Last year, the Met recorded over 800,000 crimes and the HMICFRS believes these near-100,000 annual missed recordings occur because officers did not “recognise” when crimes were committed or did not “understand” the need to record multiple offences when reported during police investigations.
Over half of people in the United Kingdom believe the police have lost control of the streets, a shock poll commissioned by a national newspaper has revealed.Oh, it gets better.
The survey shows that 57 percent of respondents think the control of whole areas has been surrendered by officers to criminals who have lost the fear of being brought to justice.
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MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH: Homicide #55/2018
Officers arrived to find a woman with no vital signs. She was rushed to hospital. She later succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced. She has been identified as Carolyn Campbell, 52, of Toronto.And...
Josiph Cardle, 44, of Toronto, was arrested.
A 17-year-old boy was allegedly found to be in possession of a loaded 40 calibre handgun while on a TTC bus in the area of Jane Street and Tretheway Drive at around 2 a.m. on Saturday.**********
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Once on scene police located a male victim – later identified by police as 27-year-old Palwinder Singh, of Brampton. He was pronounced dead on scene. Sean Ponto, 18, and Andrew Edward, 19, both of Mississauga, have each been charged with one count of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.