A key policy challenge is not recruiting more police officers, but using the time of existing officers more effectively. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/West Midlands Police. Some rights reserved.
There are around 20,000 fewer police officers across England and Wales than there were in 2010. Does that make us less safe? Are our homes more likely to be burgled? Are we more at risk of assault, or worse?
Awful recent events in Manchester and South London have sharpened the debate about police officer numbers in relation to terrorism. But what about the more conventional and common victimisations that it is supposedly the job of the police to tackle?
