Police resources 'drained to dangerously low levels', say former top officers
by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4JG59)
Former Met commissioners attack Tory record on crime as chief inspector of constabulary warns of strain on policing
The five former top police officers in Britain have attacked the Conservatives' record on crime, saying that "resources drained to dangerously low levels" have contributed to a "feeling of lawlessness" and saying confidence in the police has to be urgently restored.
The attack came from a string of commissioners of the Metropolitan police, Britain's biggest force, who claimed the crisis was so deep that "the public have perilously low expectations of the police today".
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