Tackle T crime

HOW simplistic to blame a lack of police funding and a fall in the number of officers for the rise in violent crime.

The introduction of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, political correctness, the Human Rights Act, health h and safety and the Equalities Act, A the fast-tracking of graduates without policing experience and the lowering of the quality of recruits have h all helped undermine the ability to police effectively.

Soft sentencing hasn’t helped deter offenders. I do not see any will from the authorities to change any of this to assist in the prevention of crime.

JOHN LONSDALE, Robin Hood’s Bay, N. Yorks.