Is It April Fools Day?

[smurfchops]

https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/national/23020574.police-chiefs-pledge-officers-will-attend-home-burglaries/

[aelmpvw]

does that mean they're going to attend burglaries at odd number houses as well?

[Gromit]

We want them to attempt to solve burglaries, not to just turn up to offer condolences.

[Khandro]

//We want them to attempt to solve burglaries//

Easier said than done. Unless burglars are caught in the act, how can you apprehend them? They've gone!

[sandyRoe]

I think a lot of burglaries are committed by addicts looking to fund their drug habit. They might leave evidence at the scene of the crime.
They also have to sell what's stolen. Stiffer sentences for fences would help.

[bednobs]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1811860.html

[tomus42]

It's nice they've at least decided to start showing an interest though Gromit.

[Bazile]

That's a novel idea

[Gromit]

You take fingerprints. You look for footprints. You look at CCTV on nearby properties. You check if known burglars have been released from prison, or have been spotted by patrols (if they still do them).
It’s not rocket science.

[youngmafbog]

All part of Suella's clampdown on the Police.

Read the letter she sent out to them. She means business.

[youngmafbog]

I agree Gromit, the PNC also holds a wealth of data on villains.

[youngmafbog]

For anyone interested, this is where Suella has nailed her colours to the mast:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-secretary-letter-to-police-leaders

[tomus42]

Investigating burglaries is time consuming and doesn't easily yield results. That's why they don't like doing it. They have limited resources, but their performance is judged on things like conviction rate league tables.

Much easier to sit in a layby with a speed camera picking off the low hanging fruit than actually investigating things.

[Deskdiary]

I think the police should concentrate on real crimes like Twitter spats rather than burglaries!!!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11282263/Moment-police-swoop-house-devout-catholic-mother-malicious-online-posts.html

[youngmafbog]

Covered in her letter DD:

"Unfortunately, there is a perception that the police have had to spend too much time on symbolic gestures, than actually fighting criminals. This must change. Initiatives on diversity and inclusion should not take precedence over common sense policing."

[youngmafbog]

//Much easier to sit in a layby with a speed camera//

Actually not many of them, and they are not 'coppers' either. Most are caught by cameras which are not manned by 'coppers' either.

But I get the sentiment of the low hanging fruit.

[sp1814]

From (an alleged) serving police officer I've found online. Married up to my experience of being burgled a few year ago:

[Whether a burglary is investigated] depends on a number of things, but basically comes down to whether there is any evidence or not. With most burglaries the police will look for forensics (DNA, fingerprints), CCTV, witnesses, anything stolen being sold or seen. If they have some or all of these things there is a good chance that a suspect will be identified and charged. With none of these they will almost certainly file the case unsolved on the same day.

Sometimes in the UK people will admit to previous offences when they’re caught as these can be included in their charge without dramitaclly increasing their sentence, and thus meaning they can’t be re-sentanced for another offence at a later date, and so sometimes unsolved burglaries are cleared up much later.

Fingerprints can be found that don’t identify anyone, if they have no criminal record. This is pretty rare as people don’t often start their criminal career with burglaries, or spend a lifetime of crime without being caught, but it can happen. I had a guy who was arrested for a domestic matter and his fingerprints taken and linked to a burglary that happened 10 years previously.

If there are leads police will try and solve a burglary, but alas, many, if not most, go unsolved.

[jno]

well, at least they can stop chasing up rape cases, now that the perfect excuse has been found for all men

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11281207/CPS-apologises-rape-case-thrown-sexsomnia-claim.html