Friday 30 September 2022 12:44 AM Police chiefs to be told to send officers to every report of a break-in trends now
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POLICE chiefs across Britain will be urged to send officers to every burglary, the head of police training has promised.
College of Policing boss, Chief Constable Andy Marsh, has vowed to write to every chief constable and crime commissioner, insisting it was ‘the right thing’ to attend every break-in.
Mr Marsh said that evidence showed that house visits reduced burglaries and discouraged raiders from targeting the same area more than once.
His comments come after Scotland Yard’s new commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, announced that his officers would attend every domestic raid in an unprecedented blitz on burglary.
Mr Marsh said that evidence showed that house visits reduced burglaries and discouraged raiders from targeting the same area more than once
Sir Mark warned courts across the capital to brace themselves for a massive surge in cases – as he instructs officers to take burglars, robbers and wanted suspects off the