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Lancashire police missing third of crime reduction targets

POLICE are missing a third of crime reduction targets as £42million cuts begin to grip, according to Lancashire’s Chief Constable.

The figures, released at a Lancashire Police Authority (LPA) meeting, show the number of violent crimes in particular are going up, compared to the same period the year before.

LPA member Chris Maughan said the constabulary was “at breaking point”, as it looks to make the final £4million cuts.

From April to December 2011, all robbery rose 2.3 per cent, violence with injury was up 2.9 per cent, and assault with less serious injury was up 4.1 per cent.

In terms of crime detection, out of three subcategories, the force is missing its 55 per cent target on violence with injury by 0.6 per cent.

Speaking about the Government-imposed cuts that will go on for another two years and have already resulted in the loss of 666 police jobs, Chief Constable Steve Finnigan said: “There is real concern about fragility in parts of the constabulary that could end up being broken if we’re not careful.”

He added: “The direction of travel is heading in the wrong direction and 2012/13 are going to be the most difficult years.

“Categories are heading in the wrong direction, particularly around violence, and disadvantaged communities are feeling the pinch.”

Figures for violence with injury, serious violent crime and assault with less serious injury were worst in the Most Similar Group (MSG) for forces of the same size.

criminal damage was second to last in the MSG group, but top in terms of detections.

Malcolm Doherty, chairman of the LPA, said: “We all anticipated that once you get into a recession things do deteriorate. We actually thought it might be a lot sooner than this.

“We are not surprised, but we are concerned and the force is taking every step necessary to improve things.

“Of course there is always a worry the figures will continue to rise.”

The results of a user satisfaction survey showed that Lancashire Constabulary was seen to be doing good follow-up work and confidence levels had increased by 1.5 per cent.

In comparison with MSGs, Lancashire beat the average rating in categories including ease of contact, actions taken, follow-up and treatment.

Comments(33)

halfhearted says...
1:15pm Thu 16 Feb 12

Are the public surprised by these figures,I would say No. The service offered by the current Police serving the people of Lancashire,has been on the decline for a number of years now.
The current spending cuts are just a convenient way of explaining the rise in crime.
For years now the Police have used a system where you either get a Policeman attending a problem or not.
The system has gone soft on what is termed as low grade crime. How on earth can a fixed penalty notice be served upon a person for lets say drunk and disorderly. Why are these people not removed from the streets,made to appear before a Court,and fined according to the level of their bad behaviour. That is but one example. Treat this type of behaviour softly,and the offender will go on to commit higher grade offences.
Its about time the Police started Policing the streets in order that decent members of society are safe and feel that they can go about their business without feeling afrad.

Excluded again says...
1:33pm Thu 16 Feb 12

Well, what a surprise.

Slash the police budget, reduce the number of police officers and watch crime rise.

Common sense, except to the government who told us this would not happen.

Graham Hartley says...
1:54pm Thu 16 Feb 12

If the police could manage without its crime recording service then we would not be troubled by such shocking matters. The 55 percent target on violence with injury is being missed by 0.6 percent! Can LT not display this is larger print?

chris283 says...
2:05pm Thu 16 Feb 12

wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment

Cha'mone MF says...
4:43pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment
Does your GF wipe your a*se for you as well ? Are you not capable of writing a complaint letter yourself.....oh wait a minute on second thoughts best not, they would have to find an interpreter fluent in Mong to translate that incoherent drivel that you write.

....is she really your girlfriend or your carer ?

chris283 says...
5:11pm Thu 16 Feb 12

EH CHAMONE U GOBHOLE I MEET PEOPLE LIKE YOU EVERY DAY YOU KEY BOARD GANGSTER GET A LIFE U NUMPTY

chris283 says...
5:13pm Thu 16 Feb 12

I AM LETTEING MY GF WRITE IT CAUSE DERRR IT WILL BE A OFFICIAL LETTER YOU PLANK

Sweaty Whippet says...
5:26pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283.. If your house had just been been burgled, and plod caught the offender by doing a routine stop / search on him or her.. would you still be bleating about harrassment? The best way burgling vermin can be caught is by gripping them on the street.. Stop whining and let the few plod there are left, get on with their job!

Cha'mone MF says...
5:44pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
I AM LETTEING MY GF WRITE IT CAUSE DERRR IT WILL BE A OFFICIAL LETTER YOU PLANK
And they will most likely "officially" file it in the bin.

