Only just under 40% of those polled believed that the police are doing a good job, with the majority believing they’re providing a worse service than 30 years ago.
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00:00Do you have confidence in the police when it comes to solving crime?
00:04After a spate of scandals involving officers and a rise in rates of certain offences like
00:08shoplifting and online crime, a poll from YouGov has revealed less than half of the public trust
00:13the police to catch the culprits. Only a quarter of people believe the police would catch a burglar
00:18and as low as 7% are confident a pickpocket would be caught. But why is police confidence so low?
00:24In March 2021, Sarah Everard was murdered by serving Metropolitan Police Officer Wayne Cousins
00:30and in the same year, serial rapist and Met Police Officer David Carrick was apprehended
00:34and imprisoned. While not the only incidents of this kind, they were the latest in a long
00:39line of scandals further affecting public opinion and trust. In addition, we've seen
00:43detection rates dropping, court backlogs at record highs and prisons overflowing too.
00:48But forces across the country are facing their own pressures with issues around staffing,
00:52an increase in work-related violence and other factors meaning morale among officers is at an
00:57all-time low. Organisations representing police like PollFed
01:01say that under these circumstances, they're not surprised trust is so low.