Police ‘downgrade’ calls

Some police forces are artificially suppressing demand, by ‘down grading’ emergency calls to justify a slower response, failing to respond to vulnerable victims, and not formally classifying gangs of violent and dangerous criminals. So says Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in reports into police effectiveness.The police service is not as well equipped to stop crime happening in the first place as it has been, the inspectors warn. To read the national overall re