"There is an "epidemic of everyday crime", the Home Secretary says, such as shoplifting and phone theft. It reminds Shabana Mahmood of the years when she worked on the till in her parents' corner shop, with a cricket bat under the counter ready to deter shoplifters who stole, time and again. While overall crime has been going down in recent years those types of offences have been going up, matched by rising public anxiety."
""Will I get my phone nicked? Will I get burgled? And if I do, will the police even answer my call?" Those are questions a former Home Office minister describes as "the most basic" from voters who, not unreasonably, expect governments to keep them safe. Faith in the police has been battered by scandals and mistakes too whether that's the horrific crimes of a small number of serving police officers,"
Everyday crimes such as shoplifting and phone theft are rising while overall crime falls, increasing public anxiety about personal safety. Voters ask basic questions about burglary, phone theft, and police responsiveness. Confidence in police has been damaged by scandals, including crimes by serving officers and failures by forces such as West Midlands. The Home Secretary proposes major reforms described as the biggest changes since the police's founding, aiming to reduce forces from 43 to around a dozen, require professional licences for officers, empower ministers to remove chiefs, and deploy specialist teams into failing forces. The full proposals will be revealed Monday.
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