I have noted from your previous posts that you get stopped quite a lot by the Police when you're out and about don't you? You don't walk around wearing a black and White stripy jumper, a balaclava and carrying a bag with "swag" on it do you ?

chris283 says...
7:10pm Thu 16 Feb 12

i am just a genuine hard working guy never been in trouble with the plod ever they have no right stopping innocent people going about there daily life and i have just found out that they get certain monies for stop and search extra on there wages like i said there abusing there powers but they dont get change from me they talk to you like crap not this guy if they respect me then i will respect them he should have offered me my paper work for searching me but none was issued so i just log everything now times dates and wat ever needs to be done i would not mind if i had a criminal record but i dont

living the end times in BB1 says...
8:34pm Thu 16 Feb 12

POLICE are missing a third of crime reduction. Gypsies nicked it..

Cha'mone MF says...
8:41pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
i am just a genuine hard working guy never been in trouble with the plod ever they have no right stopping innocent people going about there daily life and i have just found out that they get certain monies for stop and search extra on there wages like i said there abusing there powers but they dont get change from me they talk to you like crap not this guy if they respect me then i will respect them he should have offered me my paper work for searching me but none was issued so i just log everything now times dates and wat ever needs to be done i would not mind if i had a criminal record but i dont
Do they bollo*ks get paid extra per stop and search, did you read that in Viz or something? I once had the misfortune of speaking to some Dickhe*d who honestly believed that for an arrest to be lawful the Police officer must be wearing a hat? You can't make this stuff up!

Seriously, you need to get over this paranoia you have about being harassed by the cops, it's not just you they are stopping there will be many others, and if there is a recent spate of burglaries in the area where you live then you should be pleased that the Police are out there stopping and searching people, especially as there numbers on the streets are ever dwindling.
Not everybody possesses great interpersonal skills when it comes to talking to people, admittedly Police officers should have a good level of this. Try being friendly with them if you are stopped again, be nice and maybe have a bit of banter with them and you'll probably find a positive reaction. You never know, if your house gets screwed or you get chinned and call the cops it might be the same one that turns up that you've been an ar*e with in the past.

Keep Darwen Green says...
9:22pm Thu 16 Feb 12

Cha'mone MF wrote:
chris283 wrote:
wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment
Does your GF wipe your a*se for you as well ? Are you not capable of writing a complaint letter yourself.....oh wait a minute on second thoughts best not, they would have to find an interpreter fluent in Mong to translate that incoherent drivel that you write.

....is she really your girlfriend or your carer ?
Quality yet again :0)

Manuel Hung says...
10:28pm Thu 16 Feb 12

Cha'mone MF wrote:
chris283 wrote: wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment
Does your GF wipe your a*se for you as well ? Are you not capable of writing a complaint letter yourself.....oh wait a minute on second thoughts best not, they would have to find an interpreter fluent in Mong to translate that incoherent drivel that you write. ....is she really your girlfriend or your carer ?
Now now Chamone don't go picking on the mentally challenged.
.
To write a letter he would have to sharpen his crayons first and you know he isn't allowed anything sharp.

Paul The Octopus Lives! says...
10:37pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment
Chris, I have set my font to "crayon" and will attempt to advise you of some facts:

1. The police do not get paid any extra for stop and searches.

2. The police are exempt from The Harassment Act and cannot "get done" for this.

3. Just because you pay some poor "lady of the night" money to spend time with you and perhaps cuddle - this does not make her your girlfriend or "gf."

4. Just because this desperate prostitute spends time soliciting in the streets does not make her a solicitor. You would have to pay more and get really screwed to see a real solicitor.

5. Hot spot for burglary = dump. You need to move out of this area. Ask your mum if she will let you move out.

6. Let me finally explain the problem in words you may understand: You....are....an....
idiot.

living the end times in BB1 says...
11:23pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment
I also had pretend friends when i was four. Can't say i have ever forged letters from pretend friends,'thats a bit creepy'.

living the end times in BB1 says...
11:23pm Thu 16 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
wat a load of tosh i got pulled on a sunday morning going for some bread to the shop he searched me but did not care to mention my rights his name or his badge number or why he was searching me all he said it was a hot spot for burglaries i am being harassed by these bullies but now i know my rights from who i was told by my gf as she is a solicitor i am going to log every stop and search then i am going to get my gf to write a letter of complaint and have them done for harassment
I also had pretend friends when i was four. Can't say i have ever forged letters from pretend friends,'thats a bit creepy'.

