Cops 'let suspects go free to avoid 60-mile drives to police cells'
OFFENDERS are being allowed to walk free because of custody suites and cell cutbacks, it's claimed.
It is believed the lack of cells is behind the collapse in the number of arrests across the country — halving even as crime has been increasing. “This can take the officers off the streets for a considerable period of time and in the case of drink-drivers, it may also mean offenders ultimately escaping conviction entirely.”This comes as police officers numbers fall amid swinging cuts to forces from 2010 as the Tory government tried to pay its debts after it bailed out banks following the 2008 financial crisis.
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