Less than half are confident the police can solve crimes

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Only just under 40% of those polled believed that the police are doing a good job, with the majority believing they’re providing a worse service than 30 years ago.

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00:00 Do you have confidence in the police when it comes to solving crime?

00:04 After a spate of scandals involving officers and a rise in rates of certain offences like

00:08 shoplifting and online crime, a poll from YouGov has revealed less than half of the

00:13 public trust the police to catch the culprits.

00:16 Only a quarter of people believe the police would catch a burglar and as low as 7% are

00:20 confident a pickpocket would be caught.

00:22 But why is police confidence so low?

00:24 In March 2021, Sarah Everard was murdered by serving Metropolitan Police Officer Wayne

00:29 Cousins.

00:30 And in the same year, serial rapist and Met Police Officer David Carrick was apprehended

00:34 and imprisoned.

00:36 While not the only incidents of this kind, they were the latest in a long line of scandals,

00:40 further affecting public opinion and trust.

00:42 In addition, we've seen detection rates dropping, court backlogs at record highs and prisons

00:47 overflowing too.

00:48 But forces across the country are facing their own pressures, with issues around staffing,

00:53 an increase in work-related violence and other factors meaning morale among officers is

00:57 at an all-time low.

00:58 Organisations representing police like Polfed say that under these circumstances, they're

01:03 not surprised trust is so low.

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