Police have ‘given up’ in UK town, resident solves crimes on social media
An understaffed police force has “given up” ensuring security in a town in Britain, where furious residents are forced to patrol the streets and solve the crimes themselves.
The Daily Mirror said in a report on Wednesday that Hartlepool, a town with a population of 90,000 in County Durham, northeast England, has seen a significant decline in the number of police officers on duty, especially at nights.
The report said police in Hartlepool have “given up” on the area as they had only 10 officers on duty on any given night. It said that the number even depletes further as cops have to make a 30-mile round trip to take a suspect into custody to Middlesborough.
That has caused people in the city to take security into their own hands and use social media to solve crimes themselves so that criminals could be deterred from the streets.
Neighbors regularly patrol their areas to report any criminal activity to the police.
The residents were happy that the British media were finally beginning to spot violence and lack of policing in Hartlepool.
“We realize that the media spotlight has descended on Hartlepool and are pleased to see that the lack of policing in Hartlepool is now being talked about seriously,” said Darren Price, a resident who takes part in patrols.
Lack of proper policing has caused a rampant surge in violence on the streets of UK. More than two hundreds have been killed in knife crimes in the country this year.
Police departments blame government budget cuts for the surge, saying it could have responded to emergencies if they were not understaffed.
The government has slashed nearly £40million in four years from the budget of the Cleveland Police, which covers Hartlepool.
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