Islington London`s Caution Capital !

What are they playing at? I would be delighted if any of the failing Police Force in Islington would like to explain to me the following that has just been extracted under the freedom of information act .These are edited highlights of the list of crimes that have been cautioned only.


67 Class A Drugs Offences
7 Counts of Class A Possession with intent to supply
2 Assaults on a police Officer
13 Possession of offensive weapons including 4 blades
15 Assaults
5 GBH
Sexual assault
Buglary

All just cautioned

.For me this throws into sharp relief the problem of having a Police force unaccountable expect circuitously via the Home Secretary. I am told that the Council are routinely fobbed off with ease as the Police have all the information and all they have are anecdotes .There are no real powers to do anything about there failings anyway . With the Press full of the murder of Gary New love we know that these crimes can lead onto even more serious ones, but they are hardly low level. We already know the Police do not bother with bike theft, vandalism and anti social behaviour in general but possession of Class A drugs routinely cautioned ! Are they mad? What, I wonder Gordon Brown , is the point of reclassifying cannabis if no-one gets prosecuted anyway.

With calls to raise the legal drinking age to 21 and ban drinking on the street echoing around the country’s Police forces today, I am beginning to wonder if they privately know they have lost control of the streets. No wonder children feel they need the protection a gang provides.