Khan's London: not enough police to go after small crimes, but plenty for "offensive" things posted online

[Sandy]

London’s Metropolitan Police Force has said it will give up on investigating many instances of “low-level” crime such as shoplifting and vandalism, saying it is “not practical” to fight them in a time of cutbacks.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Mark Simmons claimed that giving up on investigating many offences was necessary so police constables’ efforts could be “focused on serious crime and cases where there is a realistic chance that we will be able to solve it.”

The move has raised eyebrows among members of the public, considering recent reports that the Met detained 867 out of the 3,395 people known to have been arrested for “offensive” online comments under the Malicious Communications Act in 2016 — an increase of 53 per cent for the force area since 2014.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/17/met-say-charging-shoplifters-vandals-not-practical-as-arrests-for-offensive-comments-rise-53-per-cent/

[Sandy]

Violent crime is way up. Wild guess as to who's the most responsible for the increase in muh dikk/al-dikk.


1,229,260 offences of violence against the person, an increase of 19 per cent on the previous year
129,700 sexual offences, an increase of 19 per cent on the previous year
45,100 rapes, an increase of 22 per cent on the previous year
36,998 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument, an increase of 26 per cent on the previous year
6,696 offences involving firearms, an increase of 27 per cent on the previous year — despite draconian controls on legal gun-ownership

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/19/new-stats-as-police-focus-on-hate-incidents-number-of-violent-and-sexual-crimes-surges/