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Eh? Surely the decision of remand or bail is up to the judge not the Police. The Police are only involved as far as arresting people and then passing the decision of whether to charge to the CPS who then hope the judge (and jury if it gets that far) make a good decision on behalf of the public.
Yes, if it gets that far. But as a recent Panorama programme has shown that the police don’t always to cases to the CPS to save on paperwork. And we are talking about serious cases.
Also; the police can give warnings or make them sign contracts. Neither is true justice.
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The Police are constantly complaining that they have some criminals who they arrest pretty much every week but the judges still give them lenient sentences (or even worse community 'punishments'). In fact I remember some local police saying that if you put away about 15 - 20 criminals the crime in the area would be reduced by ~ 80% (until some new ones came along to fill the void.)
I agree that is also the case. But not the total story; read above.
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As much as I love a good, unreasoned, police bashing in this case they aren't even involved slightly in the process which is to blame.
As I pointed out not all police bashing are ‘unreasoned’. Also many others on here have also pointed that out as well.