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Fire service needs to reform to provide ‘best possible service’ says report

The Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services has said changes need to be made in its annual report.

The Independent UK

UK police forces told to hunt rogue officers who ‘slipped through net’

David Carrick rape case prompts call for all officers to be checked against national police databases

The Guardian - UK

David Carrick: Met branded institutionally sexist over monster convicted of 48 rapes

Fight is on to strip rapist of £22,000 annual pension

Evening Standard

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Crime victims face ‘postcode lottery’ as police ‘fail to deal with day-to-day offences’ watchdog warns

Justice crisis: As The Independent shines a spotlight on the challenges facing the UK, we speak to the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales

The Independent UK

London mayor warns of rise in violence as cost of living crisis deepens

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan says economic difficulties threaten to undo progress made in tackling violent crime

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on police priorities: doing the wrong things badly

Editorial: Charging rates for thefts and burglaries are dire. This reflects a flawed view of how Britain’s police should do their jobs

The Guardian - UK

Burglary victims being failed amid ‘postcode lottery’ for police investigations, watchdog says

Only 4 per cent of thefts and 6 per cent of robberies prosecuted as police brace for potential rise in cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

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Police response to burglary, robbery and theft ‘not good enough’, report finds

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services found a number of shortcomings in some police forces.

The Independent UK

England and Wales police failing burglary victims, inspectorate finds

Inspectors say austerity cuts meant inexperienced officers were left to deal with burglaries

The Guardian - UK

Worsening NHS ambulance crisis sees 'gun cops sent to patients suffering heart attacks'

The growing crisis in NHS ambulance services has seen cops in armed response vehicles attend to patients having heart attacks because no paramedics are available, according to a police chief

Daily Mirror

Armed police sent to heart attack patients as crisis-hit NHS buckles under surging demand

Exclusive: Officers becoming ‘first, last and only resort’ due to NHS staffing shortage, warns watchdog

The Independent UK

Regaining public trust is ‘number one’ priority for Met – watchdog

Chief inspector of constabulary Andy Cooke said: ‘We all know that there is a lot of work to be done.’

The Independent UK

Police need to be more visible and attend every house burglary, new chief says

Andy Cooke, chief inspector of constabulary, said he wanted more of a focus on neighbourhood policing and ‘putting doors in to catch people’.

The Independent UK

‘Don’t ignore shoplifters stealing food during cost of living crisis’, minister tells police

Policing minister Kit Malthouse has told officers not to ignore shoplifters stealing food out of desperation during the cost-of-living crisis.

Evening Standard

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Wales Online

Minister orders police not to ignore shoplifters just because they are starving

Police forces had been advised to use discretion on whether to prosecute people during the cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Don’t ignore shoplifters, minister says, after watchdog urges ‘discretion’

Policing minister Kit Malthouse says officers should not turn a blind eye to stealing during the cost-of-living crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Don’t let people off if they steal food in desperation, minister tells police

Kit Malthouse says police watchdog’s suggestion that cost of living will trigger more crime is ‘old-fashioned’

The Independent UK

Minister rejects chief inspector’s call for police to use ‘discretion’ with desperate shoplifters

Kit Malthouse argues ‘the law should be blind and police officers should operate without fear of favour’

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Daily Mirror

Police should use 'discretion' on shoplifters amid cost of living crisis

Andy Cooke, HM chief inspector of constabulary, said petty crime fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis would pose a challenge for policing as more people fall into poverty

Manchester Evening News

Police should use 'discretion' over prosecuting people stealing to eat in cost of living crisis, says top cop boss

Andy Cooke said he expects to see a rise in petty crime

Wales Online

Police told they should let some shoplifters off if they are desperate

"I think whenever you see an increase in the cost of living or whenever you see more people dropping into poverty, I think you’ll invariably see a rise in crime."

The Independent UK

Police should use ‘discretion’ if cost-of-living crisis fuels rise in crime, police watchdog warns

Rising prices will ‘be challenge for policing to deal with’, Andy Cooke warns

The Independent UK

Police should use discretion over desperate shoplifters – HM inspector

The new HM chief inspector of constabulary, Andy Cooke, spoke with The Guardian newspaper.

The Guardian - UK

Officers should use discretion over stealing to eat, says police watchdog

New chief inspector of constabulary says crimes of poverty should be ‘dealt with in the best way possible’

The Independent UK

HM inspector warns forces: ‘You are not the thought police’

New chief inspector of constabulary Andy Cooke said forces should concentrate on dealing with real crimes and keeping the public safe.

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