article_snippet: Tens of thousands of serious criminals are being let off with just a slap on the wrist because of lazy police officers, a report claims today.
article_snippet: Tens of thousands of serious criminals are being let off with just a slap on the wrist because of lazy police officers, a report claims today .
article_snippet: a report concludes that too often, police used cautions as a ‘time-saving tool’ rather than the correct way of tackling an offence.
article_snippet: The public deserve to feel reassured that their local police forces are not tackling serious crimes with a slap on the wrist.
article_snippet: The report found that cautions could save the police time and money by cutting bureaucracy, allowing front-line officers to spend more time pounding the beat.
article_snippet: Arresting an offender takes almost three hours of police time, and charging someone takes five hours.