continue where public have to suffer because of the governments complacency. Government, the parliament and councils should address this matter as a top priority before it is too late to stop further increase in violent crime.
Baldev Sharma
Rayners Lane, Harrow.
