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Too busy to solve crimes
THE average police officer in Hackney solves less than one crime a month, according to new figures from Conservatives on the London Assembly.
The figures, which have been calculated from Metropolitan Police data, show that an average Hackney police officer solves just 0.82 per cent of a crime each month. This compares to a London-wide average of 0.96 per cent per police officer.
A policing spokesman for the London Assembly Conservatives said this was to do with officers "drowning in paperwork", leaving them little time to fight crime on the streets.
Cllr Eric Ollerenshaw, the leader of the Tory group on Hackney Council and former leader of the London Assembly Conservatives, backed the figures.
"It just goes to show what everybody in Hackney already understands," he said. "We have some very good police officers, who are simply being hampered in their 'real work' of chasing criminals by constant change in government targets, admin and bureaucracy - but what these figures do not show is the increasing number of people in Hackney who simply do not bother to report crimes because they know things will not be done and that is one of the main issues."
FOR THE FULL STORY SEE THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE AVAILABLE FROM THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29.
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