ESSEX Police Federation wants to see more officers on the frontline to combat the rise in crime.<\/p>\n
New Office of National Statistics figures show there\u2019s been a rise in public disorder (up 16%) fraud (17%) knife crime (8%) robbery (11%) on last year.<\/p>\n
Those figures are set against a drop in officer numbers across England and Wales since 2010.<\/p>\n
Essex Police Federation Chairman Steve Taylor said reversing that and getting officers back on the frontline is part of the rising crime solution.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore officers, suitably trained and equipped and deployed on the street, is a proven antidote to some of that crime. How many people get robbed in the presence of a police officer? How many people get attacked with a knife in the presence of a police officer?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s significantly less than those who suffer those crimes when there aren\u2019t any police on the streets, when there aren\u2019t any police around. And when there isn\u2019t, the knowledge that there could be a police car driving around the next corner, there could be an officer walking around the next corner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Complex crime can also take officers away from tackling more routine incidents he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of this crime is complex and detailed in nature. The more complex a matter is, the more officers are away more the frontlines, [because they] are in the office investigating these things behind the scenes because of their complexity.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, if we\u2019re going to invest, as we need to, in policing, we need to invest not only in frontline numbers but in investigative support, in other areas, where we can support officers, free them up to get them out and be visible on the streets more frequently than in the back office, investigating complex and detailed crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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