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| Police under huge strain and need radical reform, says watchdog | Police under huge strain and need radical reform, says watchdog |
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| Policing is under huge strain, struggling to meet rising demand and radical reform is needed, the chief inspector of constabulary has said. | Policing is under huge strain, struggling to meet rising demand and radical reform is needed, the chief inspector of constabulary has said. |
| In his annual state of policing report, Sir Tom Winsor said: “There are indications that some forces are straining under significant pressure as they try to meet growing, complex and higher-risk demand with weakened resources.” | In his annual state of policing report, Sir Tom Winsor said: “There are indications that some forces are straining under significant pressure as they try to meet growing, complex and higher-risk demand with weakened resources.” |
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| The wider criminal justice system was “malfunctioning” and “dysfunctional and defective”, he added. | The wider criminal justice system was “malfunctioning” and “dysfunctional and defective”, he added. |
| Winsor said the public “through their elected representatives” needed to decide how much money policing should receive after years of cuts, which were only recently being reversed. | Winsor said the public “through their elected representatives” needed to decide how much money policing should receive after years of cuts, which were only recently being reversed. |
| The report came as the frontrunner for the Conservative leadership election, Boris Johnson, pledged to recruit an additional 20,000 police officers at an estimated cost of £1.1bn a year.Winsor said reform was needed to prevent “unacceptable compromises in quality” in policing and public safety. He called for greater rehabilitation of prisoners because many jails “were full of people who were ill rather than bad”. | The report came as the frontrunner for the Conservative leadership election, Boris Johnson, pledged to recruit an additional 20,000 police officers at an estimated cost of £1.1bn a year.Winsor said reform was needed to prevent “unacceptable compromises in quality” in policing and public safety. He called for greater rehabilitation of prisoners because many jails “were full of people who were ill rather than bad”. |
| He welcomed Johnson’s pledge but suggested the £1.1bn it would cost in its first year would rise adding that investment was needed in technology and with innovation the benefits of having 20,000 officers could be achieved by hiring fewer, but who are more efficient. “The police can be far more productive if they are given the kit they need,” he said. | |
| He said changing crime and technology had changed the dangers children faced. “Most children are now more at risk in their own bedrooms then they are on the streets. This type of offending is not just about child sexual abuse and fraud, but radicalisation, harassment and stalking too,” Winsor said. | He said changing crime and technology had changed the dangers children faced. “Most children are now more at risk in their own bedrooms then they are on the streets. This type of offending is not just about child sexual abuse and fraud, but radicalisation, harassment and stalking too,” Winsor said. |
| Martin Hewitt, chair of the National Police Chief’s Council said: “The findings make clear that we can only deliver effective justice if all of the criminal justice system works together. | |
| “To do that, all those with a part to play must be properly resourced, and as the report points out, that isn’t currently the case. Sir Tom makes a compelling case for long term sustainable funding.” | |
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