Increase the budget for crime and justice and hire more police to reduce crime

Closed 35 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to aggressive funding cuts and large decreases in the number of police officers during the coalition and Conservative governments, the crime rate has been rapidly increasing.

A lower budget means police cannot respond effectively to all threats due to a lack of resources such as riot gear.

Since 2010, the number of police officers has decreased by almost 20,000, and Authorised Firearms Officers by 1,337, according to official statistics, alongside aggressive funding cuts of 18%. The number of police officers has decreased for eight years in a row.

This has caused a significant increase in crime recently, with the crime rate increasing by 10% in March 2016-17 and annual reports of violent crime doubling since 2012.

We need to increase the budget to stop this increase in crime.

Timeline

6 Oct 2017	Petition opened for signatures
6 Apr 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 35

Status Closed

Opened 6 Oct 2017

Closed 6 Apr 2018

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