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Police 'struggling to meet all 999 calls', councillor says

Postby dutchman » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:53 pm

Leading councillors say violence in the city is 'getting out of control'

Police in Coventry are struggling to meet all 999 calls as a "wave of violent crime" grips the city, it has been claimed.

Councillor Ed Ruane said the shocking admission was made at a police meeting called to see what more could be done to tackle rising youth and gang crime in the city.

Just this month alone there have been two serious stabbings and also a shooting in the city.

One happened on September 20 when a man was left in a critical condition in Hillfields after being knifed in Victoria Street.

Fidel Glasgow, the 21-year-old grandson of Coventry ska legend Neville Staple, was stabbed to death at the start of the month, and two people were injured in a shooting in Far Gosford Street.

Cllr Ruane said it was "extremely concerning" that police were struggling to respond to all 999 calls.

He added: "It does feel like we've reached a new wave of violent crime in the city."

West Midlands Police did not comment on the claims that officers were struggling to respond to all 999 calls.

A statement from police did not address Cllr Ruane's claim about 999 calls but in it Superintendent Phil Healy added: "We had a very productive meeting with Councillor Ruane where we were able to discuss our work around tackling gang and youth violence in Coventry.

"This is not always visible to the public but they should be assured we are determined to deal with the concerns of our communities."

Despite the assurances, Cllr Ruane said funding cuts to the force had seen "proactive policing" declining.

He said he feared it would take a "regional or national incident" for those in charge to realise what effect cuts to policing have had.

"The level of proactive policing is declining, therefore for the foreseeable future we will continue to see an increase in knife crime and violent crime as a whole," he added.

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It's already out of control and has been for a long time. Serious assaults are simply not being investigated. :fuming:
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Re: Police 'struggling to meet all 999 calls', councillor says

Postby rebbonk » Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:40 pm

Unfortunately, our police chief would rather deploy officers to sit on the top deck of buses spying on motorists! :clown:
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