I read with some concern in the Reading Pravda that nearly 40% of criminal offences committed in Reading were done so by people on already on Police bail for another offence.
From what our local Superintendent Steve Kirk said, the majority were committed by a well known hard core group of offenders to whom arrest matters little.
Hence, I have to ask the question why our Magistrates are letting down the local community in this way, by not locking these people up?
As a Senior Police Officer, Supt Kirk is obviously prevented from saying in plain words what he clearly feels if one reads between the lines of the diplomatically worded quotations in the article.
Basically, that the PC driven social do-gooders that pollute our Magistrates Courts are doing nothing to support the Police in reducing crime. In fact they are one of the primary causes of its perpetuation.
There you are Steve, I’ve said it for you, I know you can’t agree publicly but at least you know that you do have some supporters.
If our Chief of Police has identified a core group of offenders who are responsible for the vast majority of 40% of the crime committed in this area, a zero tolerance policy should be adopted by all concerned agencies:
Magistrates should do there job & send them to Jail, bail should never be an option for recidivists regardless of the offence.
In the case of recidivist offenders, get Social Services out of the picture, we are not interested in mitigating circumstances. They are criminals and need to be taken out of circulation until such time as they realize that crime does not pay.
If they are on any form of state handout (as many of them are ) stop it. Give them a simple message, get an honest job, commit a crime & go to jail, or starve. Believe me they will soon see which way the wind is blowing.
As they say in Monopoly, ‘Go to jail, go straight to jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200.’
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