[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I agree Joey, they have been cut to the quick I'm glad they've made a point of voicing it it's a very honest view of how policing in the UK is straining due to cuts in the 'force'.

I despair at seeing court case after court case going nowhere at all after sometimes lengthy investigation by the Police,endless hours of paperwork and then the cost of police time and court time.

Ending up with really nothing happening and so many cases even falling apart.

A shoplifter for instance, caught in the act, why waste hours of police time and then court time with that.
Have a 'civil' type court for smaller offences,fast tracked and dealt with on the day almost.

Burglary should be a serious crime,it will have involved likely damage to property or belongings but,well here is an example,I saw a while back.
At a supermarket,someone was stopped leaving,they hadn't paid for goods.
The police were called,they were taken away,for I understand around £8 of goods.
Yes £8 of goods.

Imagine the costs to the police as to their time,paperwork and then court time, if it even came to that.
Far more in excess of £8 for sure.

While the Police and courts and have to deal with daft offences like that,then other probably more serious things will have to suffer.
It does seem to me that shops and supermarkets can drain the resources of the police and legal system endlessly for petty and silly amounts as to offences by their shoppers.
The householder however, not having the same clout as supermarkets and business, gets the poorer justice again.

While police are engaged in,what I would term, minor offences,minor as to value and nature but never the less requiring heavy costs,paperwork and time to be dealt with.