The director of police training has stated that police chiefs throughout Britain would be pressed to dispatch officers to every break-in.
Chief Constable Andy Marsh, the head of the College of Policing, has committed to write to each chief constable and crime commissioner, stating that it was “the proper thing” to respond to every break-in.
According to Mr. Marsh, data revealed that home visits decreased break-ins and deterred robbers from returning to the same location again.
In an unprecedented crackdown on burglaries, Sir Mark Rowley, the new commissioner of Scotland Yard, declared that his officers will attend every residential raid before making his remarks.
As part of a 100-day campaign, Sir Mark has ordered cops to remove thieves, robbers, and wanted criminals from the streets. He has also advised courts around the city to prepare for a large increase in cases.
Avon and Somerset and Hampshire constabularies’ chief constable, Mr. Marsh, who was appointed last summer, highlighted the need to prioritize burglaries and said that the same strategy should be used across the UK.
He said: “This week I will be writing to all chief constables and police and crime commissioners putting out the facts on what works to reduce crime and prevent burglary.” He was speaking on Wednesday at the Police Foundation’s John Harris memorial lecture in central London. And there is proof that showing up and doing house-to-house queries yields information you may not otherwise discover.
There is proof that if your home is broken into, the likelihood of another break-in within four meters of you is increasing significantly over the course of the following two weeks. And until you go door-to-door and collect proof, you won’t be able to stop that.
According to Mr. Marsh, burglary victims often experience considerable psychological damage, which should be taken into account when ranking offenses.
The invasion of our fortress, our home, is a very personal matter.
We should thus be allowed to respond to any break-in since it is morally appropriate and supported by facts.
During his talk at the Royal Society of Arts, Mr. Marsh said that police officers all around the nation often lost sight of the fundamentals and were underperforming as a consequence. “For me, doing the fundamentals right” entails providing what the public expects—that is, officers and personnel preventing and detecting crime while upholding the greatest professional standards.
According to a Police Foundation Strategic Assessment, detection rates have decreased by roughly 50% over the last seven years.
Compared to 2014, when 17% of all reported police crimes resulted in charges or summonses, just 9.3% of crimes in the year to March 2021 did so.
“The public just doesn’t believe that is sufficient.” We shouldn’t either,” Mr. Marsh added.