If police aren’t investigating crime, what exactly are they doing?

The police are useless, our judges are the most liberal you'll find anywhere and the whole judicial system is set up for lefty lawyers and human rights activists to keep criminals free and in Britain.

We're a lawless society heading towards anarchy.

Ooh, was reading this thread with interest wondering if "vigilantes" would crop up (taps side of nose in conspiratorial fashion). I think it's possible that opinions like the OPs will possibly encourage an uptick in such things if it's not nipped in the bud.

Used to have a business in an area with a large amount of vulnerable people, and one summer I think we did 8 999 calls in about 3 weeks for public disturbances etc . We only called when it was getting properly out of hand, I mean clear risk to passers by or signs of risk to life etc and mostly the sight of them was enough to send them on their way. And sometimes they'd take someone off to cool down and get other services involved.

So I've had a fair bit of experience being a service user so to speak, and like all professions, there's a mixed bag of experience, but overall I'd rather have the police with some training and oversight than a bunch of random types with misguided hero complexes, a fetish for hi viz and possibly dubious agendas. Just saying.

I don’t think it’s necessarily fair to say that because some crimes aren’t investigated that the police “aren’t investigating crime”.

Theh are investigating crimes but there are simply too many crimes and too few police officers to effectively investigate every reported crime.

Plus, other public services are so stretched or non existent that the police are being used as mental health nurses, ambulances, mediators etc etc etc a lot of the time on call outs which takes up a huge amount of time and effort

Dealing with mental health calls

I’m sorry I don’t understand what you’re talking about and why you’re picking on my posts- I’m feeling quite suffocated reading it tbh.

I quoted you as you said you couldn’t believe posters were saying assault wasn’t a priority. I said no one had said that unless I missed it. Can you show me a post that said that assault isn’t a priority?

@MyAmusedOpalCrab
Policing is a mess, has had poor leadership for a long time and needs to be reviewed. Now that many (most) crimes are linked to the internet and cctv etc, not all police work needs a warranted officer and many roles could be carried out by qualified civilians. Yet whilst each political party spouts about policing officer numbers, thousand of those civilian staff roles have been cut - many of those jobs no longer get done or are covered by police officers who switch to non operational duties. I think that the public would be shocked by the numbers of police in those roles too. More pressure is than put on front line response officers.
One only has to look at the poor conviction rates to see that the current system is no longer working - with the exception of murder rates.

Whose post was that then as I don’t understand why you have quoted mine?

I have no tone at all. I was replying to a post that said that the poster could t believe that’s assault wasn’t a priority. The op hasn’t said that at all. I think you have misunderstood.

Nope

Your tone suggests I am criticising the police, which I am not, and none of my posts suggest I am. I am suggesting OP is mistaken if they think assault is deprioritised along with crimes against property like car theft.

Policing tweets.

Ive had to report someone under the Malicious Communications Act and today it escalated to harassment. I suspect from a relative of theirs

I don't think Joe Public realises the enormity of crimes that are being committed and, due to continued underfunding, we just don't have enough Police Officers or Police Staff!

In my town there's always at least half a dozen parked up outside a&e babysitting people there. Plus currently dealing with the vigilante group that has popped up and is a nightmare in the making.

And far too often they descend on my neighbour's house when they decide to beat each other up.

I don’t think you picked up on what I meant.

‘The Police’. They aren’t a homogeneous group. There are many police forces in the UK, all with different management, management styles, budget allocations etc etc.

My (mainly) lovely understaffed colleagues seem to spend too much time on the same drug addicts, alcoholics, (as services for them are woeful), attention seeking menaces, and out of control teens causing havoc and writing endless reports after reports only to see the court system bail them time
and time again, or fail to punish under 25 years olds properly due to our lovely Scottish Gov policies. Wash rinse repeat. But the public are quick to shout ‘the police don’t do anything!’. They do their bit at their end. Sheriffs do hee haw.

The OP (and others) are saying police don’t investigate burglary assault or car crime

I haven’t seen anyone say it isn’t a priority unless I missed it?

Btw I can’t believe people are saying assault isn’t a priority like it’s on a par with burglary 😭 of course assault is a priority.

Somewhat randomly, i have called 999 twice in the last 3 weeks. First was a man walking in the dual carriageway trying to get hit and the second was a house next door getting its windows smashed.
Both times the police were there in minutes- the second time I heard the sirens before I’d even put the phone down.

admittedly, I suspect these cases involved mental health and didn’t result in investigations or prosecutions, but the police were there protecting the public and people involved.

Lots and lots of expensive training and courses.

The police also have different departments/units - so the specialised officers dealing with protests aren’t the same officers who would investigate financial fraud, for instance. The allocation of resources (how many officers doing what) is a decision taken by the leadership (who spend their time in an office, not dealing with the public).

The kind of crimes that are ‘not a priority’ nowadays are often those for which there might have previously been a department investigating further (such as for burglary/robbery/assault) but that department no longer exists (budget cuts) and the investigation is the responsibility of the response officers, who are too busy to investigate because they’re dealing with 999 calls (as mentioned before, a lot of mental health/drug/alcohol issues).

This.

it’s like the paedophile hunters. Police don’t do nuffin, we’re catching the nonces for them.

the police do a lot. Just because they don’t live stream it on social media doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

i suggest you ask for a day ride along if you think they spend all day painting rainbows. It’s mainly stopping people harming themselves or others.

Are you serious? Saving a life isn’t a priority?!! What about family and friends who are left behind, the person who finds the victim and those who have to deal with the body, or nurse them if they survive the attempt…