chris283 says...
9:48am Fri 17 Feb 12

paul the octopus wat name is that you a gobshite on a pc aint u now you getting personel about ma gf you little keyboard gangster i live with ma gf you inbreed all mouth over a pc are you a loner pal hahahh mouthy ****

Fire Fly says...
11:13am Fri 17 Feb 12

chris283...if you are being stopped and searched and the police are not identifying themselves to you...your girlfriend can raise that without you needing to keep logging everything. Also as far as I understand...the paperwork that you mention is available on demand for 12mnths, it's not given at the time?? Have you requested it and been told there is none or have you assumed? Basically, if the paperworks there...then you don't need to keep a log...just request it for your records. How many times have you actually been stopped and searched in the past 12months...??

Cha'mone MF says...
11:19am Fri 17 Feb 12

Fire Fly wrote:
chris283...if you are being stopped and searched and the police are not identifying themselves to you...your girlfriend can raise that without you needing to keep logging everything. Also as far as I understand...the paperwork that you mention is available on demand for 12mnths, it's not given at the time?? Have you requested it and been told there is none or have you assumed? Basically, if the paperworks there...then you don't need to keep a log...just request it for your records. How many times have you actually been stopped and searched in the past 12months...??
Several times and on each occasion they have failed to find a brain cell.

chris283 says...
11:26am Fri 17 Feb 12

i have been stopped 4 times in the last month searched once there is just no need for it i am just going about my my gf works with some 1 whos hubby is a policeman even he turned round and advised me he should produce the paper work no matter wat he also said write a letter to the chief inspector complaining about it it is not always the same copper i just want to go to work and earn a living for my family and you get these idiots stopping me and saying where am i going and they talk to you like crap thinking there somert there a public servant and we pay there wages i have only ever met 1 decent copper in my life all the rest think they can look down there nose at you treating you like a 2nd class citizen some let there uniform go to there heads

chris283 says...
11:29am Fri 17 Feb 12

cha mone is this all you do spout crap on here get out and get a job instead of us hard working people keeping you in wat ever shed you live in you got to be a chav

Honest John says...
1:48pm Fri 17 Feb 12

Chris283, you moron pin em back and put them in recieve mode for a moment. There need not necessarily be any "paperwork" and the PC does not have to give it to you there and then. there is NO paperwork simply for speaking to people and if you are searched it should be recorded the PC should tell you who and where and why, and you do not need a GF to make anything official, you write its official you geek. PC's dont get paid extra for searching people or arresting people, you sound like the sort of person that a PC doesent want to be talking to at the best of times and i doubt they want to chat to you, but try listening or maybe say to the PC "I'm regularly out at this time, is there a description of anyone I can keep an eye out for to help you keep MY community safer or is there a number I can call to report anone I think is about to commit a crime" rather than being an idiot and making yourself look like the sort of person that supports or commits criminal activity. you may not have a criminal record but your attitude is setting you on the path toward it. yes PC's should be respectful, pleasant but just maybe, like you they are sick of disrespectful mingers and when yet another one apears to be unfolding before their eyes the attitude turns to one of robustness in case they have a weapon or are about to assult them. ask that nodding copper in the pub when he last put his boots on and went out because he's WRONG. your gf seems to let you rumble on and on and may advise you well but your not LISTENING to her I doubt you will be her bf for long unless you open your ears

chris283 says...
2:24pm Fri 17 Feb 12

honest john why would i be heading towards being a criminal you clown , and i have been with my gf 5 years . I should not have to explain to any one where am going or anything else for that matter if you read my comments properly you plank i am respectful to them untill they start being disrespectful to me , he did not give me any details his number name nothing, was you there no so before you start spouting you gob off like the rest of the plonkers on here be in my situation then you will not be to quick to judge so tell me this Sherlock why do i keep getting pulled may be its because i have a skin head and a goatee and if you read my last comment i have had it from a policeman him self he has to produce paper work so keep your opions to your self you do gooder

chris283 says...
2:36pm Fri 17 Feb 12

and before any one else starts talking crap i was not the only person around at that time i was going about my own business infact going to the shop i walked passed him and i knew he was going to stop me like i say may be its because its the way i look any way who cares next time i get pulled i know exactly wat to say so thank you for your useless information he just shows wat simple minded people we have in the county and seeing as i am from salford i dont take too kindly to people knowing my buisness or asking me stupid questions

Rumpole says...
3:45pm Fri 17 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
and before any one else starts talking crap i was not the only person around at that time i was going about my own business infact going to the shop i walked passed him and i knew he was going to stop me like i say may be its because its the way i look any way who cares next time i get pulled i know exactly wat to say so thank you for your useless information he just shows wat simple minded people we have in the county and seeing as i am from salford i dont take too kindly to people knowing my buisness or asking me stupid questions
If you don't want people to know your business then don't post on a public forum!

