The govt seems to have conveniently left out that this doesn’t undo the damage done by austerity.
First they take the money away, then want a round of applause for giving some of it back!
Does giving more money to the police reduce crime? Is there any evidence of that? Seems like that billion would be better spent on almost literally any social service else if cutting crime is the real aim – obviously it’s not the real aim though.
I think it’s time for robocop and Ed-209 on the case.
It’s how the police are used more-so, they went from actively preventing crime to instead responding to it.
Ha! if they hadn’t cut social support services quite so hard maybe, just maybe we wouldn’t need to spend £1.1 billion extra to cut crime.
This is propaganda of the worst kind. How much have they cut prior to ‘giving’ the funding?
Police don’t cut crime they respond to it, investment in education, rehabilitation and mental health will cut crime.
You know what cuts crime? Better social support and education.
Putting people in prison doesn’t cut crime. Lifting people out of poverty does though.
Give the money to proper mental health, social care and other interventions. End the disastrous war on drugs. Then give money to the rest of the justice/prison/rehabilitation system.
Make crime actual crime and the police will be amply resourced. It’s the absurd refusal to fund things which lead away from unnecessary police involvement and failure of rehabilitating offenders that is the bigger problem.
What metrics will be used to measure the failure of giving plod more cash?
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[For context](https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/performance-tracker-2021/police)
The govt seems to have conveniently left out that this doesn’t undo the damage done by austerity.
First they take the money away, then want a round of applause for giving some of it back!
Does giving more money to the police reduce crime? Is there any evidence of that? Seems like that billion would be better spent on almost literally any social service else if cutting crime is the real aim – obviously it’s not the real aim though.
I think it’s time for robocop and Ed-209 on the case.
It’s how the police are used more-so, they went from actively preventing crime to instead responding to it.
Ha! if they hadn’t cut social support services quite so hard maybe, just maybe we wouldn’t need to spend £1.1 billion extra to cut crime.
This is propaganda of the worst kind. How much have they cut prior to ‘giving’ the funding?
Police don’t cut crime they respond to it, investment in education, rehabilitation and mental health will cut crime.
You know what cuts crime? Better social support and education.
Putting people in prison doesn’t cut crime. Lifting people out of poverty does though.
Give the money to proper mental health, social care and other interventions. End the disastrous war on drugs. Then give money to the rest of the justice/prison/rehabilitation system.
Make crime actual crime and the police will be amply resourced. It’s the absurd refusal to fund things which lead away from unnecessary police involvement and failure of rehabilitating offenders that is the bigger problem.
What metrics will be used to measure the failure of giving plod more cash?