Pak Sahafat – Following the series of scandals of the security apparatus and the decrease of public trust in the police of this country, the British interior minister called for a new investigation into the operation of this organization and the depoliticization of police officers.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, Suela Bravarman stated in a letter to the managers and chiefs of British police stations on Saturday that the security forces should focus on fighting crime instead of getting involved in political issues.
According to him, police officers have a duty to always spend their time dealing with public priorities.
According to a statement published on the website of the British government, Ms. Braverman has commissioned the Police Inspection Organization and the Fire and Rescue Service to investigate the impact of the political activities of police officers on their efficiency.
The statement states that according to police policy, security officers “must at all times adopt a position of political neutrality.”
“The Home Secretary believes that public trust has been damaged by the involvement of the police in controversial political issues,” a UK government statement said.
“The British public expects the police to focus on reducing crime and protecting communities,” said Braverman. “Political activism doesn’t keep people safe, doesn’t reduce crime, and doesn’t support victims, but it can damage public trust.”
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph published on Saturday, he also expressed concern over what he called an unacceptable increase in the political orientation of police officers on controversial issues, warning that this situation has eroded public trust in the police.
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The British Home Secretary stated that the involvement of police officers in political issues has diverted them from their main duty of fighting crime.
This is not the first time that the British security apparatus is transferred to investigative organizations. Last June, the mayor of London announced the formation of a new board that will oversee the performance and reform process in the English capital’s police.
Sadiq Khan, who will head this committee, said: The purpose of forming this group is to increase the transparency and accountability of the police to all different sections of the society, and the new board will act in line with the realization of the changes suggested by Mrs. Lois Casey’s research.
The results of Mrs. Casey’s investigation into the performance of the London police, which was published earlier this year, show a shocking and deplorable picture of the depth of racism and moral corruption in this security institution.
The report, which follows the murder of Sarah Everard, a young woman who was sexually assaulted and then murdered by a London police officer last year, reveals a toxic culture among officials and staff at Britain’s largest police department.
The aforementioned report narrates the culture of bullying and the inability of the officials of the London Police Department to deal with the moral scandals of this organization.
Casey found widespread deficiencies in every department he examined, including the Parliamentary Protection Command and diplomatic centers, and recommended that these units be transferred to more specialized departments or disbanded altogether.
This is while the discussion of handing over specialized departments has been discussed for a long time so that the police can focus only on the general order of the capital.
The results of research conducted in England show that public trust in the police of this country has decreased significantly, and the findings of the Redfield Wilton Institute show that only 26% of the British people have a positive view of the police’s performance; 40% of people who travel alone at night feel unsafe and are more worried about being a victim of a crime than five years ago.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a “culture change” in the police force, saying that public trust in the police has been “severely damaged”.