Friday May 30, 2008
Middle classes losing faith in 'rude' police who go for soft targets instead of the real criminals
James Slack
Daily Mail
The middle classes have lost confidence in the police, a stark report has warned.
They fear they have been alienated by a service which routinely targets ordinary people rather than serious criminals, simply to fill Government crime quotas.
The attitude of some officers has also led to spiralling complaints about neglect of duty and rudeness.
The report from the Civitas think-tank says incidents which would once have been ignored are now treated as crimes - including a case of children chalking a pavement.
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