Merseyside police chief says he would rather pump billions into cutting poverty than upholding law

A police chief today sparked fury as he said most criminals are not bad people and he’d rather pump billions into cutting poverty than upholding the law.  Andy Cooke, marking his retirement as Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, said if he was given a £5 billion budget to cut crime, he would spend £1 billion on … Read more

Merseyside police chief says he would rather pump billions into cutting poverty than upholding law

A police chief today sparked fury as he said most criminals are not bad people and he’d rather pump billions into cutting poverty than upholding the law.  Andy Cooke, marking his retirement as Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, said if he was given a £5 billion budget to cut crime, he would spend £1 billion on … Read more