Senior officer says need to save £400m means crimes of low value or with slim chance of prosecution will be droppedThe Metropolitan police are to stop investigating many lower level crimes as a result of spending cuts, a senior police officer has said. The plan has been denounced as a “green light to thieve” but the Metropolitan police said it needed to balance the books. “We need our officers to be focused on serious crime and cases where there is a realistic chance that we will be able to solve it. “The recently introduced crime assessment policy is helping us to do just that. “The government is investing £175m in the police transformation fund this year to help all forces become more productive and manage pressures.”

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2017 07:24 UTC