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I don't think it is obvious or proven that police numbers and violent crime are linked and the police are far from impartial in this. There have been cuts in police but there have also been cuts in things like youth services which perhaps means more people hanging around on streets.
The causes of violent crime can be very complex, for example the possible link with leaded petrol. I'd like to see Ms Dick produce the research she is using to justify spending money on policing rather than other intervention methods.
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I don't think it is obvious or proven that police numbers and violent crime are linked and the police are far from impartial in this.
In the absence of analysis (as if this would ever be published), it doesn't seem impossible that the two are correlated.
However, I'd be willing to bet that using a measure of 'per unit decrease in violent crime', a £ spent on the Police yields a much poorer return than £ spent on other things (schools, youth services, community projects etc).
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I don't think it is obvious or proven that police numbers and violent crime are linked and the police are far from impartial in this.
This. It's tempting for opposition members/supporters to leap on board when the police criticise a Tory government, but it only fuels a narrative that will haunt them during their turn in government - and their people in local government now.
christianSpaceman
itsbruce
For want of a No shit Sherlock thread.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47452799