When the "founding principles" were laid out the UK was homogeneous.
When was that, and what were the "founding principles" you are claiming?
The UK is no longer homogeneous so those principles are no longer applicable.
The UK is still 85% White.
That's why most Britons think the police have lost control of their streets.
According to the exclusive survey, 57 per cent of people say officers have surrendered control of our neighbourhoods and criminals have no fear of being caught......The majority of Brits, 76 per cent, also answered that they wanted more bobbies on the beat to feel safer.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6787333/half-of-brits-say-police-lost-control/
The current year meme went over the empty heads here but I'll use it again--it's the current year.
Even though it's in
The Scum, it doesn't make the connection between crime and race that you are. This is unsurprising, given that outside of large cities the ethnic minority population is significantly lower than the national average, and most crime is committed by White people.
But lets highlight a few deficiencies in the reporting, anyway....
This is the actual survey.
"The survey also foujnd [sic] that 60 per cent of people hadn’t seen a police officer in their street in the past year."
Actual question:
"Q3. Have you seen a police officer on the beat in your street over the past year?"
Meaningless unless those 60% were awake and looking out their windows 24/7. The fact that 40%
did see police on their street at some time is actually quite impressive, when you consider how many people live in back-streets, cul-de-sacs, or quiet housing estates. Police patrol where crime and trouble happens, not where it generally doesn't. If police patrolled every single residential street, even once a month, they wouldn't have time for anything else. That said, a pair of mounted police officers clip-clopped down our street earlier in the week, much to Miss Analyst Junior's delight.
"Of the 2,000 adults surveyed half claimed that when they had been a victim of crime the police did not attend their homes."
This is a supplementary to this question:
"Q6. In the past two years have you personally, or a member of your household, been a victim of a crime which was reported to the police?"
Then:
"Q7. Did a police officer attend your address when you reported this crime?"
The base for Q7 was those who had answered "yes" to Q6, which was 293 out of 2001, and of those 293, 148 did not receive a police visit. In other words, of the 2001, only 15% were themselves or
another household member were a victim of crime, meaning that only 7.4% of the 2001 were not visited by the police. This means that
The Scum's wording is a gross distortion on more than one count.
Even so, it's all a bit meaningless, given that not all crime types merit a police visit to the home. I've been a victim of crime twice in the last ten years, but the police had no reason to visit my home, because one was pick-pocketing and the other bag theft, neither anywhere near my home (both were reported).
"A further 30 per cent were told that they should gather evidence themselves, such as CCTV footage of the incident."
Another distortion, given the actual question:
"Q8. Were you asked to gather or submit any evidence (such as CCTV footage)?"
Not just "gather" but "gather
or submit." That's a significant difference. If a person's house is burgled, and they have CCTV, who else would provide the police with it? In the case of my bag-theft, my phone was in it, and the thieves used it to telephone a friend, so the police asked me to e-mail them the call data from my provider's website. How else were the police supposed to get that if I didn't do it for them? Also, it was 30% of those who had said they or a household member was a victim of crime, not the ones who did not get a police visit.
"The majority of Brits, 76 per cent, also answered that they wanted more bobbies on the beat to feel safer."
Actual question:
"Q12. To what extent, if at all, would you agree or disagree with these statements?
I would like to see more police on foot patrol in my neighbourhood"
This runs into the same issue as Q3 and is purely subjective.
Of course it is also worth bearing in mind another
survey from the same organisation published a week later on behalf of news broadcasters ITN.
"Q.3 Police figures show that violent crime is increasing in the UK. Which of the following, if any, would you say are the main causes of this increase?" [three choices per respondent]
62% - Poor parenting
59% - Police cuts
34% - Certain media content, such as videos and graphics, distributed via social media
26% - Cuts to youth services
5% - Certain types of music
3% - None of the above
5% - Don't know
"Q.4 Which of the following, if any, do you think would help most to reduce violent crime?"
33% - More police on the streets
23% - National service, i.e. introducing a period of military service for young men and women
21% - Tougher jail sentences
11% - More funding for youth services
4% - Tougher rules on social media
1% - Banning certain types of music
2% - None of the above
4% - Don't know
I'm sure you'll have fun with those.
