The head of the Metropolitan Police said fewer criminals serving jail time under proposals to end prison overcrowding will “generate a lot of work for police”, as he highlighted that “massive resources” had been put in to chasing a teenager arrested on suspicion of firearms and machete offences who was bailed.
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and five other senior police officers wrote in The Times on Wednesday, publicly calling on the Government to provide “serious investment” at this month’s spending review.
