Police will be ‘caretakers in the community for criminals’ under Labour’s soft justice reforms, a policing leader has warned.
Brian Booth, deputy national chairman of the Police Federation, said crime will become rife with dangerous offenders emboldened by the lack of deterrents.
Mr Booth – whose organisation represents 145,000 rank-and-file officers – fears the Government’s plans to jail fewer offenders and release inmates earlier will see criminality soar. His warnings came as it emerged a thug who battered a police officer and left him for dead was released after serving less than three months of a three-year sentence.
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