The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Mark Rowle, London, on Sunday called for major reforms in the policing model of the United Kingdom, saying it “is not fit for at least two decades.”
In the UK, this call comes amid public confidence in law enforcement and as police forces have fought to cross the years of penance.
What did Mark Rowle say?
Write The Sunday TimesRowle called for 43 police forces to shrink in 12-15 regional forces in England and Wales.
The Mate chief said that some forces were “very young to operate, while” the rule, leadership and support tasks had become more epidemic “.
Rowle complained that investment in new technologies to assist law enforcement “had” politically unmarried “in favor of a high number of police officers, which he said it is difficult to live with modern criminals.
“it [That policy] The effective conflict of today’s dangers hinders and prevents us completely withdrawing the benefits of technology, “Rowle said.
The Mate chief said that the wood of large regional forces better uses limited funds, which is necessary due to the British’s public finance state.
Rowle asked for better use of police employees, including construction of a national policing body and more expert support.
Unlike Germany and France, the UK does not have a national police agency, although the National Crime Agency (NCA), which has the responsibility of dealing with serious and organized crime, operates the UK Wide.
England and Wales have 43 police forces, including the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police in London, while each of Scotland and North Ireland has its own national policy forces.
UK police forces underfund and underfined
After the financial crisis of 2008/9, the UK police force remained weak with a penance of a decade.
In police funding, about the fifth national and police officer number was cut and the number of 20,000 was cut.
Although this number has been restored since then many police forces are financial stretches due to the years of spreading financially.
The National Police Chief Council warned last year that police forces were facing a shortage of funding of £ 3.2 billion (€ 3.7 billion, $ 4.4 billion) at the time of rising operating costs.
The UK government has recently promised to increase police funding above 2.3% by inflation in a recent review of expenditure, with internal sources believe that additional cash will plug the difference rather than funds rather than a new initiative.
Organized crime, knife crime a major issue
Police funding crisis comes as the UK faces a growing threat from organized crime, including drugs and human trafficking, immigration officers and cyber attacks.
According to police leaders and government reports, the old police infrastructure means that the UK police forces often struggle with the scale and sophistication of the thesis crime network.
Other deteriorating public safety issues are: knife crimes, especially among young people, often dealing with drugs and exploiting children and other weak persons by drug gangs to sell drugs.
Prime Minister Kir Strandmer’s government has committed violence against women and girls, including domestic misconduct, sexual offices and a major police priority.
However, the public trust in policing is on historical ups and a high-high-profile scams as well as racism, misunderstanding and misconduct within police forces.
In the most known recent case, a 33 -year -old woman from London, Sara Everrd, was kidnapped, was murdered by a Serving Metropolitan police officer in March 2021, and murdered, who abused her to cheat her authority.
Edited by: Keran Burke