I get stopped quite a lot but at the end of the day 5 minutes of my time to show i am not doing anything wrong is hardly worth complaining about really is it!

One day the police may realise that you can't always judge a book by its cover and leave me the hell alone! LOL

Honest John says...
5:25pm Fri 17 Feb 12

Err Chris283 like I said before you are not being receptive to the truth, the ears should be flapping not your mouth, (or keyboard) you are on autorant and getting annoyed thats what happens when you loose control and if you continue to get heated you might end up loosing it with PC and getting nicked, perhaps gf should give you a good talking to, if you open your mind to the fact that both you and the probably desk dwelling plod (I say this as desk plod is quoting 3 year out of date procedures) are TOTALLY WRONG.. PC does NOT HAVE to produce paperwork for speaking to you, stop and account forms were abolished by this government. however a PACE search does need to be recorded (that does not mean any paperwork needs to be generated) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I too was once stopped over 13 times in one month until I explained as I sugested you should. I have been stopped only twice since. I absolutely understood why i was being stopped but was unhappy at the numerous times, however on each occasion I was treated with respect and PC even pushed my car to restart it, not that it needed it but theres more than one way to get your own back As I drove off leaving the helpful plod gasping for air after pushing my car 20 yards. PC's are likely to be acting on intelligence if PC is looking for a type try asking thats all PC is doing. I'm sure there are snotty PC's just like ther are snotty members of the public. curtosey costs nothing, If every PC you come across is snotty I sugest its a case of i'm not mad it's everyone else. your turn of phrase doesent lead me to believe that you are aproaching being stopped with an open mind, go out tonite and give it a go or better still as GF to go for bread and stay indoors, ask yourself has she ever been stopped if not why not if PC picks on people just to bully them and abuse their powers.. Remember put your listening ears on before you reply and maybe admit there is an element of fault on both sides

chris283 says...
8:30pm Fri 17 Feb 12

thanks for the advice pal i will take it on board

Cha'mone MF says...
11:01pm Fri 17 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
cha mone is this all you do spout crap on here get out and get a job instead of us hard working people keeping you in wat ever shed you live in you got to be a chav
I have something called an I phone which allows me to post on here whilst I'm at work during down time. Are you allowed to access the LET while you're working at Burger King ?

chris283 says...
9:04am Sat 18 Feb 12

i am a engineer actually cha mone does your boss know you play on you phone at work bet he doesnt if i were your boss a would sack you, you plank let some one else do your job who is actually going to work instead of of giving jobs to a waste of space like you . hope you get sacked you loser from your min wage job oh wat am i on again oh ye 13 50 a hr . that all i have to say

Cha'mone MF says...
3:21pm Sat 18 Feb 12

chris283 wrote:
i am a engineer actually cha mone does your boss know you play on you phone at work bet he doesnt if i were your boss a would sack you, you plank let some one else do your job who is actually going to work instead of of giving jobs to a waste of space like you . hope you get sacked you loser from your min wage job oh wat am i on again oh ye 13 50 a hr . that all i have to say
I'm going to join the Police and stop and search you every time I see you ha ha ha!

mr dibble says...
8:05pm Sat 18 Feb 12

Chris283
Ever thought of looking on the shoulders of the officer who spoke to you?If they are in normal uniform they will have their number on the stab vest or the jacket that they are wearing.If in plain clothes they will identify themselves as police officers and should give their name

Graham Hartley says...
4:07pm Mon 20 Feb 12

mr dibble wrote:
Chris283
Ever thought of looking on the shoulders of the officer who spoke to you?If they are in normal uniform they will have their number on the stab vest or the jacket that they are wearing.If in plain clothes they will identify themselves as police officers and should give their name
The last officer who presented herself for my attention also presented a card.

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