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Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/police-are-not-primarily-crime-fighters-according-data-2022-11-02/

> A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data

A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

Reuters

This is a NEW rule
Brand New!
Fresh!

Police in England and Wales guilty of gross misconduct face automatic dismissal

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/31/gross-misconduct-to-automatically-result-in-police-officer-dismissal

> Staff who fail re-vetting can also be sacked under UK government reforms of disciplinary system

Gross misconduct to automatically result in police officer dismissal

Staff who fail re-vetting can also be sacked under UK government reforms of disciplinary system

The Guardian

@BigAngBlack

"And if we look at this long-term graph, we can see that 31 August 2023 was the precise point where verdicts of gross misconduct against police became far less common. I wonder why?"