Party of Law and Order

[Old Greg]

Well in our area burglaries (technically not theft) going up, I guess they’ve finished off other places!

They're reduced to robbing bedsits above kebab shops. I almost feel sorry for them.

[AtW]

They're reduced to robbing bedsits above kebab shops. I almost feel sorry for them.

If they only even so much as touch my sofa

[Old Greg]

If they only even so much as touch my sofa

Not even the Yodel warehouse is safe anymore.

[AtW]

Not even the Yodel warehouse is safe anymore.

[AtW]

Local murder today with knife - wife!

[TwoWolves]

Happy to pay more tax for more police

I don't think that would even help.

1) Career criminals are in and out of prison to commit more crimes following lenient sentencing.

2) Sir Robert Peel understood that the police need to be visible in order to prevent crime, we would need to revert to traditional policing methods.

Probably more for that list, fill them in yourselves.

[AtW]

Need more prisons for sure, easy sell to taxpayers

[Old Greg]

Need more prisons for sure, easy sell to taxpayers

Yes. American prison policy has wiped out criminality.

[TwoWolves]

Yes. American prison policy has wiped out criminality.

We copied American policing policy, that's the problem. Criminals think they can evade capture because police are not visible, though I'd note that the US has always had quite high crime compared to the UK.

[Lance]

We copied American policing policy, that's the problem. Criminals think they can evade capture because police are not visible, though I'd note that the US has always had quite high crime compared to the UK.

not according to this site....

United Kingdom vs United States Crime Stats Compared

Although I'd treat it with caution as apparently the USA has 3% more capital punishment than we do