Police body cameras cut complaints by 93%
Complaints drop by 93% There can be no doubt that body-worn cameras increase the transparency of frontline policing. Anything that has been recorded can be
6th October 2016
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Complaints drop by 93% There can be no doubt that body-worn cameras increase the transparency of frontline policing. Anything that has been recorded can be
2nd paper in a series from the Police Foundation looks at the difficulties facing police forces in setting priorities in the context of ever-increasing demand.
Police Foundation report suggests that fraud committed by organised crime groups is three times higher than official estimates & police response inadequate.
The number of prison officers fell by over 2000 last year while there are slightly more probation officers in the National Probation Service.
Action research by the Police Foundation found that reductions in funding and consequent re-structuring have resulted in a less effective, reactive approach.
There were more than 5.8m incidents of cybercrime in the last year, far higher than previously thought and enough to nearly double the headline crime rate in England and Wales.
New report from Home Affairs Committee recommends legalising prostitution to protect sex workers from being criminalised and stigmatised.
Gash’s overall conclusion is that crime is a slippery subject and not susceptible to simple explanations in terms of either its causes nor in the most effective responses.
But the interesting part of the story is that even after crime had been falling steadily for over 15 – 20 years, just 1 in 5 American or English people thought this was the case with only 4% Japanese believing that public safety had improved.
Gavin Hales of the Police Foundation argues that the drop in crime and of public concern about it make now the time for a sensible discussion.
There was a 7% increase in police recorded crime compared with the previous year, with 4.4 million offences recorded in the year ending December 2015. Most of this rise is thought to be owing to improved crime recording by the police leading to a greater proportion of reports of crime being recorded in the last year.
Harvey Redgrave of Crest Advisory analyses the new crime statistics and explains why the rise in recorded violence matters
