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Daily Mail
December 27, 2013
Police spend the equivalent of only one day a week fighting crime, a chief constable has revealed.
Barely a fifth of their time is devoted to what most people assume is the biggest part of the job.
Far more is spent on administration, ‘managing risk’ and solving people’s problems, said Steve Finnigan, chief constable of the Lancashire force.
Research shows just 17 per cent of what his officers do relates to traditional high volume offences such as burglaries, criminal damage and assaults.
The ‘cherished notion’ of policing is at risk as the service is squeezed by a variety of demands and unprecedented cuts, he warned.
Official statistics show that the majority of police time is taken up hunting for missing people, dealing with troubled families and domestic disputes and helping offenders with mental health problems.
When the force analysed all recorded incidents its officers were dealing with, it found that only 17 per cent were classed as actual crime.
Thirty-five per cent related to ‘public safety and welfare’. Anti-social behaviour, ranging from rowdy behaviour to neighbourly disputes, made up 16 per cent, and administrative tasks took up 20 per cent. Transport-related problems such as accidents and disruption on the roads accounted for 10 per cent.
